Bobby Rivers, an actor, Food Network television host, revered film critic, radio personality, and “Black queer pioneer” has died. He was 70. WISN 12 in Milwaukee, where Rivers earned the distinction of being the city’s first Black film critic on television in 1979, announced his death on Wednesday. The announcement applauded the Marquette University graduate for … Read more
May the force always be with Billie Lourd. The “Scream Queens” star, 31, penned a heartfelt tribute to her mother, the late Carrie Fisher, on the seventh anniversary of her death. Fisher and her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds, both died within a day of each other in late December 2016. Lourd posted a throwback photo … Read more
Tom Smothers, the older half of the legendary comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, died on Tuesday. He was 86. The comedian died “following a recent battle with cancer,” according to a statement from a spokesman for the National Comedy Center. The late star passed away peacefully at his home in Santa Rosa, Calif., with his family … Read more
Award-winning film director David Leland, who helmed an Emmy-winning episode of HBO’s “Band of Brothers,” and worked with A-listers including Pierce Brosnan, Tim Roth and George Harrison, has died at the age of 82. He passed away Christmas Eve surrounded by his family. British-born Leland also worked with “Monty Python” stars Michael Palin and Terry … Read more
Actress Casey Kramer, daughter of Oscar-nominated film director Stanley Kramer, has died. She was 67. Her family did not disclose the cause of death, according to Variety. She passed away in her Chicago home. Her father Stanely Kramer, who died in 2001, was known for directing films such as “The Defiant Ones,” the iconic 1967 … Read more
Jennifer Aniston isn’t taking anything for granted this holiday season. The “Friends” alum, 54, posted an inspirational message on Christmas Day, two months after the death of her longtime friend and co-star Matthew Perry. “Have you ever sat with yourself and thought about the concept of life? Time goes by FAST,” the reshared message read … Read more
It allowed her to speak to the ghost of loved ones past. A Missouri man moved the internet to tears after using artificial intelligence to resurrect his dead father’s voice as a special Christmas card for his mom. “I decided to do something special for my mom this year for Christmas,” Philip Willett, 27, explained … Read more
Tom Brady and ex-wife Gisele Bündchen announced the death of their family dog, Lua, separately on Instagram on Saturday. Brady, 46, posted two Instagram stories, the first featuring a photo of two of his children — Benjamin, 14, and Vivian, 11, — holding the dog, with the caption “We love you Lua RIP,” followed by … Read more
“8 Mile” star Nashawn Breedlove’s cause of death has been revealed. According to autopsy documents obtained by People, the rapper died from the combined effects of fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, cocaine and ethanol. He was 46. The report was received from New Jersey’s Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner and the death was ruled as … Read more
Minnie Driver remembered her late friend Matthew Perry in a heartfelt obituary polished by The Guardian. Driver and Perry, who died at age 54 on Oct. 28, appeared together in the 2003 production of David Mamet’s “Sexual Perversity in Chicago.” “He had been in a good place when we were doing the play, but the … Read more
A UK mom is mourning the death of her 26-year-old son, who was so addicted to ketamine that his bladder shrank to the size of a marble. “This drug is a killer,” 47-year-old Clare Rogers, mother of the late Rian Rogers, told the Times Of London. “It is taking bladders from young children.” Ketamine is … Read more
Howard Stern is looking back on his late friend Ralph Cirella’s first time calling into his eponymous radio show. The stylist and makeup artist died Tuesday at the age of 58. Cirella first contacted “The Howard Stern Show” on Dec. 24, 1985. His exchange with Stern, now 69, and his co-host, Robin Quivers, 71, was … Read more
The “Howard Stern Show” is paying tribute to Ralph Cirella, Howard Stern’s longtime friend and stylist on his SiriusXM radio show. “’It just seems impossible that he is gone,’” reads a caption posted alongside a series of pictures of Cirella on the show’s Instagram account Wednesday. “Bye for now, Ralph ❤️,” it concluded. Stern, 69, … Read more
I always felt that Norman Lear was too busy to die — even at the age of 101. So when my friend Julie Farin texted me early Wednesday morning — “Norman Lear! 101!” — I figured he’d just announced another show or signed another deal, since she and I often talk about TV legends and … Read more
Stars are paying tribute to Norman Lear following his death at 101. The iconic TV sitcom and movie producer, who created shows such as “All in the Family,” “Maude” and “The Jeffersons” died at his Los Angeles home Tuesday of natural causes. “All in the Family” star Rob Reiner reacted to the news of his … Read more
Famed shock jock Howard Stern is mourning longtime friend Ralph Cirella. The stylist and makeup artist died at age 58 on Wednesday. Stern, 69, announced the news on his eponymous radio program, according to Fox 8. Cirella’s “heart gave out” Wednesday morning during a procedure, as he was being treated for a “curable” form of … Read more
Television producing titan Norman Lear — whose trend-setting 1970s comedies including “All in the Family,” “Maude” and “The Jeffersons” transformed the sitcom landscape — has died. Source link #Norman #Lear #legendary #producer #dead
Suzanne Somers was fashionable to the very end — thanks to her custom-made Timberland boots. The late “Three’s Company” star — who died on Oct. 15 from breast cancer — was laid to rest on Nov. 30, during a celebration of life memorial in Palm Springs surrounded by family and friends. She was 76. Her … Read more
New details have emerged about the death of Billy Miller, the star of “General Hospital” who died in September by suicide. According to the Travis County Medical Examiner’s coroner’s report, the actor, who was 43, was found dead in the bathtub of his Austin,Texas, home by paramedics, Radar reported. The “Young and the Restless” actor, … Read more
Morgan Fairchild, who played Matthew Perry’s mother, Nora Tyler Bing, on “Friends,” is still feeling the impact of his death — more than a month later. Perry died Oct. 28 at the age of 54. His body was discovered in the hot tub of his LA home. An official cause of death has yet to be … Read more