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Connie Francis

‘My personal life is a regret from A to Z’: Connie Francis, whose roofing contractor, accordion-playing father was just her first obstacle, dies at 87

By Bob Thomas and The Associated Press

FILE – Roger Corman addresses the audience during the awards ceremony of the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 27, 2023. Corman, the Oscar-winning “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors an early break, died Thursday, May 9, 2024. He was 98. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Roger Corman, ‘King of the Bs’ who directed ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ and hired young filmmakers like Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, has died at 98

By Bob Thomas, Amy Taxin, and others