Jean Stapleton dies

Jean Stapleton dies


Jean Stapleton dies

Jean Stapleton dies, Jean Stapleton, who died Friday at the age of 90, was 48 when she became famous as Edith Bunker in "All in the Family."
By the time that landmark sitcom premiered in 1971, she had been acting for 30 years on the stage, in movies and on television, mostly in small roles. She appeared in the Broadway musicals "Bells Are Ringing," "

S.W.A.T. star dies

S.W.A.T. star dies


S.W.A.T. star dies, Steve Forrest, an actor best known for his role as Lt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson on ABC's "S.W.A.T.," died in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Saturday. He was 87.
A cause of death was not made available, but he passed away peacefully surrounded by family, according to a statement from his publicist, Amanda Nguyen.Also read: Notable Celebrity Deaths of 2013Forrest,

Dick Trickle dies

Dick Trickle dies


Dick Trickle dies, Richard "Dick" Trickle -- who parlayed a legendary reputation as a short-track driver into a full-time career on stock car racing's biggest stages in the 1990s -- died Thursday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, a North Carolina sheriff's office said. He was 71.
A Lincoln County dispatcher received a call -- believed to have been placed by

Jack Butler dies

Jack Butler dies


Jack Butler dies, Jack Butler, who helped revolutionize the way cornerbacks played in the NFL during his Hall of Fame career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with a staph infection. He was 85.
Butler's son John said his father's heart stopped suddenly Saturday morning. The elder Butler had spent the last several months in the hospital dealing

Scarface actor dies

Scarface actor dies


Scarface actor dies, A Los Angeles television news anchor in the 1960s and 1970s who also appeared in movies such as "Rocky III" has died. Mario Machado was 78.
His daughter, Michelle, tells the Los Angeles Times ( http://lat.ms/13jwSEN ) that Machado died Saturday from complications of pneumonia at a Los Angeles convalescent facility.KCBS-TV ( http://cbsloc.al/10AM106 )

Mike Gray dies

Mike Gray dies


Mike Gray dies, Mike Gray, who co-wrote the prescient Oscar-nominated screenplay for the nuclear-disaster film The China Syndrome, died April 30 of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home, the Los Angeles Times reported. He was 77.
Gray developed the story for the thriller, which starred Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas, after researching the dangers of nuclear

Chris Kelly dies

Chris Kelly dies


Chris Kelly dies, Authorities in Georgia say Chris Kelly, a member of the 90s rap duo Kriss Kross, has died in Atlanta.
Investigator Betty Honey of the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office said the 34-year-old Kelley was pronounced dead around 5 p.m. Wednesday at the south campus of the Atlanta Medical Center.Honey said authorities are unsure of Kelly's cause of death and

Richie Havens dies: Richie Havens dies at 72

Richie Havens dies: Richie Havens dies at 72


Richie Havens dies: Richie Havens dies at 72, Richie Havens, who sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, has died of a heart attack Monday, his family said in a statement. He was 72.
Havens, a folk singer and guitarist, was the first performer at the three-day 1969 Woodstock Festival. He returned to the site during the 40th anniversary

Divinyls singer dead

Divinyls singer dead


Divinyls singer dead, Chrissy Amphlett, the raunchy lead singer of the Australian rock band Divinyls whose hit "I Touch Myself" brought her international fame in the early 1990s, has died at her home in New York city. She was 53 years old.
Her musician husband Charley Drayton said in a statement "Amphlett succumbed to the effects of breast cancer and multiple sclerosis"

Annette Funicello dies

Annette Funicello dies


Annette Funicello dies, She was the first crush for a generation of boys, the perfect playmate for a generation of girls.
Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, ruled among baby boomers, who tuned in every weekday afternoon to watch her on their flickering black-and-white television sets.Then

Les Blank dies

Les Blank dies


Les Blank dies, Filmmaker Les Blank, whose documentaries explored U.S. jazz, polka and Cajun music and also delved into more eccentric subjects including gap-toothed women and Chinese tea, died on Sunday, his son said.
Blank died at his home in Berkeley, California, from bladder cancer, Harrod Blank said. He was 77.Blank might be most widely remembered for his 1982 documentary

Roger Ebert dies

Roger Ebert dies


Roger Ebert dies, Roger Ebert has died at age 70 after just yesterday announcing a recurrence of his cancer.
Chicago's Sun-Times announced the news Thursday afternoon, tweeting: " It is with a heavy heart we report that legendary film critic Roger Ebert (@ ebertchicago ) has passed away."Ebert announced on his website Wednesday that he was "taking a leave of presence" due to

Jesus Franco dies

Jesus Franco dies


Jesus Franco dies, Spanish director Jesus "Jess" Franco died Tuesday in Malaga, Spain due to complications from a stroke, Variety reports. He was 82.
Before entering filmmaking, the Madrid native began composing music at age 6 and studied piano and harmony before penning a novel and later enrolling in film school.Scariest TV and movie serial killersKnown for his low-budget

Oscar winner dies

Oscar winner dies


Oscar winner dies, Oscar-winning screenwriter and award-winning novelist Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has died. She was 85.
Firoza Jhabvala said Wednesday that her mother died in New York after a long illness.Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was a longtime member of Merchant Ivory Productions, writing 22 films over four decades. She won two Academy Awards for her adaptations of the E.M. Forster

Chuck Fairbanks dies

Chuck Fairbanks dies



Chuck Fairbanks dies, Former New England
Patriots coach Chuck Fairbanks died of brain cancer on Tuesday,
according to the team. He was 79.

Fairbanks coached the Patriots from 1973-78,
leading the franchise to some of its greatest success by the end of his
tenure, including two playoff berths. The Patriots were 3-11 prior to
his arrival and went 11-3, 9-5 and 11-5

Jane Henson dies

Jane Henson dies


Jane Henson dies, Jane Henson, the woman who helped create and bring the Muppets to the world stage and carried those furry puppets through history, died in her Connecticut home on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. She was 78.

While many people associate the history of the Muppet empire with her husband, Jim Henson, Jane was an integral part of the creative enterprise.

Buckwild star dies

Buckwild star dies


Buckwild star dies, Shain Gandee - from MTV's "Buckwild" - has been found dead after being reported missing. The 21-year-old MTV reality star - and two other bodies - were found in a vehicle in in Sissonville, West Virginia on Monday morning, Access Hollywood has confirmed.
"This is a very sad and tragic event. We live in a very small community. Our thoughts and prayers are

Jack Pardee dies

Jack Pardee dies


Jack Pardee dies, Jack Pardee, one of Bear Bryant's ''Junction Boys'' at Texas A&M who went on to become an All-Pro linebacker and an NFL coach, died Monday.

In November, Pardee's family announced that he had gall bladder cancer that had spread to other organs and that he had six to nine months to live. The family has established a memorial scholarship fund in Pardee's name

Elwin Wilson dies

Elwin Wilson dies


Elwin Wilson dies, On Monday Elwin Wilson, a reformed Ku Klux Klansman, will be laid to rest. His life was notable for the hate therein — cross burnings, cantaloupe throwing, and, most famously, the beating of John Lewis — until around four years ago, when Wilson began apologizing, making his history, after he died last week, worth another look.
"He was the very, very first

Filmmaker killed

Filmmaker killed


Filmmaker killed,A documentary filmmaker known for helping rescue children from squalid Romanian orphanages in the early 1990s was fatally shot following an apparent dispute over the trimming of shrubbery outside his Southern California home, officials said Friday.
John Charles Upton Jr., 56, was found dead Thursday on a dirt path in the yard of his Encinitas home. The San