Costume designer Eiko Ishioka has died at 73
Eiko Ishioka, a bold, Academy Award-winning visual artist whose surreal and sensual costumes were worn by Broadway actors, Olympic athletes, Cirque du Soleil performers and movie stars like Jennifer...
View ArticleRobert Hegyes, Juan Epstein of 'Welcome Back Kotter' dies at 60
Robert Hegyes, the New Jersey-born actor who played Jewish Puerto-Rican wheeler-dealer Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein on the 1970s classic "Welcome Back Kotter," died after an apparent...
View ArticleJean Smith, Junior League president and Nancy Reagan confidant, dies at 93
Jean Webb Vaughan Smith, a member of the Reagans' inner circle who championed volunteerism as national president of the Association of Junior Leagues, died Wednesday in Los Angeles of natural causes,...
View ArticleRobert Hegyes, played Epstein on 'Kotter,' dies
Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show "Welcome Back Kotter" has died. He was 60.
View ArticleRobert Hegyes, who played Juan Epstein on 'Kotter,' dies at 60
Robert Hegyes, an actor whose Jewish-Puerto Rican character Juan Epstein was one of the Sweathogs on the 1970s TV sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Thursday of a heart attack in New Jersey. He was 60.
View ArticleDCOTA founder Marvin Danto dies at 95
In 1985, Marvin Danto shifted the center of South Florida’s home-furnishings universe from Miami’s Design District to a 44-acre campus in Dania Beach that he called DCOTA: Design...
View ArticlePeter, Paul and Mary bassist Dick Kniss dies at 74
Dick Kniss, a bassist who performed for five decades with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," has died. He was 74.
View ArticleEiko Ishioka, graphic designer and art director, dies at 73
As Japan's pre-eminent graphic designer and art director in the 1970s and early '80s, Eiko Ishioka helped build her reputation by heading media campaigns for Parco, a major boutique shopping complex...
View ArticleGrammy-winning composer Clare Fischer dead at 83
Clare Fischer, a Grammy-winning composer who wrote scores for television and movies and worked with legendary musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, has died. He was 83.
View Article'The Sting' actress Dimitra Arliss dies in LA
Dimitra Arliss, who played a hired killer alongside Robert Redford and Paul Newman in the caper comedy "The Sting," has died in Los Angeles. She was 79.
View ArticleRep. Barney Frank mourns ex-Boston Mayor White
Retiring Rep. Barney Frank says former Mayor Kevin White was a political pioneer who opened up the Boston political system to African-Americans, women and gays, and pushed Frank to abandon plans to...
View ArticleGigi Gordon, crusading criminal defense lawyer, dies at 54
Gigi Gordon, a crusading criminal defense lawyer who battled corrupt police and overzealous prosecutors to free dozens of prisoners who had been wrongfully convicted, committed suicide after struggling...
View ArticleFormer Italian president Scalfaro dies at 93
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, a past president of Italy who held the post during the sweeping corruption scandal of the early 1990s that reshaped the country's post-war political landscape, died Sunday in...
View ArticleBSO Lt. Darin Dowe, 42, dies of brain cancer
In a 19-year career as a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy, Lt. Darin Dowe rose through the ranks while earning a reputation as a can-do officer who could handle any assignment.
View ArticleJohn Rich, director of landmark sitcoms, dies at 86
As a top television comedy director who won an Emmy directing "The Dick Van Dyke Show" in the early 1960s, John Rich was faced with a tough choice in 1970.
View ArticleMargaret Runyan Castaneda, ex-wife of mystic author, dies at 90
They were an unlikely couple, the Latin American immigrant and the West Virginia divorcee whose paths crossed in mid-1950s Los Angeles.
View ArticleIan Abercrombie, actor who played Elaine's boss on 'Seinfeld,' dies at 77
Ian Abercrombie, 77, the British character actor who played Elaine's demanding boss, Mr. Pitt, on "Seinfeld," died Thursday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, said his friend Cathy Lind...
View ArticleJohn Rich, director of TV comedies, dies at 86
Television director John Rich, who won an Emmy Award for the memorable "All in the Family" scene showing Sammy Davis Jr. planting a kiss on Archie Bunker, has died in Los Angeles at 86.
View ArticleCamilla Williams, black opera pioneer, dies at 92
African-American opera pioneer Camilla Williams has died in Bloomington. She was 92.
View ArticleActor who was Mr. Pitt on 'Seinfeld' dies at 77
Ian Abercrombie, a veteran British stage and screen actor whose TV roles included Elaine's boss Mr. Pitt on "Seinfeld" and the voice of Chancellor Palpatine in "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," has died. He...
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