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Larry David, Jamie Lee Curtis and Cheryl Hines Remember Richard Lewis: “Funniest Person and Also the Sweetest”
Richard Lewis’ friends and co-stars, including Larry David, Jamie Lee Curtis and Cheryl Hines, are taking to social media to pay tribute to the late actor and comedian. Lewis, known for his role on Curb Your Enthusiasm, died Tuesday night at his Los Angeles home after suffering a heart attack, his publicist told The Hollywood Reporter. […]
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Ewen MacIntosh, Who Played Accountant Keith in Ricky Gervais’ ‘The Office,’ Dies at 50
Ewen MacIntosh, the Welsh actor and comedian best known for his role as Keith Bishop from the accounting office in the British version of The Office, has died at the age of 50. The cause of death was not immediately known. “The very funny and very lovely Ewen Macintosh, known to many as ‘Big Keith’ […]
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Henry Fambrough, Last Surviving Original Member of The Spinners, Dies at 85
Henry Fambrough, the last surviving original member of the iconic R&B group The Spinners, whose hits included “It’s a Shame,” “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love” and “The Rubberband Man,” has died. He was 85. Fambrough died peacefully of natural causes in his northern Virginia home on Wednesday, spokesperson Tanisha Jackson said in a […]
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Cecilia Gentili, ‘Pose’ Actress and LGBTQ Activist, Dies at 52
Cecilia Gentili, beloved Pose actress and longtime trans activist, has died. She was 52. A post on Gentili’s Instagram announced her death Tuesday afternoon. “Our beloved Cecilia Gentili passed away this morning to continue watching over us in spirit,” the announcement read. “Please be gentle with each other and love one another with ferocity.” A […]
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Toby Keith’s Death Brings Condolences From Country Music World
After the news of Toby Keith’s death broke overnight, reactions from the stars of the country music world and beyond followed, as some legendary figures and admirers of the late Nashville star began to share tributes online. Keith “passed peacefully last night on Feb. 5, surrounded by his family,” read his official website’s announcement of […]
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Sylvester Stallone Says ‘Rocky’ Couldn’t Have Been Accomplished Without Carl Weathers: “A Horrible Loss”
Rocky Balboa himself, Sylvester Stallone, took a moment to pay tribute to his co-star Carl Weathers, who died Thursday in his sleep at 76. The actors fought it out in the ring for the first two films of the famous boxing franchise, and they remained friends in the decades following the final installment, 1985’s Rocky […]
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Rod Holcomb, Emmy Winner Who Directed Episodes of ‘ER’ and ‘Lost,’ Dies at 80
Rod Holcomb, the Emmy-winning ER director who also helmed episodes of Lost, China Beach, Wolf and The Six Million Dollar Man, has died. He was 80. Holcomb died Jan. 24 in Los Angeles after a long illness, the Directors Guild of America shared Friday. Josh Holcomb said, “Dad was an inspiration to me. He always […]
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David Emge, ‘Dawn of the Dead’ Star, Dies at 77
David Emge, who played the helicopter pilot turned zombie Stephen in George A. Romero‘s Dawn of the Dead, has died. He was 77. Emge’s family shared the news of his death with the Evansville Courier & Press, a newspaper in his Indiana hometown. He died Saturday at the West River Health Campus. A cause of […]
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Tom Shales, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Washington Post Critic, Dies at 79
Tom Shales, a Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic for The Washington Post who spent nearly 40 years at the newspaper, has died. He was 79. He passed away on Saturday at a hospital in Fairfax County, Virginia, from complications due to COVID-19 and renal failure, his caretaker, Victor Herfurth, told The Post. Shales began his decades-long […]
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Laura Lynch, Founding Member of The Dixie Chicks, Dies at 65
Laura Lynch, a founding member of The Dixie Chicks, who played the upright bass in the band from 1990-93, has died. She was 65. The musician was killed in a car crash near El Paso, Texas, Friday evening, her cousin, Michael Lynch, told CBS News. Per a Texas Department of Safety report about the accident […]
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Jim Ladd, Rock Radio DJ and SiriusXM Host, Dies at 75
Jim Ladd, the famed rock radio disc jockey in 1970s Los Angeles who went on to host a show on SiriusXM, has died after suffering a heart attack. He was 75. Ladd’s on-air colleague at the satellite radio service, Meg Griffin, shared the news of his death on Saturday on its Deep Tracks channel, which […]
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Stan Rogow, Emmy-Nominated ‘Lizzie McGuire’ Producer, Dies at 75
Stan Rogow, the writer and Emmy-nominated producer who guided the Hilary Duff-starring Lizzie McGuire series and feature that spawned from the Disney Channel hit and partnered with John Sayles on several projects, has died. He was 75. Rogow died Thursday at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, family spokesperson Scott Fisher told The Hollywood Reporter. […]
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