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2014 Celebrity Death: Jim Lange Died February 25 At The Age Of 81
The Dating Game host died Feb. 25 at 81 after suffering a heart attack. Lange got his TV start in 1962 when he joined The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show as a sidekick. Lange gained national fame after hosting The Dating Game, and went on to host other game shows including Hollywood Connection, Bullseye and $100,000 Name That Tune.

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2014 Celebrity Death: Roger Hill Died February 20 At The Age Of 65
Roger Hill, best known for playing gang leader Cyrus in the 1979 cult classic The Warriors, died Feb. 20 at 65. After his breakout role in The Warriors, Hill played Alec Lowndes on One Life to Live from 1982 to 1985. After 20 years as an actor, Hill left show business and spent time working as a part-time librarian and writing poetry.

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2014 Celebrity Death: Harold Ramis Died February 24 At The Age Of 69
The prolific writer, director and Ghostbusters star died Feb. 24 at 69 from complications related to autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare disease that involves swelling of the blood vessels. Ramis got his start working alongside John Belushi at Second City. After leaving the comedy troupe, he wrote a script with National Lampoon magazine's Douglas Kenney, which later became National Lampoon's Animal House. He went on to co-write Meatballs, followed by Caddyshack, which he also directed, and Ghostbusters with Dan Akyroyd. Ramis' other film credits include Groundhog Day, High Fidelity and Knocked Up. His final film, in which he appeared and directed, was 2009's Year One starring Jack Black and Michael Cera.

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2014 Celebrity Death: Maria von Trapp Died February 19 At The Age Of 99
Von Trapp, the last surviving member of the Austrian family that inspired The Sound of Music, died Feb. 19 at 99. Von Trapp was the second-eldest daughter of Georg Von Trapp and his first wife, Agatha Whitehead Von Trapp. She and her six siblings, known as the Trapp Family Singers, were immortalized in the stage and screen versions of The Sound of Music. The character of Louisa in both the musical and film versions was based on Maria. After settling in Vermont in the 1940s, Von Trapp played violin and taught dance with her sister Rosmarie at the family's ski lodge. She also served as a lay missionary in Papua, New Guinea.

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2014 Celebrity Death: John Henson Died February 14 At The Age Of 48
Henson, son Muppets creator Jim Henson, died Feb. 14 at 48 after suffering a massive heart attack. Henson was a shareholder and board member of The Jim Henson Company. In addition, he was a puppeteer and performed as the 9-foot tall ogre Sweetums for many years, including in Muppet Treasure Island and It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie.

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2014 Celebrity Death: Ralph Waite Died February 13 At The Age Of
The Waltons star died Feb. 13 at 86. Waite earned an Emmy nomination for playing patriarch John on The Waltons in 1978. He went on to reprise his role as John Walton in several subsequent TV movies. Waite also earned an Emmy nomination in 1977 for his work in the acclaimed miniseries Roots. He enjoyed a long career on the small screen which also included notable roles on The Mississippi, Murder One and Carnivale. In recent years, Waite had recurred on NCIS and Bonesas Gibbs' father and Booth's grandfather, respectively. Waite's film credits include Cool Hand Luke, Five Easy Pieces, The Bodyguard and Cliffhanger.

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2014 Celebrity Death: Richard Bull Died February 3 At The Age Of 89
The Little House on the Prairie star died Feb. 3 at 89. Born in Zion, Ill., Bull began his acting career with stage roles at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. In the 1960s, he starred as Doc on ABC'sVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea before landing the role of Nels on Little House in the Prairie. Bull played the character from 1974 to 1983.

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2014 Celebrity Death: Shirley Temple Died February 10 At The Age Of 85
The legendary child star who went on to become a U.S. ambassador died Feb. 10 at 85. Black starred in her first film at the age of 3 and had appeared in more than 40 movies by the time she was 12. As a child star, she was recognized by her signature ringlets in films like Curly Top, Stand Up and Cheer, The Little Princess and Bright Eyes, which included her star-making performance of "On the Good Ship Lollipop." In 1935, Black became the first child star who was awarded an honorary Oscar. She continued to appear on television throughout the 1950s and '60s and briefly had her own show, The Shirley Temple Show. After she stopped acting, Black became active in the Republican Party in California. She unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1967, but was appointed by President Richard Nixon as a delegate to the U.N. General Assembly in 1969. She also served as the U.S. ambassador to Ghana under President Gerald Ford, and later the U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia under President George H.W. Bush. In the mid-1970s, she was also the first female Chief of Protocol of the United States.

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2014 Celebrity Death: Phillip Seymour Hoffman Died February 2 At The Age Of 46
The Oscar winner was found dead on Feb. 2 at 46 of an apparent heroin overdose. Hoffman, who had been sober for 23 years, entered a detox facility for heroin last spring. Hoffman began his acting career in the early '90s, appearing in such films as Boogie Nights, The Big Lebowski, Magnolia and The Talented Mr. Ripley. In 2005, he played the title role in Capote, for which he received the Best Actor Oscar. He also received Oscar nominations for his supporting performances in Charlie Wilson's War, Doubt and The Master. In addition to his film work, Hoffman earned Tony nods for True West, Death of a Salesman and Long Day's Journey into Night. The actor, who set to star in the Showtime series Happyish, will appear in the final two Hunger Games films, Mockingjay Part 1 and 2.

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2014 Celebrity Death: Maximillian Schell Died February 1 At The Age Of 83
The Oscar winner died Feb. 1 at 83 following a sudden and serious illness. Schell won Best Actor for playing attorney Hans Rolfe, who defended four Nazis on trial, in 1962's Judgment at Nuremberg and remains the lowest-billed actor (fifth) to win a lead Oscar. Schell also received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for The Man in the Glass Booth and a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Julia. As a director and producer, he received Best Foreign Film Oscar nominations for First Love and The Pedestrian. He also directed the 1984 Marlene Dietrich documentary Marlene, which was nominated for Best Documentary.

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