Category Archives: Obituaries

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 ...

Sidney “Omen” Brown, a producer who had credits on records for Beyonc and Drake, has died at the age of 49. Brown's body was discovered in his New York apartment on Saturday by family memb...

Robert Redford, the leading man with the golden-boy looks who won an Oscar for directing "Ordinary People" and later became a godfather for independent film as founder of the Sundance Film Institute, ...

Bobby Hart, a songwriter who co-wrote some of the greatest hits of the Monkees, and a performer in is own right who made the top 10 as a member of the duo Boyce and Hart, died Wednesday at age 86. His...

Polly Holliday, a prolific stage and screen actress known for playing the gum-smacking waitress Flo who popularized the phrase “Kiss my grits!” on the long-running CBS sitcom “Alice,...