Category Archives: Obituaries

Jill Jacobson, a film and television actress known for her work on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the primetime soap opera "Falcon Crest," died Dec. 8 in Los Angeles. She was 70 years old. Jacob...

Carol Goldwasser, a casting director known for her work shaping young talent on shows like "Hannah Montana," died Dec. 5 at her home in Palm Springs after surgery. She was 67. Goldwasser's death was c...

Martha Luttrell, a talent agent who represented a notable array of directors, actors, writers and musicians, died on Dec. 9 in Calabasas, Calif. She was 80. Luttrell's death was confirmed to Variety b...

Michael Cole, who played Pete Cochran, one of the three hip young cops on “The Mod Squad,” died Tuesday. He was 84. Cole’s reps said he died “peacefully this morning, surrounde...

Paul Maslansky, a producer behind films such as “Police Academy”and “Return to Oz,” died on Monday of natural causes at a hospital in Los Robles, Calif. He was 91. Maslansky co...

Mark Withers, a television actor known for portraying Ted Dinard in the original "Dynasty" series, died Nov. 22. He was 77. Mark Withers' death was confirmed by his daughter, Jessie Withers. The cause...

Angela Alvarez, winner of the 2022 Latin Grammy best new artist award, died on Friday per her grandson, composer and producer Carlos Jos Alvarez, who shared the news with an obituary published by Bill...

Thom Christopher, who portrayed the mobster Carlo Hessler in the ABC soap opera "One Life To Live," died Thursday in New York. He was 84. His longtime friend Steve Bergman confirmed his death with a l...

Scott L. Schwartz, a former professional wrestler turned screen actor who made an impression playing the heavy Bruiser in Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s” heist trilogy, died Nov....

Silvia Pinal, a Mexican actress known as an icon for her work during the Golden Age of Cinema, died Nov. 28 at the age of 93. Mexico's cultural ministry on X shared that Pinal had died after starring ...