Sacheen Littlefeather, activist who turned down Oscar for Marlon Brando’s godfather, dies at 75 | Pretty Reel

Sacheen Littlefeather, the activist who made national news in 1973 when she refused to accept Marlon Brando’s Oscar for The Godfather, has died. The news was announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures and comes after a battle with breast cancer. Littlefeather was 75 years old. In 1973, Brando boycotted the Academy Awards in order … Read more

Louise Fletcher, nurse in ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ dies

Oscar and Emmy winner Louise Fletcher has created one of cinema’s greatest female villains in addition to her television roles. Louise Fletcher, Oscar for best actress for her portrayal of nurse Mildred Ratched, cruel and sadistic administrator of a psychiatric hospital, in Flight over a cuckoo’s nest of Milos Forman, died Friday at the age … Read more

Buddhist monk and legendary Japanese patron Kazuo Inamori dies at 90

DISAPPEARANCE. Founder of the Kyocera group, “savior” of the JAL airline, Kazuo Inamori died on August 24. Back on a unique journey. He was revered in Japan as a legendary patron, management mentor, philanthropist and Buddhist monk. Kyocera, the company he founded in post-war Japan, announced on Tuesday that Kazuo Inamori died on August 24 … Read more

Aníbal Fosbery OP, trainer of priests and laity, and founder of FASTA, dies at 88

On May 5, the well-known Dominican friar passed away at the age of 88, Hannibal Ernesto Fosbery OP. The priest had been hospitalized on April 27 at the Pedro Fiorito Hospital in the city of Avellaneda for a successful operation for an intestinal complication, but he was unable to overcome a subsequent respiratory failure that … Read more