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Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor in "If You Ever Leave Me I'm Going With You!," a Broadway show about their marriage, at the Cort Theater in 2001.
Sara Krulwich/The New York Times; thumbnail, Orion Pictures, via Everett Collection, 1984
Joseph Bologna
Died on August 13, 2017 at age 82
Mr. Bologna looked like the quintessential tough guy but couldn’t seem to resist writing and playing sensitive male characters who longed for love and commitment in films like “Lovers and Other Strangers” and “Made for Each Other.”
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.