Obituaries
Carla Balenda, Actress in ‘Sealed Cargo’ and Mickey Rooney’s ‘Hey Mulligan,’ Dies at 98
Carla Balenda, who starred alongside Dana Andrews and Claude Rains in the RKO Pictures thriller Sealed Cargo and portrayed Mickey Rooney’s girlfriend on the NBC sitcom Hey Mulligan, has died. She was 98. Balenda, billed at times as Sally Bliss, her birth name, died April 9 of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television […]
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Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Last of the Original Four Tops, Dies at 88
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group the Four Tops that was known for such hits as “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “Standing in the Shadows of Love,” has died at age 88. Fakir died Monday of heart failure at his home in Detroit, according to a family […]
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Jill Schary Robinson, Author and Mother of UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer, Dies at 88
Jill Schary Robinson, the memoirist, journalist and novelist whose father, Dore Schary, headed MGM in the 1950s and son, Jeremy Zimmer, is the founder and CEO of the United Talent Agency, has died. She was 88. Schary Robinson died Saturday at her home in Beverly Hills, her family announced. She wrote her first memoir, 1963’s […]
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Esta TerBlanche, ‘All My Children’ Star, Dies at 51
Esta TerBlanche, the soap opera star best known for playing Gillian Andrassy on All My Children, has died. She was 51. TerBlanche died Thursday of natural causes, her friend and agent Lisa Rodrigo wrote on Facebook. An autopsy report is pending. “I am still processing and in shock,” Rodrigo wrote. “Esta was a beautiful soul […]
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Whitney Rydbeck, ‘Friday the 13th’ Actor and Crash Test Dummy in Seat Belt Ads, Dies at 79
Whitney Rydbeck, the actor and mime who portrayed the last of the paintball victims in Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI and one of the original crash test dummies in an iconic public service campaign that promoted seat belt safety, has died. He was 79. Rydbeck died Monday of complications from cancer while in […]
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Donna Berwick, ‘Da 5 Bloods’ and ‘Hemlock Grove’ Costume Designer, Dies at 66
Donna Berwick, who worked as a costume designer on Da 5 Bloods, Hemlock Grove and Game of Thrones, has died. She was 66. Her brother, Stephan Berwick, announced on Facebook that she died Wednesday following a battle with breast cancer. “Today we lost the coolest, most magnetic, joy of life woman I’ve known, my incomparable […]
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Christina Sandera, Clint Eastwood’s Companion, Dies at 61
Christina Sandera, the companion of Clint Eastwood for the past decade, has died, the actor-director announced. She was 61. “Christina was a lovely, caring woman, and I will miss her very much,” he said in a statement released Thursday night. A Warner Bros. spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter that no further information would be forthcoming. […]
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Cheng Pei-pei, ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ and ‘Come Drink With Me’ Actress, Dies at 78
Cheng Pei-pei, the pioneering Chinese actress dubbed the “Queen of Swords” and considered among the first female action stars who made her name in the Shaw Brothers classic Come Drink With Me and later had a memorable turn as the villain Jade Fox in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has died. She was 78. […]
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Bob Booker, Writer-Producer on ‘The First Family’ Comedy Album, Dies at 92
Bob Booker, the veteran writer and producer whose crowning achievement was the hugely popular 1962 comedy album The First Family, which poked fun at President John F. Kennedy and won the Grammy for album of the year, has died. He was 92. Booker died Friday of heart failure at his home in Tiburon, California, his […]
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Lou Dobbs, Former CNN and Fox Business Anchor, Dies at 78
Lou Dobbs, one of CNN’s original anchors who later worked at the Fox Business channel, has died. He was 78. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Lou Dobbs. An incredible business mind with a gift for broadcasting, Lou helped pioneer cable news into a successful and influential industry. We are immensely grateful for his […]
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Jamie Lee Curtis, Judd Apatow, Paul Feig, Kaley Cuoco Remember Bob Newhart: “Truly One of a Kind”
Jamie Lee Curtis, Judd Apatow, Paul Feig and The Big Bang Theory cast and crew members, including Kaley Cuoco, Mayim Bialik and Bill Prady, are among those across Hollywood paying tribute to Bob Newhart, who died Thursday morning at age 94. Newhart, a beloved stand-up performer known for his iconic deadpan humor highlights on two […]
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Bob Newhart, Dean of the Deadpan Delivery, Dies at 94
Bob Newhart, the beloved stand-up performer whose droll, deadpan humor showcased on two critically acclaimed CBS sitcoms vaulted him into the ranks of history’s greatest comedians, died Thursday morning. He was 94. The Chicago legend, who won Grammy Awards for album of the year and best new artist for his 1960 breakthrough record, The Button-Down […]
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