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May 19, 2022 12:09 PM CDT

Actor Marnie Schulenburg Dies at 37

She was best known for her role on 'As the World Turns'

(Newser) - An actor diagnosed with breast cancer just five months after the birth of her daughter in 2019 has died of the disease at age 37. Marnie Schulenburg first gained fame for her portrayal of Alison Stewart on CBS' As the World Turns, for which she earned a Daytime Emmy nomination...

Fred Ward Took Off
in The Right Stuff

obituary

May 13, 2022 3:35 PM CDT

Fred Ward Took Off in The Right Stuff

Actor's varied roles included 'Tremors,' 'Henry and June'

(Newser) - Fred Ward, a longtime character actor known for his roles in the historical space epic The Right Stuff and the cult classic Tremors, has died. He was 79. Ward brought an old-time grit and charisma to a variety of roles, Variety reports, that struck audiences as genuine. "The unique...

Beloved Seinfeld , Friends Actor Dies at 67

Friends, Seinfeld
Actor 'Never
Met a Stranger'

OBITUARY

May 7, 2022 9:00 AM CDT

Friends, Seinfeld Actor 'Never Met a Stranger'

Mike Hagerty, who most recently starred in HBO's 'Somebody Somewhere,' dies at age 67

(Newser) - Mike Hagerty, an actor known for playing the building super on Friends and a cranky store owner on Seinfeld, has died at the age of 67. "With great sadness, the family of Michael G. Hagerty announced his death yesterday in Los Angeles. A beloved character actor, his love of...

Paparazzo Became Infamous Ambushing Celebrities

Ron Galella Was Scorned,
but Not His Celebrity Photos

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May 2, 2022 7:55 PM CDT

Ron Galella Was Scorned, but Not His Celebrity Photos

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis won a restraining order against the paparazzo

(Newser) - Ron Galella, the photographer who helped create the privacy-free celebrity culture of today while infuriating his famous subjects, has died. He was 91 and died Saturday at his home in New Jersey of congestive heart failure, the New York Times reports. A freelancer, he followed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis relentlessly for...

Naomi Judd Built a Career in Music With Her Daughter

With Wynonna, Naomi Judd
Had Hall of Fame Music Career

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Apr 30, 2022 6:00 PM CDT

With Wynonna, Naomi Judd Had Hall of Fame Music Career

The Judds produced a string of No. 1 country hits

(Newser) - Naomi Judd, who with her daughter formed the Judds and produced such country music hits as "Mama He's Crazy" and "Love Can Build a Bridge," died Saturday. She was 76. Her daughters Wynonna, her singing partner, and Ashley, an actress, made the announcement in a statement...

Bobby Rydell Had Series of Hits Between Elvis, Beatles

Teen Idol
Rode Wave
Between
Elvis, Beatles

obituary

Apr 6, 2022 6:17 PM CDT

Teen Idol Rode Wave Between Elvis, Beatles

Bobby Rydell also starred in the musical 'Bye Bye Birdie'

(Newser) - Bobby Rydell, a heartthrob of early rock 'n' roll who was a star of radio, television, and the movie musical Bye Bye Birdie, died Tuesday. Rydell died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital in a suburb of his hometown of Philadelphia, the AP reports. Rydell, who credited a...

Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dead at 50

For Foo Fighters,
a 'Tragic and
Untimely Loss'

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Mar 26, 2022 6:00 AM CDT

For Foo Fighters, a 'Tragic and Untimely Loss'

Drummer Taylor Hawkins dies at 50 while on tour with band in Bogota, Colombia

(Newser) - Taylor Hawkins, the drummer for Foo Fighters for 25 years and best friend of frontman Dave Grohl, has died during a South American tour with the rock band. He was 50. There were no immediate details on how Hawkins died, although the band said in a statement Friday that his...

Traci Braxton
Rejoined
Sisters After
Social Work

obituary

Mar 12, 2022 3:05 PM CST

Traci Braxton Rejoined Sisters After Social Work

'She was a bright light,' Toni Braxton posts

(Newser) - Traci Braxton, a singer, actress, and social worker who appeared with her sisters on the reality TV show Braxton Family Values, died Saturday. She was 50. Braxton had been treated for esophageal cancer for about a year, said her husband, Kevin Surratt, People reports. "She was a bright light,...

Investigators
Think They Have
Understanding of
Saget's Death

Investigators Think They Have Understanding of Saget's Death

They believe comedian fainted, hit head on floor after falling, then came to temporarily

(Newser) - "There are still a lot of unanswered questions," a sheriff's deputy in Orange County, Fla., tells People , referring to the ongoing mystery of what caused Bob Saget's death. But after his autopsy was released earlier this month detailing serious "blunt head trauma ... most likely incurred...

Cheslie Kryst Kept
Depression Hidden

Feb 2, 2022 7:15 PM CST

Cheslie Kryst Kept Depression Hidden

Mother says no one knew until just before the former Miss USA died

(Newser) - Cheslie Kryst, the former Miss USA and TV correspondent who died last weekend, had been struggling with depression, her mother said Wednesday. Kryst's death was a suicide, April Simpkins said. "In her private life, she was dealing with high-functioning depression which she hid from everyone—including me, her...

Johnny Fever Put
Counterculture in WKRP

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Jan 30, 2022 1:20 PM CST

Johnny Fever Put Counterculture in WKRP

List of TV roles includes Charlie Moore on 'Head of the Class'

(Newser) - Howard Hesseman, who played radio disc jockey Johnny Fever on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati and actor-turned-history teacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class, has died. He was 81. Hesseman died Saturday in Los Angeles due to complications from colon surgery, his manager said Sunday. Hesseman, who had been...

Farewell to the
Original Voice
of Charlie Brown

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Jan 26, 2022 12:02 PM CST

Farewell to the Original Voice of Charlie Brown

Family, agent confirm Peter Robbins' death at 65

(Newser) - The original voice of Charlie Brown has died at age 65. Peter Robbins took his own life last week, his family said in a statement to Fox 5 . His agent, Dylan Novak, tells TMZ that Robbins had checked himself into a mental hospital soon after Christmas but departed Jan. 18,...

Louie Anderson
Is Dead at 68

OBITUARY

Jan 21, 2022 10:38 AM CST

Louie Anderson Is Dead at 68

Comedian had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

(Newser) - He kept audiences laughing over four decades. But comedian Louie Anderson has taken his last bow. The longtime Family Feud host and actor who took home a 2016 Emmy for his role in the FX series Baskets died Friday morning at age 68, his longtime publicist Glenn Schwartz confirms to...

Bob Saget's Cause of Death
at 65 Not Yet Clear

UPDATED

Jan 10, 2022 6:51 AM CST

Bob Saget's Cause of Death at 65 Not Yet Clear

TMZ broke the news that actor was found dead in an Orlando hotel

(Newser) - Update: While the circumstances surrounding Bob Saget's death at age 65 are still unclear, tributes to the comedian were pouring in Sunday night. Outlets including People , the Hollywood Reporter , and E! were rounding up devastated reactions from co-stars, fellow comics, and more. "I am broken. I am gutted....

Before Mickey
Mouse Club's Britney
and Justin, There
Was Tiffini

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Dec 31, 2021 11:00 AM CST

Before Mickey Mouse Club's Britney and Justin, There Was Tiffini

Tiffini Hale, who performed in late '80s reboot of variety show and in Disney's The Party, dead at 46

(Newser) - When The All New Mickey Mouse Club, a reboot of sorts of the popular '50s variety show, debuted in 1989 on the startup Disney Channel, Tiffini Hale was one of the original cast members, preceding the likes of Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and Ryan Gosling. She went...

'The Big Ragoo'
Has Died at 69

OBITUARY

Dec 2, 2021 9:25 AM CST

'The Big Ragoo' Has Died at 69

Actor Eddie Mekka played Carmine Ragusa on '70s sitcom 'Laverne & Shirley'

(Newser) - For those who sat in front of the boob tube in the late '70s and early '80s, the Happy Days spinoff Laverne & Shirley likely made its way into their TV-watching schedules. Sad news for that demographic, as loved ones announce the death of actor Eddie Mekka, who...

Stephen
Sondheim
Dead at 91

OBITUARY

Nov 27, 2021 6:00 AM CST

Stephen Sondheim Dead at 91

Master behind 'Sweeney Todd,' 'West Side Story' had just celebrated Thanksgiving with friends

(Newser) - CNN calls him a creator "perhaps without par" in American musical theater. The New York Times praises him as "one of Broadway history's songwriting titans." Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, the musical force behind Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park With George, and Into the ...

Bones Actor Dies at 41

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Nov 16, 2021 1:44 PM CST

Bones Actor Dies at 41

Heath Freeman, who played serial killer Howard Epps, remembered as a 'soulful spirit'

(Newser) - Actor Heath Freeman, best known for his two-year run as a serial killer on Bones, has died at the age of 41. His manager, Joe S. Montifiore, confirmed his death to NBC News on Tuesday without giving the circumstances. He called Freeman "a brilliant human being with an intense...

Quantum Leap Star
Dies at 85

OBITUARY

Nov 9, 2021 9:25 AM CST

Quantum Leap Star Dies at 85

Dean Stockwell had a career that spanned 8 decades

(Newser) - He kicked off his acting career on Broadway at the age of 7. More than seven decades later, Dean Stockwell had racked up hundreds of stage, screen, and TV credits, Oscar and Emmy nominations, and the reputation of a "cult indie character actor who refused to fit in,"...

A Beloved
'Bosom Buddy'
Has Died

OBITUARY

Oct 22, 2021 1:23 PM CDT

A Beloved 'Bosom Buddy' Has Died

Peter Scolari, co-star in '80s sitcom with Tom Hanks, had been living with cancer for 2 years

(Newser) - Actor Peter Scolari, who starred in the '80s sitcom Bosom Buddies opposite Tom Hanks, has died at the age of 66, reports USA Today . His representative, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, says he died Friday after living two years with cancer. Scolari was also well known for his star turn as...