Iconic, groundbreaking actress and comedienne Mary Tyler Moore has died at the age of 80. First rising to fame as Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, she went on to star in movies ranging from Thoroughly Modern Millie…
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Sad news from Hollywood to report, character actor great Miguel Ferrer has died at the age of 61 following a battle with cancer. Best known for his roles as the smarmy Bob Morton in the original Robocop, as abrasive FBI…
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Best known for creating The Exorcist (for which he wrote the original novel as well as the screenplay for William Friedkin‘s film adaptation), writer and director William Peter Blatty has died at the age of 89. Although primarily known as…
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We are devastated to learn that iconic actress, novelist, script doctor, and humorist Carrie Fisher has died at the age of 60 following suffering cardiac arrest aboard a flight from London to Los Angeles last Friday. (She had been hospitalized…
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The was no one quite like Zsa Zsa Gabor. The oft-married socialite, actress and bon vivant who was the original “celebutante” (i.e. a person who is famous primarily for being famous) has died in Los Angeles at the age of…
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Last night, Growing Pains star Alan Thicke died at the age of 69 in Los Angeles. Although he was best associated with the 1985-92 sitcom that made him a household name in America, he had a decades-spanning career in which…
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Last night, we lost an icon. Florence Henderson has died at the age of 82 of heart failure. Although she had a prolific career on stage — including a celebrated role in Oklahoma on Broadway — and screen, she will…
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In a year in which we have lost so many entertainers, it is our sad duty to now report that actor Robert Vaughn has died at the age of 83 from leukemia. Perhaps best known as Napoleon Solo in the…
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Yesterday, the motion picture industry lost a giant with the passing of Herschell Gordon Lewis at the age of 87. Nicknamed the “Godfather of Gore,” Lewis is widely credited with creating the horror subgenre of the splatter film through his…
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2016 dealt the entertainment industry, and indeed the world, another terrible blow over the weekend as beloved character actor Bill Nunn died of cancer at the age of 62 at his home in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Best known for his…
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