Paula Weinstein, Hollywood Veteran and Political Activist, Dies at 78

Paula Weinstein, Hollywood Veteran and Political Activist, Dies at 78

Paula Weinstein, a movie producer, studio executive and political activist who became a fierce advocate for women in her industry, died on Monday at her home in Manhattan. She was 78. Her sister Lisa Weinstein confirmed the death. She said the cause was not yet known. In the boy’s club of Hollywood, Ms. Weinstein was … Read more

Louis Gossett Jr., 87, Dies; ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ and ‘Roots’ Actor

Louis Gossett Jr., 87, Dies; ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ and ‘Roots’ Actor

Louis Gossett Jr., who took home an Academy Award for “An Officer and a Gentleman” and an Emmy for “Roots,” both times playing a mature man who guides a younger one taking on a new role — but in drastically different circumstances — died early Friday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 87. Mr. Gossett’s … Read more

Julie Robinson Belafonte, Dancer, Actress and Activist, Dies at 95

Julie Robinson Belafonte, Dancer, Actress and Activist, Dies at 95

Julie Robinson Belafonte, a dancer, actress and, with the singer Harry Belafonte, one half of a interracial power couple who used their high profiles to aid the civil rights movement and the cause of integration in the United States, died on March 9 in Los Angeles. She was 95. Her death, at an assisted living … Read more

M. Emmet Walsh, Character Actor Who Always Stood Out, Dies at 88

M. Emmet Walsh, Character Actor Who Always Stood Out, Dies at 88

M. Emmet Walsh, a paunchy and prolific character actor who was called “the poet of sleaze” by the critic Roger Ebert for his naturalistic portrayals of repellent lowlifes and miscreants, died on Tuesday in St. Albans, a small city in northern Vermont. He was 88. His death, in a hospital, was announced by his manager, … Read more

David Seidler, Oscar-Winning Writer of ‘The King’s Speech,’ Dies at 86

David Seidler, Oscar-Winning Writer of ‘The King’s Speech,’ Dies at 86

Mr. Seidler told the site filmcritic.com that his parents, aiming to inspire him, tuned the family radio to George VI’s speeches during the war as object lessons of mastering a stutter. “They would say to me, ‘David, he was a much worse stutterer than you, and listen to him now. He’s not perfect. But he … Read more

Ed Mintz, Who Gave Audiences the Chance to Grade Films, Dies at 83

Ed Mintz, Who Gave Audiences the Chance to Grade Films, Dies at 83

Ed Mintz, a mathematician who created an exit polling system for films called CinemaScore, which asks people leaving theaters on opening nights to grade the movies they have just seen — a precursor of the website Rotten Tomatoes, which aggregates and scores critics’ opinions — died on Feb. 6 in Las Vegas. He was 83. … Read more

Joe Camp, Filmmaker Behind ‘Benji’ Franchise, Dies at 84

Joe Camp, Filmmaker Behind ‘Benji’ Franchise, Dies at 84

Joe Camp, a pioneering filmmaker who created a groundbreaking franchise with his “Benji” movies, which brought a lovable live-action dog to the masses and became a smash success, died on Friday at his home in Bell Buckle, Tenn. He was 84. His son the director Brandon Camp announced the death in a statement. He said … Read more

Fitness influencer, 23, slips into ravine and dies while filming abandoned village

Fitness influencer, 23, slips into ravine and dies while filming abandoned village

Fitness influencer Giorgi “Tzane” Janelidze tragically died Wednesday after falling into a ravine while exploring an Italian ghost town with his pals. He was 23 years old. His death was confirmed by the content creator’s friend and fellow influencer Chris Kogias, who had accompanied him on the ill-fated trip. “Tzane is no longer with us,” the … Read more

Beloved TikTok star Leah Smith dies of very rare bone cancer at 22: ‘Beautiful as ever’

Beloved TikTok star Leah Smith dies of very rare bone cancer at 22: ‘Beautiful as ever’

Leah Smith, a 22-year-old TikToker known for openly sharing her struggle with a rare form of bone cancer has died, her boyfriend Andrew announced. Smith, of Liverpool, England, suffered from stage four Ewing sarcoma — which afflicts just 225 under-18s per year here in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. Smith appeared “beautiful as ever” … Read more

Paolo Taviani, Half of a Famed Italian Filmmaking Duo, Dies at 92

Paolo Taviani, Half of a Famed Italian Filmmaking Duo, Dies at 92

Paolo Taviani, who with his brother Vittorio made some of Italy’s most acclaimed films of the last half century — including “Padre Padrone,” which won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1977 — died on Feb. 29 in Rome. He was 92. His son, Ermanno Taviani, said the cause of his death, … Read more

Elderly mom dies 2 weeks into 100-day cruise — and ship quickly sells room family spent $84K on, grieving daughter says

Elderly mom dies 2 weeks into 100-day cruise — and ship quickly sells room family spent K on, grieving daughter says

A heartbroken daughter was left seeing red when a cruise line sold her mother’s cabin on a 14-week trip days after she died at mid-voyage just three days before her 87th birthday. British passenger Florence Goldwater, 86, caught bacterial pneumonia just two weeks into the 100-day P&O Cruises trip, her daughter, Rebecca Williams, said according … Read more

David Bordwell, Scholar Who Demystified the Art of Film, Dies at 76

David Bordwell, Scholar Who Demystified the Art of Film, Dies at 76

David Bordwell, a film studies scholar whose immersive, accessible writing transcended the corridors of academia and illuminated the mechanics of moviemaking to a generation of cinephiles and filmmakers, died on Feb. 29 at his home in Madison, Wis. He was 76. The cause was interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, said his wife, Kristin Thompson, a prominent film … Read more

Buddy Duress, Who Came Off the Streets to Find Stardom, Dies at 38

Buddy Duress, Who Came Off the Streets to Find Stardom, Dies at 38

Buddy Duress, a small-time heroin dealer living on the streets of the Upper West Side who became a sensation in the New York film scene as an actor and muse for the movies “Heaven Knows What” and “Good Time,” which launched the careers of the filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie, died in November at his … Read more

Robert M. Young, Filmmaker Who Indulged His Wanderlust, Dies at 99

Robert M. Young, Filmmaker Who Indulged His Wanderlust, Dies at 99

Robert M. Young, an eclectic director whose documentary subjects included civil rights lunch counter sit-ins and sharks, and whose feature films included one about a Mexican American farmer who kills a Texas lawman and one about a woman who takes revenge on her attacker, died on Feb. 4 in Los Angeles. He was 99. The … Read more

Man dies of Vitamin D toxicity — experts warn the risk of overdose is real

Man dies of Vitamin D toxicity — experts warn the risk of overdose is real

Experts are sounding the alarm after a man recently died from a Vitamin D overdose. David Mitchener, 89, passed away in suburban London, England, after taking high levels of the supplement for nine months prior to his death. Members of the local medical community are now taking the opportunity to warn the public of the … Read more

Micheline Presle, Actress Known for ‘Devil in the Flesh,’ Dies at 101

Micheline Presle, Actress Known for ‘Devil in the Flesh,’ Dies at 101

Micheline Presle, a subtle and elegant actress who was a last link to the first golden age of French cinema, died on Feb. 21 in Nogent-sur-Marne, a suburb of Paris. She was 101. Her death, at the Maison des Artistes, a retirement home for artists partly funded by the government, was confirmed by her son-in-law, … Read more

Royal Caribbean passenger dies aboard 9-month world cruise: report

Royal Caribbean passenger dies aboard 9-month world cruise: report

A Royal Caribbean passenger died aboard a nine-month cruise of the world, according to a fellow traveler and the cruise line. Popular content creator and cruise ship enthusiast Adita who is a passenger on Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate World Cruise shared that she had witnessed a woman’s body being taken out of a cabin by staffers … Read more

Dear Abby: My fiancé and I are praying his cancer-stricken mom dies so we can get married

Dear Abby: My fiancé and I are praying his cancer-stricken mom dies so we can get married

DEAR ABBY: I love my fiancè, but his mother says, “Over my dead body will he move away from me.” She has cancer and we have both been praying that she goes peacefully, but it seems all she wants to do is create as much strife as possible between my fiance and me. I am … Read more

Henry Fambrough, last surviving original member of The Spinners, dies at 85

Henry Fambrough, last surviving original member of The Spinners, dies at 85

Henry Fambrough, the last surviving original member of the iconic R&B group The Spinners, whose hits included “It’s a Shame,” “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love” and “The Rubberband Man,” died Wednesday, a spokesperson for the group said. He was 85. Fambrough died peacefully of natural causes in his northern Virginia home, spokesperson Tanisha … Read more

Michigan chef dies of rare fungal infection that ‘ravaged’ his lungs

Michigan chef dies of rare fungal infection that ‘ravaged’ his lungs

A 29-year-old Michigan chef died last week after battling a rare fungal disease that “ravaged” his lungs. Sometime before Thanksgiving, Ian Pritchard contracted blastomycosis, a fungus-borne illness that targeted and wore out his respiratory system. “They showed us a picture of his lungs, and they literally looked like Swiss cheese,” his father, Ron Pritchard, told … Read more