Obituary: Earl Holliman

Podcast reflections of interviewing the Hollywood actor, who was 96

Dec 01, 2024

Read my exclusive 2003 movie website interview with the late actor Earl Holliman, who recently died at the age of 96.

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Obituary: Bob Dole

Scott Holleran

December 6, 2021

“God has a plan for all of us,” Bob Dole, who died this week, once told an interviewer. That’s an apt quote to capture his political philosophy as a United States senator. Dole was pragmatic, supporting every major advancement of the welfare state with few exceptions. Throughout his career as a statesman, Dole formula…

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Podcast: Tom Wilkinson’s Obituary

Scott Holleran

December 31, 2023

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Obituary: Burt Bacharach

Scott Holleran

February 10, 2023

Burt Bacharach, whom this writer once met, died at his Los Angeles home. The artist was 94 years old. Bacharach’s death marks the demise of thoughtful, story-driven popular music—trimmed with optimism—which was once part of American culture. His distinctly melodic music, with lyrics by his primary artistic part…

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Obituary: Maggie Smith

Scott Holleran

Sep 28

Unrelenting, focused and purposeful. These are words that come to mind to describe Maggie Smith. The actress continued to impress me repeatedly over the years in a wide variety of great performances. Among the films I reviewed in which she co-starred or appeared are the mixed, mediocre

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Obituary: Christopher Plummer

Scott Holleran

February 6, 2021

I shall remember Christopher Plummer, who at 91 died at his home in America’s Constitution state, as an actor with the ability to deliver the deftly commanding performance.

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