Elizabeth Taylor was in lot of pain before death, says Debbie Reynolds

Actress Debbie Reynolds has revealed that late Dame Elizabeth Taylor was in a lot of pain before her death.
Best known for their decades-long rivalry, Taylor and Reynolds managed to mend their friendship and even shared an intimate moment two weeks before Taylor’s death on Wednesday.
“I said, ‘Getting old is really sh--,’ “ the New York Daily News quoted Reynolds, as telling Access Hollywood Live.
“And she said, ‘It certainly is. It certainly is, Debbie. This is really tough.’ “
“I said, ‘Well, you just hang in there now, Elizabeth,’ “ Reynolds said.
“And she said, ‘I’m really trying.”
“God bless her; she’s on to a better place,” Reynolds said.
“I’m happy that she’s out of her pain, because she was in a lot of pain,” Reynolds added.
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U.S. playwright Lanford Wilson dies at 73

Playwright Lanford Wilson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Talley’s Folly” and other titles such as “The Hot L Baltimore,” has died after a long illness, at 73, his talent agent said on Thursday.
His friend and collaborator Marshall W. Mason posted a notice on Facebook saying “it was a peaceful, painless end.”
The playwright was a prominent member of the Off-Broadway theater scene and a founding member in 1969 of New York City’s Circle Repertory Company, where he was a resident playwright until 1995.
“Talley’s Folly,” part of a trilogy of plays about different generations of a Missouri family, earned Wilson the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1980.
He received numerous other awards throughout his long career including two New York Drama Critics Circle honors. His other works for the stage included “5th of July,” “Burn This” and “The Mound Builders.”
Wilson was a member of the Dramatists Guild Council and he had lived in Sag Harbor, New York, since 1970.
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Former Shadows guitarist Jet Harris dies

British musician Jet Harris, who played bass guitar in Cliff Richard’s band The Shadows, has died aged 71, British media reported on Friday.
Terence Harris, nicknamed ‘Jet’ because he was one of the fastest runners in his school, was introduced to Richard in 1958, and his website credits him with coming up with the name The Shadows.
‘Jet was exactly what the Shadows and I needed—a backbone holding our sound together,’ Richard said in a statement.
‘Jet, the bass player, will always be an integral part of British rock’n’roll history. Losing him is sad—but the great memories will stay with me. Rock on, Jet.’
With The Shadows, Harris enjoyed a string of hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s including ‘High Class Baby,’ the chart-topping ‘Apache’ and ‘Guitar Tango.’ His last recording with the band was ‘Wonderful Land’ in 1962, which also made it to number one in the British charts.
After leaving the group, Harris teamed up with former Shadows bandmate Tony Meehan and again reached number one with ‘Diamonds’ in 1963.
After a serious car crash nearly ended his career he faded from the limelight, although he did tour in Europe and release several albums. As his success as a musician faded, Harris became a professional photographer.
He was made an MBE for his services to music, and died after a two-year battle with cancer. Earlier this month he was forced to cancel all appearances due to ill health.
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