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Oscar-winning film composer Ennio Morricone, who died Monday at 91, scored more than 400 movies and TV shows, as well as more than 100 classical pieces. The legendary orchestrator’s score for The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966), one of his successful collaborations with director Sergio Leone, is considered one of…

Charlie Daniels, the Grammy-winning country singer and fiddler who scored crossover pop hits with “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” “Uneasy Rider” and “In America,” died today after a hemorrhagic stroke. He was 83. His publicist Don Murry Grubbs confirmed the news. Daniels had a mild stroke in 2010 and was fitted with…

UPDATED with Morricone’s self-written obituary: Legendary Italian composer Ennio Morricone died Monday in Rome following complications from a fall last week. He was 91. His lawyer Giorgio Assumma handed reporters an obituary written by the composer himself outside the clinic where Morricone died, Reuters reports. It…

The outpouring of tributes flowed with love on Sunday upon the news of Nick Cordero’s death due to a devastating battle with COVID-19. Actors from Hollywood and Broadway expressed their support for Cordero, his wife Amanda Kloots and his son Eduardo. “RIP Nick Cordero!” wrote actress Viola Davis on Twitter. “My…

Broadway actor Nick Cordero has died after complications with COVID-19. The actor, who received a Tony nomination for his role in Bullets Over Broadway and appeared in productions of Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Rock of Ages was 41. Cordero, who appeared as Victor Lugo in the CBS drama Blue Bloods and appeared in the…

Edwin T. Vane, a former ABC television executive and president of Group W Productions, died of natural causes on June 26 in Los Angeles. He was 93. A Fordham University graduate, Vane started his career as a page at NBC. After working his way up to become a daytime television executive, he was pitched a game show idea…

Bettina Gilois, an award-winning screenwriter and author, has died in her sleep at age 58, according to a friend. She had an advanced form of cancer and passed just days before her July 9 birthday. Gilois was having what was described by a friend as “a career year” when she passed, with several projects in development…

Earl Cameron, who was among the first Black actors to break into significant roles in British film, died on Friday at age 102. His agent confirmed his death and said he “passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and family” in Kenilworth in Warwickshire. Born in Bermuda in 1917, Cameron came to the U.K…

Saroj Khan, one of the most prominent Indian dance choreographers in Hindi cinema whose career spanned more than 40 years, has died. Khan passed away Friday from cardiac arrest in a Mumbai hospital, her nephew Manish Jagwani confirmed to PTI news agency. She was 71. Over the course of her career, Khan known as The…

Streaming sensation and World of Warcraft pro Byron “Reckful” Bernstein died on Thursday at age 31. His death was confirmed by his girlfriend, who said he committed suicide. Reckful had almost a million Twitch followers and amassed more than 250,000 YouTube subscribers. He was known for broaching sensitive subjects in…

Hugh Downs, who began appearing on television at the dawn of the medium and gained fame as co-host of 20/20, host of Today and as Jack Paar’s sidekick on the Tonight Show, has died. The Washington Post and New York Times cited a statement from Downs’ family in reporting his death on July 1 at his home in Scottsdale…

Danny Hicks, who played the likable redneck Jake in Evil Dead 2, has died after a battle with cancer. Full Empire Promotions, which repped Hicks for convention appearances, announced the actor’s passing on Facebook. “Danny passed away at his home in CA,” said the notice. “We love you Danny, rest easy my…