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Buddy Greco, a jazz pianist, vocalist and Las Vegas mainstay who recorded more than 60 albums and had a hit with a version of "The Lady Is a Tramp," has died. He was 90.

Greco died Tuesday in Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. 

Survivors include his wife, singer Lezlie Anders; they performed together for years, most recently on stage in the show Fever! The Music of Miss Peggy Lee.

Greco toured and recorded with famed bandleader Benny Goodman, performed on dozens of TV variety shows and was a popular act at The Desert Inn in Las Vegas. He often...

From Mvd, Sneak Peek footage from "The Best Of The Danny Kaye Show", available on DVD October 7, 2014, including six uncut episodes of the Emmy-winning 1963-1967 variety series:

"...Danny Kaye was at the height of his popularity when 'The Danny Kaye Show' debuted on CBS in the fall of 1963. A pair of Broadway hits 'Lady In the Dark' and 'Let's Face It' plus a succession of popular feature films including 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty', 'The Inspector General', 'Knock On Wood', 'Up In Arms', 'The Court Jester', 'Hans Christian Andersen' and 'White Christmas' made Danny Kaye one of the most beloved stars of his day..."

In this collection  Danny sings with Ella Fitzgerald, Nana Mouskouri and Harry Belafonte. He sings and dances with Liza Minnelli and Gene Kelly, and deftly clowns his way through comedy sketches with Art Carney, Rod Serling,...

Aug. 12: Actor George Hamilton is 73. Actress Jennifer Warren is 71. Singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is 63. Singer Kid Creole is 62. Actor Sam J. Jones ("Flash Gordon") is 58. Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is 58. Actor Bruce Greenwood ("Thirteen Days") is 56. Country singer Danny Shirley (Confederate Railroad) is 56. Guitarist Roy Hay of Culture Club is 51. Rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot is 49. Actor Peter Krause is 47. Actor Michael Ian Black ("Ed") is 41. Actress Rebecca Gayheart is 41. Actor Casey Affleck is 37. Actress Maggie Lawson ("Psych") is 32. Actress Imani Hakim ("Everybody Hates Chris") is 19.

Aug. 13: Actor Pat Harrington is 83. Actor Kevin Tighe is 68. Actress Gretchen Corbett ("The Rockford Files") is 65. Actor Danny Bonaduce is 53. Actress Dawnn Lewis ("A Different World," "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper") is 51. Actor John Slattery is 50. Actress Debi Mazar is 48. Actress Quinn Cummings ("Family") is 45. Country singer Andy Griggs is 39. Drummer Mike Melancon of Emerson Drive is 34. Actress Kathryn Fiore ("Reno 911!") is 33. Singer James Morrison is 28.

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One of the rising stars in independent film, director Joshua Dragotta, has recently released The Buddy Greco Sessions, an introspective music documentary about a recent collaboration between the legendary lounge musician Buddy Greco and his wife Leslie along with lounge masters The Martini Kings in North Hollywood at Entourage Studios.  Dragotta is a former resident of Tucson who has found success living and working in the Los Angeles area the last several years, but always remembering his time here, he returns often, and he will be again soon.  Another of his recent works, a...

One of the most -- if not the most -- notorious Hollywood deaths was that of Marilyn Monroe. On August 5, 1962, her psychiatrist called the Lapd and reported that the actress was found dead in her Brentwood home. Her death was listed as "probable suicide" from "acute barbiturate poisoning," but over the years her death has been entangled in conspiracy theories. It might have been the Kennedys, since she had affairs with both political boys. It might have been the mafia, or, heck, maybe even the CIA.

Much like the death of Natalie Wood, Monroe's final moments have been a curiosity-filled mystery. I remember times in the early '90s when I would play the Marilyn Monroe Files, part of me imagining that as I went through the clues and reports, I would discover the true story. That, of course, would be impossible from a mere computer game, but it was...

She was the quintessential sex symbol of the twentieth century, and the only thing greater than Marilyn Monroe’s fame is the mystery surrounding her tragic death.

The “Some Like It Hot” actress passed away on Sunday, August 5, 1962, though the circumstances leading up to her demise have been kept secret for nearly fifty years.

However, a new voice has emerged to shed some light on Monroe’s final weekend alive- Frank Sinatra’s pianist and singer Buddy Greco. Greco was at the Cal-Neva Lodge [a known Mafia haunt] in Lake Tahoe, Nevada on July 28th and 29th and has spoken up about Marilyn’s fragile state prior to her death.

Greco explained that Monroe had been treated badly by her lovers, brothers John F and Robert Kennedy, and had been invited by Sinatra to come out to Tahoe to unwind and recuperate from her heartbreak.

“When she arrived that Saturday, you'd never believe that...

The last ever photos of screen icon Marilyn Monroe are expected to fetch thousands of dollars in an online auction.

Four ultra-rare pictures of the Some Like It Hot star at the Cal Neva resort in Nevada just five days before her death have been released by legendary pianist Buddy Greco.

They were part of a set of 36 photos taken of Monroe and Frank Sinatra during the summer of 1962 - but only six remain.

The other 30 were stored in a safe-deposit box at the World Trade Center and were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks.

Greco has put the prints - four of Monroe and two of Sinatra - up for auction, with a starting bid of $7,500 (£5,000).

Monroe died from an overdose of barbiturates on 05 August 1962.