Category Archives: Obituaries

Rosanna Norton, who was Oscar-nominated for costume design for 1982’s “Tron” and designed Sissy Spacek’s iconic prom dress for “Carrie,” died of cancer May 7 in Los...

James Foley, director of films including “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “At Close Range” and “Fear,” died earlier this week. A rep told the Hollywood Reporter he had died o...

Czech actor and president of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Ji Bartoka died on Thursday at the age of 78. After graduating from the Janek Academy of Performing Arts in Brno, he first worked at the Hus...

Kirk Medas, a main cast member of MTV’s reality series “Floribama Shore,” died Friday in Miami, Fla. of complications due to liver failure. He was 33 years old. His death was confirm...

Ruth Buzzi, the effervescent Emmy-nominated comedian and voice actor who starred on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” died Thursday at her Texas home, her family announced on Facebook...

Priscilla Pointer, who played the mother of her real-life daughter Amy Irving in “Carrie” and also appeared on “Dallas,” died Monday in Ridgefield, Conn. She was 100. Pointer&#...

Shaji N. Karun, the visionary Indian director and cinematographer who redefined Malayalam-language cinema with his meditative visual language and emotionally resonant storytelling, died April 28 at hi...

Virginia Giuffre, an earlier accuser of Jeffrey Epstein and founder of the Speak Out, Act Out, Reclaim (SOAR) nonprofit, died at her farm in Western Australia on April 25, according to The New York Ti...

Lulu Roman, who found fame as a comedic actress and singer on the TV series “Hee Haw” over a run that lasted from 1969 till 1993, died Wednesday at age 78. No cause of death was immediatel...

Lar Park Lincoln, who played dual characters on “Knot’s Landing” and starred in “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,” died April 22. She was 63. Her company Actors A...