Category Archives: Obituaries

Versatile drummer backed Jackson 5, Paul McCartney, D'Angelo, Kelly Clarkson, Justin Timberlake, Beck, and many others

Tzruya "Suki" Lahav, an Israeli songwriter and poet who is best remembered by American music fans as a violinist who recorded and toured with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in the mid-’...

"Drag Race: Philippines” star Misua died Thursday in the Philippines. Jason Elvie Ty was widely known by their stage name Misua. The news was confirmed by World of Wonder, the production te...

Jessie Jones, a TV actress who became a succesful playwright with “Dearly Departed” and the Jones Hope Wooten Comedies, died March 20 in Washington, D.C. after a long illness. Her friend a...

Christopher North, the founding keyboardist of 1970s rock band Ambrosia, has died. He was 75.  The news of his death was confirmed in a Facebook post shared by the official Ambrosia account. "Fan...

Mary Beth Hurt, who was nominated for three Tonys and appeared in films including “Interiors” and “The World According to Garp,” died on Sunday from Alzheimer’s. She was ...

Barry Caldwell, the animator and director behind the cartoon series "Animaniacs" and the film "Osmosis Jones," has died. He was 68.   The news of his death was confirmed in a Facebook post s...

James Tolkan, best known for roles in "Top Gun" and the "Back to the Future" franchise, died on Thursday in Saranac Lake, N.Y. He was 94.  News of Tolkan's death was announced by a spokesperson f...

Ed Bernard, an actor best known for roles on the TV series "Police Woman" and "The White Shadow," died on Jan. 23 in Northridge, Calif. He was 86. News of Bernard's death was confirmed by his son, Edw...

German filmmaker Alexander Kluge, who pioneered the 1960s New German Cinema movement and won the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion in 1968 with "The Artists in the Big Top: Perplexed,” has died...