Category Archives: Obituaries

Nancylee Myatt, a television writer and producer who created NBC’s teen sitcom”Social Studies” and won a Daytime Emmy Award for her writing on the animated series “Teacher̵...

Ken Jacobs, the pioneering experimental filmmaker noted for incorporating manipulated found footage into a series of films over more than seven decades, died Sunday in Manhattan. He was 92. His son, f...

Kimberly Hbert Gregory, an actress known for her role in HBO's "Vice Principals," died on Oct. 3. She was 52. Gregory's ex-husband and actor Chester Gregory posted about her death on Facebook. "Kimber...

James (Jim) Mitchum, a film and television actor and son of Robert Mitchum who appeared in over 35 titles between 1949 and 1994, died on Sept. 20 at his home in Skull Valley, Ariz. He was 84. Born in ...

Patricia Routledge, best known for playing snobbish social-climber Hyacinth Bucket in beloved British sitcom “Keeping Up Appearances,” has died. She was 96. “We are deeply saddened t...

Jane Goodall, the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees whose work was captured in more than 40 documentaries, died Wednesday in California. She was 91. The Jane Goodall institute issued a stat...

Ron Silverman, producer of films including “Brubaker” and former dean at the American Film Institute, died in July in Medford, Ore. He was 92. After working as a reporter on the Arizona Re...

Henry Jaglom, the indie filmmaker who directed films including “Always” (1985), “New Year’s Day” (1989), “Last Summer in the Hamptons” (1995) and “Dj Vu...

Claudia Cardinale, the sexy Italian movie star who appeared in classic Italian films including Fellini’s “8” and Visconti’s “Rocco and His Brothers” and “The ...

John Masius, who won two Emmys for writing “St. Elsewhere” and created the series "Touched By An Angel" and “Hawthorne,” died on Sept. 13 in Los Angeles. He was 75. His family ...