Notable Passings

...Cheryl Holdridge, one of Disney's Mousekeeters, has died of cancer at the age of 64. (Click the title of this post for her obituary; another can be found at MiceChat.)

Holdridge had guest and recurring roles on a number of other TV series, including THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET and LEAVE IT TO BEAVER. Although it's not listed in her IMDb credits, Wikipedia confirms my recollection that she was also one of the many Snow children in CAROUSEL (1956).

Holdridge had been widowed twice and had no immediate surviving family. Fellow Mouseketeers who were with Holdridge in the last hours of her life included Doreen Tracey and Tommy Cole.

...Olga San Juan, whose best-known film was BLUE SKIES (1946), costarring Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby, has passed away at the age of 81.

San Juan was married to actor Edmond O'Brien for nearly three decades. They divorced in 1976, but neither remarried.

...Father Richard Neuhaus, an influential theologian and conservative, has died at the age of 72. For many years Neuhaus was the religion editor at National Review.

Peter Wehner and John Podhoretz are among those who have written tributes.