Category Archives: Obituaries

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 ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a vocalist for the Grateful Dead during the 1970s and backup singer for Elvis Presley and Percy Sledge, has died at the age of 78. Godchaux-MacKay passed away on Sunday aft...

Tchky Karyo, the French actor who starred in the BBC’s “The Missing” and “Baptiste” and appeared in “La Femme Nikita,” “Addicted to Love,” “...

Prunella Scales, the actress best known for playing Sybil Fawlty, the intimidating wife of John Cleese’s Basil on the iconic ’70s British sitcom “Fawlty Towers,” died on Monday...

Swedish actor Bjrn Andrsen, best known for his breakout role as Tadzio in Italian director Luchino Visconti's 1971 drama "Death in Venice," has died. He was 70. Andrsen's death was announced on Sunday...

June Lockhart, a popular actress of the 1950s and ’60s known for her roles in “Lost In Space,” “Lassie” and "Meet Me in St. Louis," died of natural causes on Oct. 23 in S...

Jeff Cheen, the music executive who worked with the likes of John Lennon and Pink Floyd, and brought Western pop music to China, died from cancer on Oct. 16. He was 80. Born in New York in 1945, Cheen...

Veteran National Public Radio journalist Susan Stamberg, who became the first woman in the U.S. to anchor a nightly national news program with “All Things Considered,” died Thursday, accor...