Category Archives: Obituaries

Will Daws, the joint managing director of Plum Pictures who was a key fixture in the U.K. television community and created shows with James May and George Clarke, died suddenly in London on Monday. He...

Former Variety staffer Stu Levine, now a PR executive at NBCUniversal, was a close friend of publicity and communications exec Robert Pietranton, the Warner Bros. TV Group senior VP who died last week...

Todd Snider, a singer-songwriter who had been a leading light of the Americana music scene for three decades, captivating fans with songs like “Alright Guy,” has died at age 59. The news w...

Mary Cybulski, a script supervisor and still photographer whose credits included "Synecdoche, New York,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and “Life of Pi,” has died afte...

John Beam, a football coach featured in Netflix’s sports docuseries “Last Chance U,” died Friday morning after being shot on an Oakland college campus Thursday. He was 66. A suspect ...

Sally Kirkland, the effervescent blonde actress who was Oscar-nominated for the independent film “Anna” in 1987, has died. She was 84. Her representative, Michael Greene, confirmed to Vari...

Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan’s most celebrated stage and screen actors who was a frequent collaborator of director Masaki Kobayashi and led Akira Kurosawa titles such as “Ran,” R...

Lee Tamahori, the New Zealand director behind acclaimed Kiwi drama “Once Were Warriors” alongside blockbuster Hollywood titles such as the James Bond film “Die Another Day,” ha...

Pauline Collins, the British actress known for her role in "Shirley Valentine," died on Thursday in London. She was 85. The BBC reported that Collins died peacefully in a care home surrounded by her f...

Diane Ladd, a three-time Oscar-nominated actress for her roles in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” “Wild at Heart” and “Rambling Rose,” died Monday morning ...