Category Archives: Obituaries

Richard Perry, a prominent record producer who helped craft dozens of hits with a polished pop sound throughout the 1970s and ’80s, such as Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,”...

Lenny Borger, who served as Variety‘s Paris correspondent and film reviewer throughout the 1980s and who championed French cinema for decades as a researcher and subtitle expert for numerous fil...

Shyam Benegal, a pivotal figure in Indian cinema known for his incisive and socially conscious storytelling, died on Monday in Mumbai following a chronic kidney ailment, his daughter confirmed to Indi...

Burt, the reptilian star of 1980s classic "Crocodile Dundee," has died at the age of at least 90 years old. The croc's death was announced by Australian reptile park Crocosaurus Cove, where Burt lived...

Waymond Lee, best known for his role in Comedy Central’s “Workaholics,” has died. He was 72. TMZ was the first to report the news and received confirmation of Waymond Lee’s pas...

Art Evans, a film and television actor known for his roles in "Die Hard 2" and "Fright Night," died Dec. 21. He was 82. Evans' death was confirmed to Variety by publicist Erica Huntzinger. The cause o...

Aziza “Z” Barnes, a poet and writer for the FX drama “Snowfall” and Netflix’s “Teenage Bounty Hunters” has died. They were 32. Their family confirmed via a re...

Victoria Preminger, daughter of director Otto Preminger, died Feb. 7 in Studio City, Calif. following a fall at home. She was 63. Her mother was actress Hope Bryce Preminger and her uncle was film pro...

Marisa Paredes, a grand dame of Spanish cinema, died on Tuesday in Madrid from heart failure. She was 78. While she acted in 75 movies, she will be best remembered for the five films she starred in di...

Zakir Hussain, virtuoso of the tabla instrument and a towering figure in Indian classical music, died on Dec. 15 of chronic lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at a hospital in San Francisco....