Von Freeman, Chicago jazz legend, dead at 88
CHICAGO - Revered around the world but never a major star, worshipped by critics and connoisseurs but perpetually strapped for cash, the towering Chicago tenor saxophonist Von Freeman practically went...
View ArticleIrving Fein, manager for Jack Benny and George Burns, dies at 101
Irving Fein was a veteran Hollywood studio publicist when he began his 28-year association with Jack Benny in 1947, first as the popular radio comedian's publicity and advertising director.
View ArticleScience fiction satirist Harry Harrison has died
American author Harry Harrison, whose space-age spoofs delighted generations of science fiction fans, has died, a friend said Wednesday. He was 87.
View ArticleJoe Kubert, comics artist who created 'Sgt. Rock,' dies at 85
Joe Kubert was never a superstar comics artist - his work didn't have the necessary bombast or polished edges - but the man who drew ragged, soulful soldiers in "Sgt. Rock," "The Haunted Tank" and...
View Article'Superman' actress Phyllis Thaxter dies at 92
Phyllis Thaxter, an actress best known for her role as Clark Kent's adoptive mother in the 1978 film "Superman," has died in Florida. She was 92.
View ArticleStanton Kaplan, a Broward judge for over 40 years, dies at 76
Retired Broward Circuit Judge Stanton Kaplan, who was known as a tough but exceptionally fair judge, died Saturday at his home in Plantation. He was 76.
View ArticleZena Posever, artist and activist, dies at 101
Zena Posever, an artist and activist whose sculptures are on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Wolfsonian Museum at Florida International University and the Fillmore...
View ArticleEnrique Cardenas, WSVN cameraman, dies
Enrique “Henry’’ Cardenas spent 28 years behind a camera for WSVN-7 — and most of his spare time feeding stray cats.
View ArticleFrank Godden, major figure in black-American resort, dies at 101
LOS ANGELES-Frank Godden, who played a significant role in the development of Val Verde, a secluded and long-closed local resort community known as "the black Palm Springs," has died. He was 101.
View ArticleVeronique Peck, widow of actor Gregory Peck and LA. arts patron, dies at 80
French-born Veronique Peck, who was the widow of actor Gregory Peck and an ardent supporter of civic and cultural causes in her adopted country, died Friday of heart failure at her Los Angeles home,...
View Article'Top Gun' director left behind notes to loved ones
Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood hits as "Top Gun," "Days of Thunder" and "Beverly Hills Cop II," died Sunday after jumping from a towering suspension bridge spanning Los Angeles harbor and...
View ArticleDirector Tony Scott's notable films
The notable films of director Tony Scott, who died Sunday in an apparent suicide at age 68:
View ArticleTony Scott: A man of action films, pure and simple
No one ever mistook Tony Scott for a great dramatist. He was a director critics loved to hate for his slick barrage of images at the expense of story. The filmmaker did not dazzle the imagination with...
View ArticleScott McKenzie, singer of 'San Francisco,' dies
Singer Scott McKenzie, who performed "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" - which became a hit in 1967 during the city's "Summer of Love" - has died.
View ArticleWilliam Windom, Emmy-winning character actor, dies at 88
LOS ANGELES - In the role that won him an Emmy Award for best actor in a comedy series, William Windom played John Monroe, a writer-cartoonist for a New York magazine who harnessed an active fantasy...
View ArticleTuskegee airman G. Hickman dies in Seattle at 88
George Hickman, one of the original Tuskegee airmen and a longtime usher at University of Washington and Seattle Seahawks games, has died at age 88.
View ArticleScott McKenzie dies; his 'San Francisco' caught flower-power wave
LOS ANGELES - Scott McKenzie, whose 1967 hit single "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" captured the spirit of the '60s flower-power movement and became a generational touchstone,...
View ArticlePhyllis Diller blazed trail for female comedians
Long before Kathy Griffin was languishing on the D-list, Roseanne Barr was calling herself a domestic goddess and Joan Rivers was asking audiences if they could talk, wild-haired...
View ArticlePhyllis Diller, outlandish comedian, dies at 95
LOS ANGELES - Phyllis Diller, the zany housewife-turned-stand-up comic with the electrified hairdo, outlandish wardrobe and a barrage of self-deprecating jokes punctuated by her trademark laugh, has...
View ArticleComedic actor William Windom dead at 88
William Windom, who won an Emmy Award for his turn in the 1969 TV comedy series "My World And Welcome To It" and went on to score guest appearances on several popular shows, has died.
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