{"id":48510,"date":"2015-04-07T17:03:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T22:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=48510"},"modified":"2015-04-07T17:03:32","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T22:03:32","slug":"wtva-former-um-artist-residence-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wtva-former-um-artist-residence-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"WTVA: Former UM Artist-in-Residence Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HICKORY, NC (WTVA) &#8212; Actor and founding member of the Mississippi Film Commission James Best has died.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, remembered by many as Roscoe P. 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