Obit watch: June 3, 2023.

Michael Norell, actor.

His acting credits in IMDB are limited, though his credits as a writer are more substantial. He did one episode of “Police Story”…

…and 110 episodes of “Emergency”. He was “Captain Stanley”. JEMS.

NYT obit for Don Bateman.

Cynthia Weil, songwriter. (“You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’”)

Redd Holt, drummer.

Mr. Holt scored his biggest hit as the drummer with the pianist Ramsey Lewis’s trio, whose original lineup also included Eldee Young on bass.
In 1965 — nearly 10 years after the band’s first record — they came out with “The ‘In’ Crowd,” a live album whose title track was a cover of a recently popular song by the R&B singer Dobie Gray.
The Lewis Trio version superseded Mr. Gray’s, reaching the top of the Billboard R&B chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their “‘In’ Crowd” won the 1965 Grammy Award for best instrumental jazz performance by a small group or soloist.

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