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Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2024: Photo Gallery & Obituaries
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Máiréad Tyers Joins Siobhán Cullen In RTÉ & Hulu Dark Comedy ‘Obituary’ As Production Starts On Season 2
EXCLUSIVE: Extraordinary star Máiréad Tyers has joined the cast of Obituary as cameras roll on season two of the dark comedy crime drama. The series, from APC Studios (UK) and Irish indie Magamedia, is for Irish pubcaster RTÉ and Hulu in the U.S. Bafta-nominated Tyers will star alongside returning lead…
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Linda Deutsch Dies: Longtime AP Courts Reporter Who Covered Manson, Simpson, Spector & More Was 80
Linda Deutsch, the Los Angeles-based special correspondent for The Associated Press whose 50-year career with the news service included covering many of the most attention-getting trials in Hollywood history, died Sunday of pancreatic cancer at her Los Angeles home surrounded by family and friends. She…
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By Greg Evans
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Rapper Fatman Scoop Dies At 56 After Collapsing Onstage
Fatman Scoop, a rapper who worked with Timbaland, Missy Elliott and Mariah Carey, has died at 56. The cause of death is not yet known.
The Party King artist (born Isaac Freeman III) suffered a medical emergency during a performance on Friday night in Hamden, Connecticut and was transported via…
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By Glenn Garner
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NHL Star Johnny Gaudreau And Brother Fatally Struck By SUV Day Before Sister’s Wedding
NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother were killed Thursday evening when they were struck by an SUV as they were bicycling in New Jersey.
Gaudreau, 31, who played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, and brother Matthew Gaudreau, 29, were scheduled to serve as groomsmen today at their sister's wedding…
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By Greg Evans
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Betty A. Bridges Dies: 40-Year Actor On ‘Good Times’, ‘ER’, ‘Hill Street Blues’ & Mother Of Todd Bridges Was 83
Betty A. Bridges, who guested on dozen of popular TV series during a 40-year career ranging from Good Times and Charlie’s Angels to Lou Grant and Hill Street Blues to ER and 2 Broke Girls and later was a prominent acting coach, died August 27. She was 83.
She died at the Phoenix home of her son, Diff…
Sid Vicious Dies: Pro Wrestler Whose Career Ended With A Gruesome Televised Injury Was 63
Pro wrestler Sid Vicious, a star at the height of the WrestleMania era of the early 1990s whose career ended with a horrific (and televised) leg injury, has died after battling cancer for several years. He was 63.
His death was announced on social media by son Gunnar Eudy.
“He was a man of…
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By Greg Evans
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Roger Cook Dies: ‘This Old House’ Longtime Landscape Expert Was 70
Roger Cook, known to viewers of PBS’ long-running series This Old House as the landscaper with a solution to every problem and an answer to every question, died August 21 following a lengthy illness. He was 70.
His death was announced on This Old House‘s official website.
"I remember every…
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By Greg Evans
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Jerry Fuller Dies: Hit Songwriter For ‘Young Girl’ And ‘Travelin’ Man’ Was 85
Jerry Fuller, a hit-making songwriter whose works were recorded by Ricky Nelson, Gary Puckett, Reba McEntire, Sam Cooke, Lawrence Welk, the Kingston Trio, Billy Eckstine, Engelbert Humperdinck and more, died July 18 at his home in Los Angeles at 85. The cause was complications of lung cancer, his wife…
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By Bruce Haring
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Peter Marshall Dies: Longtime ‘Hollywood Squares’ Host, Comic & Actor Was 98
Peter Marshall, who hosted the popular game show The Hollywood Squares for more than 15 years and had a long career as an actor, singer and comic, died today of kidney failure at his Encino home. He was 98. His publicist Harlan Boll confirmed to news to Deadline.
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Grace Bentkowski Dies In Train Accident: NewsNation Journalist Was 22
Grace Bentkowski, a creative producer for the NewsNation cable network, was killed last month while crossing ground-level tracks with a group of other commuters at Chicago’s Hegewisch South Shore station. Her death just came to public attention.
"Grace Bentkowski was a rising star at NewsNation," the…
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By Bruce Haring
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Gena Rowlands Dies: ‘The Notebook’, ‘Gloria’ And ‘A Woman Under the Influence’ Star Was 94
Gena Rowlands, a multiple Emmy winner whose captivating work in A Woman Under the Influence and as the elder and dementia-ridden Allie in The Notebook also moved moviegoers, died Wednesday surrounded by family at her home in Indian Wells, CA. She was 94.
No cause of death was given, but the retired…
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By Bruce Haring
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