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Broadway Actor Josh Grisetti Dies at 44; Suicide Reported
Broadway actor Josh Grisetti, known for Something Rotten! and a role on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, died Friday at 44; his death was by suicide, announced by former co-star Rob McClure, who said Grisetti left a Legally Blonde production for personal reasons. Grisetti's career spanned Broadway, off-Broadway and regional theatre, and he taught acting at Cal State Fullerton and Loyola Marymount University; he married Mackenzie Perpich in 2020 and was remembered fondly by theatres and colleagues.
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British-born artist David Hockney, who moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s and became famous for painting sun‑drenched pools and palm-lined landscapes, died at his London home on Thursday at age 88, with death confirmed by publicist Erica Bolton. A prolific innovator across painting, photography, film and digital media, he celebrated LA’s light and leisure while also pursuing Yorkshire landscapes and large‑scale multimedia works. LA’s Los Angeles County Museum of Art holds more than 150 Hockney works, and he remained relentlessly curious and experimental into his later years.
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