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Singer Tony Bennett arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on August 28, 2011 in Los Angeles. UPI/Jim Ruymen 
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Published: Sept. 20, 2011 at 4:00 AM
By United Press International

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DOLORES HOPE: Singer and humanitarian Dolores Hope, Bob Hope's widow, died Monday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, her family said. She was 102.

The Hollywood Reporter said services will be private and Dolores Hope will be buried next to her husband at the Bob Hope Memorial Garden in the San Fernando Mission in Mission Hills, Calif.

Dolores DeFina, a New York native who performed under the name Delores Reade when she was single, was married to Bob Hope from 1934 until his death at 100 in 2003. She frequently traveled and performed with him on stage at events organized for American troops and veterans.

She was a vocal advocate for adoption who also supported Catholic causes, especially those that helped the poor, The Hollywood Reporter said.

The couple is survived by their three children. Their eldest child, a son, died in 2004 at the age of 63.


'ALL MY CHILDREN:' Cameron Mathison and Lindsay Hartley will stay with "All My Children" when the U.S. soap opera moves from television to the Internet, producers said.

TVGuide.com said Prospect Park, the production company that acquired the rights to the 41-year-old daytime drama, made the casting announcement Monday.

Mathison and Hartley will reprise their roles of Ryan Lavery and Dr. Cara Castillo Martin respectively, the report said.

The stars are the first to join the cast of the online edition of the soap, which moves online next season after wrapping up production Friday.


NE-YO: Monyetta Shaw, the fiancee of U.S. recording artist Ne-Yo, has confirmed she is pregnant with their second child.

Shaw, an Atlanta clothing boutique owner, confirmed the news via her publicist to UsMagazine.com Monday.

Shaw gave birth last November to the couple's first daughter, Madilyn Grace.

UsMagazine.com said the new baby is expected to be born next month. The child's gender was not reported.


ALEC BALDWIN: Alec Baldwin says he missed the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday so he could serve as host of Tony Bennett's 85th birthday gala in New York the same night.

The absence of Baldwin, a nominee, from the Emmys show sparked rumors claiming he refused to participate because Fox, which was airing the program, cut out a joke he planned to make about network owner News Corp.

Asked about the buzz during a press conference in New York, EW.com said Baldwin replied, "I didn't skip the Emmys because of that … I skipped the Emmys because of this -- because I wanted to be here."

Baldwin said he agreed to serve as host of the Bennett gala before the date for the Emmys show was announced.

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