Cesar Romero

All I heard was "Romero" as I turned on the radio. "No, it can't be," I thought. "Romero, dead at 86," the announcer continued. Why couldn't I believe that Cesar Romero was dead? Because every time I saw him I saw a very youthful, handsome man who got better as he aged! As an entertainer, I had the pleasure of seeing him at functions at which I was engaged to sing. He was so popular with everyone connected with show business that a party without him was not a party. Although he was a star, he was simply a down-to-earth human being.

Sid Melton Character actor in dozens of TV, film projects Sid Melton, 94, a character actor perhaps best known for his roles in the hit television shows "Green Acres" and "The Danny Thomas Show," died of pneumonia Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his family said. During a career that spanned nearly 60 years, Melton appeared in about 140 television and film projects. They included two 1951 movies, "Lost Continent" with Cesar Romero and the Samuel Fuller-directed "The Steel Helmet," and 1972's "Lady Sings the Blues" with Diana Ross.

Cesar Romero, the classically handsome, debonair Latin Lothario of stage, film and television for nearly seven decades and an omnipresence on the Hollywood social circuit long after he had given up acting, has died. He was 86. Romero died Saturday night at St. Johns Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, according to hospital spokesman Gary Miereanu. Romero, who had been hospitalized with severe bronchitis and pneumonia, died of complications of a blood clot, the spokesman said.

All I heard was "Romero" as I turned on the radio. "No, it can't be," I thought. "Romero, dead at 86," the announcer continued. Why couldn't I believe that Cesar Romero was dead? Because every time I saw him I saw a very youthful, handsome man who got better as he aged! As an entertainer, I had the pleasure of seeing him at functions at which I was engaged to sing. He was so popular with everyone connected with show business that a party without him was not a party. Although he was a star, he was simply a down-to-earth human being.

Sid Melton Character actor in dozens of TV, film projects Sid Melton, 94, a character actor perhaps best known for his roles in the hit television shows "Green Acres" and "The Danny Thomas Show," died of pneumonia Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his family said. During a career that spanned nearly 60 years, Melton appeared in about 140 television and film projects. They included two 1951 movies, "Lost Continent" with Cesar Romero and the Samuel Fuller-directed "The Steel Helmet," and 1972's "Lady Sings the Blues" with Diana Ross.

When Jerry Cohn realized his wardrobe would not be complete without a pair of denim boots, he did not think twice about where to go--he took his unusual request to his designer of the last 10 years, Manuel. "It was my idea," said Cohn, who manages the careers of such stars as Barbara Stanwyck, Cesar Romero and Rose Marie. "I said, 'I've got a great idea . . . How about making me a pair of denim boots?' But he'd already thought of it on his own. He pulled out a pair and said, 'You mean like these?

Latino Awards: The seventh annual Imagen Hispanic Media Awards will be handed out at a luncheon today at the Beverly Wilshire. Cesar Romero will received a lifetime achievement award at the ceremony, which will be emceed by Jimmy Smits and Elizabeth Pena.

Two NBC series, "L.A. Law" and "Shannon's Deal," were cited for advancing positive images of Latinos at the seventh annual Imagen Hispanic Media Image Awards luncheon Friday at the Regent Beverly Wilshire. It was the third Imagen for "L.A. Law" and the first for the canceled "Shannon's Deal." The awards are sponsored by the National Conference of Christians & Jews and the Wilkerson Foundation. Cesar Romero received a special lifetime achievement award.

Cesar Romero, the classically handsome, debonair Latin Lothario of stage, film and television for nearly seven decades and an omnipresence on the Hollywood social circuit long after he had given up acting, has died. He was 86. Romero died Saturday night at St. Johns Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, according to hospital spokesman Gary Miereanu. Romero, who had been hospitalized with severe bronchitis and pneumonia, died of complications of a blood clot, the spokesman said.

A judge has found two Colombian air force pilots guilty of murder and sentenced each to 31 years in prison for the 1998 cluster-bombing of a village that killed 17 people. Judge Martin Suarez found that the pilots, both lieutenants, had acted impetuously, failing to distinguish between civilians and leftist rebels in the attack on Santo Domingo in the northeastern state of Arauca. Suarez ordered the two pilots, Cesar Romero and Johan Jimenez, to be jailed immediately. Both had enjoyed provisional liberty.

Norman Fell, Nanette Fabray, Ruby Keeler and Cesar Romero are among the several hundred seniors who have paid their $10 and signed up to participate in Secure Horizons' Senior Walk, scheduled for Sunday. Proceeds raised from the three-mile event, which is being held in conjunction with the third annual City of Los Angeles Marathon, will be donated to the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center at USC. Mayor Tom Bradley is scheduled to kickoff the event at 9:30 a.m. at the USC campus.