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Academy Award-winning casting director Lynn Stalmaster, who helped launch the careers of John Travolta and Richard Dreyfuss, has died at the age of 93.

Stalmaster made it his business to know every young performer in Los Angeles and New York, and traveled the U.S. and Europe to find fresh talent.

Lynn Stalmaster was credited to jump-start the careers of several actors including Dustin Hoffman, Christopher Reeve, John Travolta and Richard Dreyfuss.

Legendary casting director Lynn Stalmaster dies at 93 Michael Ordoña © (Chris Pizzello / Invision) Lynn Stalmaster receives his Academy Award from Jeff Bridges at the 2016 Governors Awards. (Chris Pizzello / Invision) Hollywood legend Lynn Stalmaster, whose name was synonymous with casting for more than 60 years, died at his home Friday of natural causes, according to a statement from his family. He was 93. Stalmasters accomplishments are too numerous to list exhaustively, ...

Cecil A. Stevens, longtime owner of the Summit Inn at the top of the Cajon Pass, dies at 88 Victorville Daily Press Cecil Alvin Stevens — also known as C.A. — wasn’t just the owner of a piece of High Desert history, he was part of it. On top of being the longtime proprietor of the Summit Inn, Stevens also helped name the nearby community the diner served. As he told the Daily Press in 2016, Stevens served as chairman of a water board in the late-1970s. The board had sent out a ques...

Lynn Stalmaster, the Oscar-winning casting director whose eye for talent helped launch the careers of John Travolta, Christopher Reeve, Richard Dreyfuss and many other actors, has died. He was 93.

Lynn Stalmaster He impacted hundreds of films and jump-started the careers of unknowns including Dustin Hoffman, Christopher Reeve, LaVar Burton and Ned Beatty. Lynn Stalmaster, the canny casting director who pushed relative unknowns Dustin Hoffman for The Graduate, Christopher Reeve for Superman and John Travolta for Welcome Back, Kotter, has died. He was 93. Stalmaster, who at the Governors Awards in November 2016 became the first casting director in history to receive an Academy Award, di...

By Brian Lockhart The phrase ‘the golden age’ refers to a period where something, originally mankind itself, was in a flourishing and outstanding period of history. As a phrase, the golden age has come to refer to a period of a particular activity of sorts where something reached new heights, was innovative, or achieved success that wasn’t matched in later years. I guess there could come a time where a golden age is surpassed by an even better era where innovation takes things to a whole ...

Richard Thomas Alexander, 90, of Pilot Grove, MO, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, MO. He was born January 12, 1931, in Ink, AR, one of three children of Paxton Clay Alexander and Gladys W. (Wood) Alexander. Richard was a 1954 graduate of Cumberland County High School in Toledo, IL. He was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed attending church services at Katy Manor in Pilot Grove where he was lovingly cared for the past 24 years. He loved football and ...

Merle Oberon as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII Credit: Getty With dark, lustrous hair and mysterious eyes, Merle Oberon seemed the perfect choice to play Anne Boleyn in the 1933 film The Private Life of Henry VIII. Henry’s second wife is described in the historical records as possessing “black hair and an oval face of sallow complexion” and Oberon’s otherworldly beauty appeared to capture the essence of one of the most tragic figures in British history. Only years later...