Category Archives: Obituaries

Jerry Adler, a former Broadway producer and manager who turned to acting in his sixties and became known to audiences as Hesh Rabkin on “The Sopranos,” died Saturday. He was 96. Adler̵...

Harrison Dossick, a longtime entertainment and media litigator and partner at Glaser Weil, died unexpectedly on Aug. 14 in Los Angeles. He was 65. Over nearly four decades, Dossick represented major f...

Eduardo Serra, the cinematographer behind the “Harry Potter” films “Deathly Hallows - Part 1” and “Deathly Hallows – Part 2,” died Tuesday. He was 81. The new...

English-born Terence Stamp, who burned brightly as a young actor in the 1960s, with praise heaped upon him for roles in “Billy Budd,” “The Collector” and “Far From the Ma...

Dan Tana, who opened the iconic West Hollywood celebrity hangout Dan Tana’s restaurant in 1964 and ran it until selling in 2009, has died. He was 90. The restaurant released a statement, saying,...

Michael Sloan, the television writer and producer who co-created TV series “The Equalizer” with Richard Lindheim, died Wednesday in New York City. He was 78. Born in New York City in 1946,...

Dan Ziskie, an actor known for his roles in "House of Cards" and "Treme," died on July 21. He was 80. His family reported that Ziskie had died from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Born in Det...

David Stratton, the longtime film critic for The Australian and Variety and co-host of the television series “The Movie Show” and “At The Movies,” has died. The Australian Broa...

Chuck Girard, who became one of the pioneers of Christian rock as Love Song’s lead singer in the 1970s after having hits as a member of the Hondells in the ’60s, died Monday at age 81. Gir...

Joan Maureen “Biddy” Baxter, the pioneering television producer who steered the BBC's “Blue Peter” for more than two decades and turned it into a defining fixture of British ch...