00:00 Hello, today we're looking back at all of the stars from the worlds of entertainment,
00:04 film, TV and music that we've lost this year. It may seem that 2024 has only just begun,
00:10 but already the year has forced us to say goodbye to several well-known stars from
00:16 the stage and screen. And these are all the stars we lost in January.
00:20 Christine Oliver, an actor from Speed Racer, Saved by the Bell and The New Class,
00:26 died on January 4th, aged 51. Glynis Johns, an actress who you'll know from the classic 60s
00:34 musical Mary Poppins, died on January 4th, she was aged 100. David Soul, who starred in Starsky
00:41 and Hutch, died on January 4th, aged 80. Henry Farnborough, a musician and the last original
00:48 member of the Spinners, died on the 7th of January, he was 85. Reggie Wells, Oprah Winfrey's
00:55 personal make-up artist, died on the 8th of January, aged 76. Oprah paid tribute to Reggie
01:01 saying "you brought a lot of joy and so much laughter". Adam Canto, who is best known for
01:07 starring in Designated Survivor with Kiefer Sutherland, died on the 8th of January, aged just
01:13 42, leaving his co-stars bereft. James Kotak, a drummer for Scorpions and Kingdom Come, died on
01:20 the 9th of January, he was 61. Tisa Farrow, an actress who is known for starring in a string of
01:29 horror films in the 1970s, died on the 10th of January, she was 72. Alec Musser, an actor who
01:38 played Del Henry in the long-running soap All My Children, died on the 13th of January, aged 50.
01:46 Mylena Shaw, a jazz and R&B vocalist, died on the 19th of January, she was 81.
01:51 Mary Weiss, the lead singer of The Shangri-Las, sadly died on the 19th of January, aged 75.
01:59 Norman Jewison, a filmmaker who directed Fiddler on the Roof, In the Heat of the Night and The
02:07 Cincinnati Kid, to name just a few of his impressive catalogue, died on the 20th of January,
02:13 aged 97. Beverly Hills 90210 star David Gale, who played Stuart in the series,
02:21 died on the 20th of January, aged 58. Musician Melanie Safka, a singer-songwriter,
02:29 died on the 23rd of January, she was 76. Charles Allsgood, a journalist for CBS who hosted the
02:37 Sunday Morning Show, died on the 23rd of January, aged 91. Anchita Rivera, the actress and dancer
02:46 from Broadway, died on the 30th of January, at 91 years old. And those are all of the stars that
02:54 we sadly lost in January 2024.
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