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...DIED. FRANK GORSHIN, 72, rubbery-faced impressionist-actor who channeled his passion for film idols, nourished as a teenage cinema usher in Pittsburgh, into a 54-year career in Las Vegas clubs, on TV and in more than 80 movies; in Burbank, California. With his aping of Al Jolson, James Cagney and Marlon Brando, Gorshin was a regular on the Ed Sullivan Show, where he was a guest the night the Beatles made their U.S. TV debut. ("Look at all these kids that came to see me!" he said backstage.) But he gained his greatest fame playing the Riddler...
...helped me know that I could and should do that. Parents should teach their children to be protective of those youngsters who can't defend themselves. Then maybe there would be fewer incidents in which kids take guns to school to wreak vengeance on their bullying tormentors. Margaret Hill Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
DIED. FRANK GORSHIN, 72, rubbery-faced impressionist-actor who channeled his passion for film idols, nourished as a teenage film usher in Pittsburgh, Pa., into a 50-year career in Las Vegas clubs, on TV and in more than 80 movies; of lung cancer, emphysema and pneumonia; in Burbank, Calif. With his apery of Al Jolson, James Cagney and Marlon Brando, Gorshin was a regular on The Ed Sullivan Show, where he was a guest the night the Beatles made their famous U.S. TV debut. ("Look at all these kids that came to see me!" he said backstage...
DIED. CHARLIE MUSE, 87, executive for baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates who developed the modern batting helmet; in Sun City Center, Fla. At the behest of Pirates general manager Branch Rickey, he (along with inventor Ralph Davia and designer Ed Crick) came up with a plastic model to protect the batter's head. Despite initial image concerns of players, the helmets were soon adopted by the Pirates and other major league clubs...
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