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Vincent Price was considered the master of horror
ftlms, making movies that were terrifying without
being tasteless. Price died in October at the age of 82.
Television's top lawyer,
Perry Mason, never lost a
case, but Raymond Burr,
the actor who portrayed
him, lost his battle with
kidney cancer this year.
River Phoenix died on Halloween night after col·
lapsing outside the L.A. nightclub, The Viper Room.
The actor, who was 23, overdosed on cocaine and
morphine. Phoenix was a promising young actor
who first won acclaim when he was 15 for the movie,
Stand By Me. He later received an Oscar nomination
for his performance in Running on Empty.
Musician Frank Zappa,
who was known for
blending rock, jazz,
blues and classical
music died Dec. 4 of
prostate cancer. Zappa,
who was 52, released
over 60 albums in a
career that spanned
three decades.
J. Huba/SYGMA
"X-rated" is how some : Year-end college football polls : Zealot Baruch Goldstein
describe his radio talk show, : put Florida State at No. 1, opened fire inside a Muslim
but shock jock Howard Stem : but the quirky season had mosque in Hebron, in the
made it onto the best ·seller : some calling for a playoff sys- occupied West Bank of Israel. :
list with his tell-all book, ~ tern to decide the champion Dozens of people were killed,
Private Parts. The autobiogra- : rather than traditional bowl and Goldstein himself was
phy sold over a million co pie . : games. beaten to death.
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