Helen Gallagher, who won two Tony Awards on Broadway, has died. She was 98. Gallager passed away Sunday at a hospital in Manhattan. Her death was confirmed by Edith Meeks, the executive and artistic director at New York’s Herbert Berghof Studio, where Gallagher taught classes. A portrait of Helen Gallagher from 1957. Bettmann Archive Playbill … Read more
Veteran actor Earl Holliman has died at age 96. Holliman passed away Monday in hospice care at his home in Studio City, Calif., his partner, Craig Curtis, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter Tuesday. The late star made his acting debut with one line of dialogue in the 1953 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis comedy “Scared … Read more
Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who helped create comedy classics such as “Airplane!,” the “Naked Gun” movies, and the TV series “Police Squad!” has died. He was 80. Abrahams passed away of natural causes on Tuesday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., his son Joseph Abrahams told the Hollywood Reporter. Together with his boyhood friends … Read more
They’re dead serious about charging mourners money to visit their loved ones. Owners of a cemetery in the UK have been blasted for offering paid VIP passes to relatives of those buried on the grounds. The Garden of Remembrance, located in the town of Stoke-on-Trent, says those who don’t purchase a pass will only be … Read more
Actor Michael Villella, who starred in “The Slumber Party Massacre,” has died. He was 84. Villella’s passing was confirmed in a statement on his Facebook page on Saturday. Michael Villella at the Chiller Theater Expo Winter 2017 in New Jersey. Getty Images “It is with a Heavy ♥️ that Michael Pasquale Villella has left this … Read more
Legendary game show host Chuck Woolery, who was the first host of “Wheel of Fortune,” died Saturday. He was 83. Woolery’s death was announced by his friend and podcast co-host Mark Young in an X post. “It is with a broken heart that I tell you that my dear brother @chuckwoolery has just passed away. … Read more
Longtime USA Today sportswriter Rudy Martzke died this week, his son confirmed on social media. He was 82. Martzke was a sports media commentary pioneer, launching one of the first columns on the topic for the outlet in 1982 through his retirement in 2005. In his final column in 2005, Martzke said his goodbyes while … Read more
The Bravo community is mourning the loss of one of their own. Matthew Byars, a talent manager who appeared on “The Real Housewives of Potomac,” has died at age 37, People reports. A cause of his death have not been confirmed. Byars first appeared during Season 3 in 2018 alongside Karen Huger, who told Bravo’s The Daily Dish at … Read more
The man behind the iconic music of “SpongeBob SquarePants” has died. Andy Paley passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 20, after a brief battle with cancer, a representative for his band, Tom Kenny & the Hi-Seas, confirmed to Variety and Deadline. He was 72. Andy Paley. Getty Images He created several catchy songs for “SpongeBob SquarePants.” ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection “We were … Read more
A deadly outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to a massive recall of popular Boar’s Head deli meats is over, federal health officials said Thursday. Ten people died and 61 were sickened in 19 states after eating listeria-contaminated Boar’s Head products, including liverwurst. Illnesses were reported between late May and mid-September, according to the Centers for Disease Control and … Read more
Oakland star Saafir has died at 54. The veteran West Coast rapper — real name Reggie Gibson — passed away at 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, according to his former Golden State Project groupmate Xzibit, who broke the news to fans. “I can’t believe I’m writing this right now, but don’t know what else … Read more
Original Bee Gees drummer Colin “Smiley” Petersen has died. He was 78. Petersen’s death was announced by the Best of the Bee Gees Facebook page on Monday. “It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of our dear friend Colin ‘Smiley’ Petersen,” the page wrote. Colin Petersen. “He enriched our lives and bound … Read more
“One Tree Hill” alum Paul Teal has died. He was 35. Teal’s partner, Emilia Torello, broke the news of his death on Instagram Sunday. “The most thoughtful, inspiring, driven, self-disciplined, loving man passed away on Friday, November 15, 2024,” Torello wrote, alongside a black-and-white picture of the couple. Paul Teal and Emilia Torello Instagram / … Read more
Dolly Parton’s older brother, David Wilburn Parton, has died. He was 82. Their sister, Stella Parton, announced the sad news on social media on Friday, Nov. 15. “My brother David passed away peacefully this morning,” Stella, 75, wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “It’s never easy to say goodbye to a loved one but he got … Read more
Jim Carrey’s sister Rita has died, according to her husband of 16 years, Alex. Alex posted the sad news to Facebook on Friday, writing that the radio personality passed away on Thursday. “It is with heavy heart and my deepest sadness, surrounded by her family and friends Rita passed away peacefully and quietly on November … Read more
Kevin Costner is going to the train station. Costner, 69, left the hit ranch drama “Yellowstone” before the second half of Season 5, amid a flurry of rumors about an alleged feud with showrunner Taylor Sheridan. Now in its fifth and final season, the show follows the Dutton family, owners of the largest ranch in … Read more
Tony Todd, the actor who played the eponymous killer in the “Candyman” movies, has died. He was 69. The star passed away on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, his representatives confirmed to Deadline. They did not disclose Todd’s cause of death. Todd played the famed villain in both the original 1992 “Candyman” movie and … Read more
Georgina Cooper, the British supermodel who rose to fame in the 1990s and was known as London’s “original gap-toothed girl,” has died at the age of 46, The Post can confirm. A friend of fellow ’90s modeling icons like Kate Moss, Cooper passed away while vacationing on the Greek island of Kos only months after … Read more
Martha Stewart has entered the ring. Hours after The Post’s Andrea Peyser published a column correcting Stewart’s bizarre and wrong claim that she’s “dead,” the lifestyle entrepreneur hit back by bitterly acknowledging the story onstage. “She wrote this very scathing article today,” Stewart bemoaned to the crowd at Thursday’s Philadelphia Conference for Women event, “in … Read more
Elwood Edwards, the voice of AOL’s iconic “You’ve Got Mail” greeting, has died. Edwards passed away on Tuesday following a long illness. He was 74. His death was announced by his former employer, WKYC-TV Studios, in Cleveland, Ohio. The local news network did not provide any additional details about his illness. This is a developing … Read more