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Durable Oscar Winner Karl Malden Dies at 97

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: July 2, 2009 · Comments (2)

Karl Malden, the bulbous-nosed character actor who won a Best Supporting Oscar for his role as Mitch, the guiless suitor of Blanche DuBois in the 1951 classic A Street Car Named Desire - a role he created on Broadway - and lent his particular brand of gravitas to American... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (3 votes cast)

Ed McMahon Dies at 86

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 23, 2009 · Comments (1)

Ed McMahon, the longtime pitchman and Johnny Carson sidekick who's "Heeeeeeerre's Johnny!" became a part of the vernacular, has died. Ed McMahon had suffered several health problems in recent years. McMahon's publicist, Howard Bragman, said Tuesday McMahon passed away peacefully at the Ronald Reagan/UCLA Medical Center shortly after midnight. McMahon... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Last survivor of "unsinkable" Titanic dies at 97

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 3, 2009 · Comments (2)

Millvina Dean was the youngest passenger on RMS Titanic, just nine weeks old when she was wrapped in a sack and lowered from the sinking ship into a lifeboat bobbing on the frigid North Atlantic. Dean lived to become the disaster's last survivor. She died Sunday at the age... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Mike Tyson's Daughter Dies

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: May 27, 2009 · Comments (2)

The 4-year-old daughter of former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has died, a day after being found with cord tied around her neck in an apparent accident at her home, Phoenix police said on Tuesday. "Exodus Tyson was pronounced deceased at 11:45 a.m. today at the hospital. Our sympathies... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Remembering Bea via Rue

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: April 27, 2009 · Comments (0)

EW.com phoned Rue McClanahan at her Manhattan home Sunday morning to get her memories about her long-time friend and co-star, who died yesterday in Los Angeles at age 86. Since Bea Arthur died on a weekend the obit would be a little late to post but we just have... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Pitcher Fidrych Suffocated Under Truck

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: April 17, 2009 · Comments (0)

Yikes! Investigators believe legendary pitcher Mark Fidrych, who was found dead at his Massachusetts farm on Monday, was asphyxiated when his clothes became tangled in the moving parts of his truck's engine, according to the Worcester County district attorney. Fidrych, 54, was found underneath a 10-wheel Mack dump truck... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Reality TV star Jade Goody dies

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: March 23, 2009 · Comments (0)

Jade Goody's family asks for "privacy at last" after the death at 27 of the brash former dental assistant who turned her tumultuous life and struggle with cervical cancer into a one-woman reality show. Mocked as a slob, then celebrated as an everywoman, Goody lived one of the UK's... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (5 votes cast)

Richardson was a true daughter of the theater

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: March 19, 2009 · Comments (0)

Natasha Richardson starred on Broadway in a quintet of strikingly different productions -- each one demonstrating why the actress was a true daughter of the theater, a worthy member of an illustrious acting dynasty. Richardson, who died Wednesday in a Manhattan hospital following a skiing accident in Canada, was... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Ex-EastEnders star Wendy Richard dies age 65

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: February 27, 2009 · Comments (0)

British actress Wendy Richard, best known for her roles in the soap opera Eastenders as well as the 1970s comedy Are You Being Served? died on Thursday at the age of 65, her agent said. The actress died at a clinic in London's Harley Street with her husband John... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Ricardo Montalban, TV's Mr. Roarke, Trek's Khan, Dead at 88

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: January 15, 2009 · Comments (1)

Ricardo Montalban, the velvet voiced Mexican born actor who greeted the plane as Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island, died in his Beverly Hills home Wednesday. He was 88. Born in Mexico City and partially educated in the U.S., Montalban began his career in the early '40s playing bit parts... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Mia Farrow's Adopted Daughter Dies

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: December 31, 2008 · Comments (0)

Actress Mia Farrow's adopted daughter has died, aged 35. Vietnamese-born Lark Previn, who was adopted by Farrow and musician Andre Previn, died on Christmas Day. Previn had suffered ill health for a decade. Her cause of death is not yet known. She is survived by her live-in boyfriend Robert... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (2 votes cast)

Eartha Kitt, sultry 'Santa Baby' singer, dies

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: December 25, 2008 · Comments (1)

Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said. She was 81. Andrew Freedman said Kitt, who was recently treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, died Thursday in Connecticut... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (2 votes cast)

Bettie Page, 1950s pinup queen, dies in L.A

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: December 12, 2008 · Comments (3)

Bettie Page, one of America's most photographed pinup girls during the 1950s, died in Los Angeles on Thursday from pneumonia, her agent said. She was 85. Page was a ubiquitous sight during the 1950s, propelled to stardom when she posed for Playboy as Miss January 1955. Soon her image was... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Sunny von Bulow dies after 28 years in coma

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: December 6, 2008 · Comments (0)

Martha "Sunny" von Bulow, the heiress who spent the last 28 years of her life in a coma after what prosecutors alleged in a pair of sensational trials were two murder attempts by her husband, died Saturday at age 76. She died at a nursing home in New York,... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Jeffersons Star Paul Benedict Dies

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: December 5, 2008 · Comments (1)

The Jeffersons star Paul Benedict has died at the age of 70. The actor - who was best known for playing English neighbour Harry Bentley on the long-running sitcom - was found dead on Monday on Martha's Vineyard, an island off the coast of Massachusetts. The cause of death... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Michael Crichton Obits

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: November 5, 2008 · Comments (2)

In this Dec. 7, 2004 file photo, author Michael Crichton poses at The Peninsula Hotel in New York. Crichton died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Los Angeles, at age 66. He had been privately battling cancer, according to his family. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, file) ... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Radar Shutting Down (Again)

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 27, 2008 · Comments (0)

Late Friday morning Radar editor Maer Roshan convened his staff and announced that the magazine would be shutting down immediately. Staffers are expected to clear out their desks by the end of that day. "The magazine is gone and the Web site is being reincarnated," said a Radar staffer... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (2 votes cast)

Hollywood fashion maven Mr. Blackwell dies

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 20, 2008 · Comments (0)

Mr. Blackwell, the fashion maven whose annual "worst-dressed" list could be the bane of Hollywood celebrities, has died at age 86, according to media reports on Monday. Richard Blackwell, born Richard Selzer, had been in failing health for some time and in August was reported to be in a... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Guillaume Depardieu Dead at 38

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 13, 2008 · Comments (1)

French actor GERARD DEPARDIEU's son GUILLAUME died on Monday (13Oct08) at the Garches hospital near Paris. The 37 year old passed away after a severe bout of pneumonia. He was filming new movie L'Enfance d'Icare in Romania when he suddenly fell ill and was taken to the Garches hospital... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Former Marilyn Manson Bassist Dead at 39

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 12, 2008 · Comments (0)

Marilyn Manson's former bandmate Gidget Gein has been found dead, according to reports. The bass player, whose real name was Brad Stewart, played in Manson's band from 1989 until 1993, when he was fired and replaced by Twiggy Ramirez. He went on to make music with the band Gidget... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Broadway to dim its lights for Paul Newman

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 3, 2008 · Comments (1)

Broadway theaters will dim their lights on Friday to honor the late Paul Newman, who first set foot on a Broadway stage in 1953. The legendary film star, whose brilliant blue eyes, good looks, cool style and talent made him one of Hollywood's top actors over six decades, died... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

TV's "Mr. Clean" dies at age 92

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 3, 2008 · Comments (0)

The actor who played muscular "Mr. Clean" in hundreds of dirt-busting television commercials in the late 1950s and early 1960s, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 92, his family said. House Peters Jr.'s bald-head, hoop earring and brawny arms was the original public face of Proctor... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Paul Newman 1925-2008

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 27, 2008 · Comments (2)

Paul Newman, the film star, racing driver, team owner and humanitarian entrepreneur has died at the age of 83. Newman was the part-owner of the Newman Haas Lanigan Racing team in the Indy Racing League. He made his debut on Broadway and had his first movie in 1954. He... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Knut's keeper Thomas Doerflein found dead

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 23, 2008 · Comments (0)

The zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the beloved polar bear Knut was found dead in his Berlin apartment Monday. A spokeswoman for Berlin police said Thomas Doerflein was dead when authorities arrived at the apartment and that they had no information on the cause of death. Doerflein was... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Motown songwriter, producer Norman Whitfield dies

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 18, 2008 · Comments (0)

Norman Whitfield, songwriter and producer who co-wrote a string of Motown classics including "War," "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," has died. He was 67. A spokeswoman at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center said Whitfield died there Tuesday. He suffered from complications of... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (4 votes cast)

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