Category Archives: Obituaries

Korean R&B vocalist Wheesung, who rose to prominence in the early 2000s and helped shape Korea’s contemporary music landscape with his soulful ballads and exceptional vocal prowess, was foun...

Stanley R. Jaffe, who won an Oscar as producer of “Kramer vs. Kramer” in 1980 and served in top positions at several studios, died Monday in Rancho Mirage. He was 84. Jaffe, the son of Col...

Simon Fisher-Becker, a British actor known for his roles in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and the series “Doctor Who,” died Sunday. He was 63. Fisher-BeckerR...

Pamela Bach, an American actor who appeared on several episodes of “Baywatch” and was married to its star David Hasselhoff for 16 years, died Wednesday at her residence in Los Angeles, Cal...

Roy Ayers, the legendary jazz vibraphonist known for his hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” and sampled by countless artists, died at the age of 84. In a statement shared with Variety, the...

Editor’s note: Few journalists ever got to meet Carl Dean, the husband of Dolly Parton, who died Monday at age 82. He was renowned for his reclusiveness, developing a legend - probably in spite ...

Robert “Bobby” Meyers, a film distribution executive for more than five decades who was instrumental in the launch of the American Film Market, died Sunday at his home in New Jersey. He wa...

Peter Engel, a producer known for his work on shows like “Saved by the Bell” and “Last Comic Standing,” died Tuesday in his Santa Monica home. He was 88. Engel’s death wa...

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s little-seen but often talked-about husband of six decades, has died, the singer announced Monday on social media. He was 82. “Carl and I spent many wonderful year...

Angie Stone, the soul singer who rose to fame as a member of pioneering female hip-hop trio the Sequence and later became a prominent soul singer, died at the age of 63. Stone died in a car crash in M...