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Skilyr Hicks, who at age 14 impressed the judges of America’s Got Talent with her performance of an original song and poignant story of losing her father, died Monday in Liberty, South Carolina. She was 23. Her death was confirmed by her younger sister Breelyn Hicks in a Facebook post this morning. Earlier, TMZ…

Martha De Laurentiis, an American film and TV producer and wife of Dino De Laurentiis, died early in the morning of December 4 after a long battle with cancer. “My mother was both a warm, generous, optimistic soul – my father always referred to her as his ‘sunshine’ – and a fierce protector,” her daughter Dina De…

Eddie Mekka, the actor who played Carmine Ragusa, the high school sweetheart of Cindy Williams’ Shirley Feeney on the hit ’70s sitcom Laverne & Shirley, has died at his home in Newhall, CA. He was 69. His November 27 death was announced on Facebook by longtime friend Pat Benti, who did not disclose a cause of death…

Harriet Halpern Beck, an entertainment attorney who specialized in children’s programming during her long career, died Friday, Nov. 26 after a long illness. She was 80. As the VP of business affairs at Ruby Spears Productions in the 1980s, she played a pivotal role in shaping the Saturday morning children's television…

Jonshel Alexander, a supporting child actor in the Academy Award-nominated film Beasts of the Southern Wild, was fatally shot Saturday night in New Orleans’ 7th Ward, according to multiple reports. She was 22. Alexander and an unidentified man were shot while sitting in a vehicle in the 1500 block of North Claiborne…

The surprising death of Virgil Abloh, founder of fashion label Off-White and current menswear artistic director at Louis Vuitton, caught the world off-guard today. Abloh was 41. Louis Vuitton and Abloh’s personal Instagram account confirmed his passing. It was revealed the Chicago native had battled cardiac…

UPDATE: London's West End theaters have announced they will dim their lights for two minutes at 7 PM tomorrow in Stephen Sondheim’s honor. Tributes to Sondheim’s genius continue to pour in from the entertainment community. Composer Andrew Lloyd-Webber said that he had always been “sort of in awe” of a man he described…

Stephen Sondheim, one of the giants of Broadway songwriting, died early Friday at his home in Roxbury, CT. He was 91. Attorney F. Richard Pappas, announced the death, which he described as sudden. Sondheim celebrated Thanksgiving with friends just a day ago, Pappas said. Sondheim’s catalog includes such works as…

Bob Bondurant, a racecar driver-turned-instructor who taught and guided such actors as Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Christian Bale and Nicolas Cage for racing movies and other fast-car films, died Nov. 12 at an assisted living facility in Paradise Valley, Ariz. He was 88. His death was announced by the Bondurant Racing…

Slide Hampton, a jazz mainstay on the trombone for more than 60 years, died Saturday at his home in Orange, NJ at age 89. His grandson confirmed his death, but didn’t give a cause. Hampton was one of the top trombonists of his era, starting in the late 1950s post-bebop scene. He was part of bands with Dizzy Gillespie…

Dominic Orlando, a prolific playwright on the Off Broadway and regional theater scenes who more recently pivoted to such television series as Amazon’s Them and Netflix’s Mindhunter and The OA, died November 17 of complications from cancer in Washington D.C. He was 57. His death was announced by his family and…

Joey Morgan, the actor who made his debut in 2015’s Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and garnered additional attention for his performance in the Max Winkler’s 2017 Tribeca Film Festival premiere Flower, died Sunday. He was 28. A cause of death has not been disclosed. "Joey Morgan came into my life nearly 9 years…