Oscar-and Grammy-winning lyricist Norman Gimbel dies at 91
Los Angeles, Dec 29: Norman Gimbel, an Oscar- and Grammy-winning lyricist, has died at the age of 91.
The songwriter passed away on December 19 at his home in Montecito, California, his son Tony Gimbel told The Hollywood Reporter.
Gimbel was best known for writing the lyrics of "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and the English lyrics for "The Girl From Ipanema" with his writing partner Charles Fox
The duo also collaborated on Croce's "I Got a Name," released the day after the singer's death in a plane crash September 20, 1973. The song served as the theme to "The Last American Hero" (1973), starring Jeff Bridges.
They also wrote themes for the Garry Marshall comedies "Happy Days", "Laverne & Shirley", and "Angie".
Gimbel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984.
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
