Film executive Bingham Ray dies at Sundance fest
Filmmaking executive Bingham Ray has died while attending the Sundance Film Festival. He was 57.
View ArticleAuthor-commentator Charla Krupp dies in NYC at 58
Charla Krupp, a popular author and commentator on fashion and beauty whose best-sellers included "How Not to Look Old" and "How to Never Look Fat Again," has died at age 58.
View ArticleBingham Ray, leading force in independent films, dies at 57
Bingham Ray, the co-founder of October Films, one of the top independent film distribution companies of the 1990s, and a former president of United Artists who was a leading force in independent films...
View ArticleGroundbreaking jazz manager John Levy dies at 99
John Levy, the first prominent African-American personal manager in the jazz or pop music field, whose clients included Nancy Wilson and Ramsey Lewis, has died at age 99.
View ArticleFamed Austrian soprano Ruthhilde Boesch dies at 94
Ruthilde Boesch, whose more than three-decade singing career took her to the world's top opera stages, has died. She was 94.
View ArticleWesley Brown, federal judge, dies at 104
U.S. Senior District Judge Wesley Brown has died at age 104.
View ArticleNation's oldest federal judge dies at age 104
U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown, the nation's oldest sitting federal judge in history, has died at age 104.
View ArticleJames Farentino, longtime TV actor, dies at 73
Actor James Farentino, whose private life was sometimes as dramatic as the roles he played in theater and on television, died Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 73 and had...
View ArticleActor James Farentino dies of heart failure at 73
Actor James Farentino, who appeared in dozens of movies and television shows, died Tuesday in a Los Angeles hospital, according to a family spokesman. He was 73.
View ArticleBritish actor Nicol Williamson dies at age 75
Nicol Williamson, the British actor best known for his role as the wizard Merlin in the 1981 film "Excalibur," has died of esophageal cancer, his son said Wednesday. He was 75.
View ArticleGreek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos dies in accident
He was known for his slow and dream-like directing style and had enough stamina at 76 to be working on his latest movie.
View ArticleDick Tufeld, announcer who voiced 'Lost in Space' robot, dies at 85
Dick Tufeld, a longtime radio and TV announcer who intoned "Danger, Will Robinson!" as the voice of the robot in the 1960s science-fiction TV series "Lost in Space," has died. He was 85.
View ArticleNC man who ran tortuous Afghan jail dies
Jonathan "Jack" Idema, a former Green Beret from North Carolina convicted of running a private jail in Afghanistan where he tortured terrorism suspects, has died. He was 55.
View ArticleDick Tufeld, voice of 'Lost in Space" robot, dies
Dick Tufeld, a radio and TV announcer best known as the voice of the robot in the 1960s television show "Lost in Space," has died. He was 85.
View ArticleHeiress Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans dies at 91
Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, heiress to a vast Gilded Age fortune built on tobacco and member of the family that endowed Duke University, has died. She was 91.
View ArticleSol Schreiber, witty office supply owner, dies at 95
Sol Schreiber, a successful Miami stationer in the days before office-supply chain stores, learned how to make a living as a boy on New York City’s Lower East Side.
View ArticleNotorious North Carolina con man Jonathan Idema dies at 55 in Mexico
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Jonathan Keith "Jack" Idema, the con man extraordinaire from Fayetteville who spent years in an Afghan prison for running a private jail and torture chamber while claiming to be a...
View ArticleNicol Williamson, legendary British actor, dies at 75
Once heralded as the greatest British actor of his generation, Nicol Williamson was also a legend for stormy onstage behavior that included calling off a performance of "Hamlet" mid-speech because he...
View ArticleCharla Krupp, fashion writer and adviser, dies at 58
Beauty books come and go, traded for younger models. But Charla Krupp's "How Not to Look Old" has remained a bible for women since its 2008 publication.
View ArticleFinnish conductor Paavo Berglund dead at 82
Paavo Berglund, one of Finland's most prominent conductors, has died at age 82.
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