Category Archives: Obituaries

Eric Weissman, the noted Hollywood entertainment lawyer who represented many actors including Gene Wilder, Elizabeth Taylor and Rita Hayworth, died Dec. 15. He was 94. Weissman's death was only just n...

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, died on Thursday. She was 95. Plowright was a prominent actress of stage and screen in her o...

Jeannot Szwarc, the French filmmaker known for directing “Jaws 2,” “Somewhere in Time” and “Supergirl,” died Wednesday. He was 85. Jane Seymour, who played Elise Mc...

Ronnie Yeskel, casting director of “Pulp Fiction,” “Reservoir Dogs” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” died on Jan. 4 at The Motion Picture & Television Fund Retiremen...

Bob Uecker, a former baseball catcher, actor and longtime Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster, died Thursday, the Brewers announced. He was 90. Uecker had small-cell lung cancer and was diagnosed in 2023, h...

Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and network televis...

Paul Danan, a British actor and reality star best known for his role on U.K. soap "Hollyoaks," has died. He was 46. Danan's reps at Independent Creative Management confirmed the news in a statement. "...

Michael Schlesinger, a renowned repertory executive who worked at United Artists Classics, Paramount and Sony Repertory, died Jan. 9. He was 74. Schlesinger died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angele...

Tony Slattery, a British actor and comedian known for his improv skills on Channel 4’s “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” died on Tuesday. He was 65. Slattery’s longtime partner, Mark...

Soap Opera icon, Leslie Charleson, known as Monica Quartermaine on “General Hospital,” died Sunday morning after a long illness. She was 79. "It is with a heavy heart that I announce the p...