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Robert Osborne in 2014. As the primetime host of Turner Classic Movies, he reached more than 82 million homes from its inception in 1994, the channel said.
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Robert Osborne
Died on March 6, 2017 at age 84
A onetime actor, for the last 23 years the silver-haired Mr. Osborne brought a sophisticated, gentlemanly air to Turner Classic Movies, where he turned his savant-like familiarity with films, their back stories and their stars into absorbing intros, outros and interviews.
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.