Marge Redmond, who played Sister Jacqueline on TV’s The Flying Nun and later became known as the spokeswoman in Cool Whip commercials, has died. She was 95 and her death was announced by SAG-AFTRA in its magazine. No cause was given.
Redmond appeared in 80 episodes of The Flying Nun, which…
Richard Herd, an instantly recognizable character actor who recurred as Mr. Wilhelm on Seinfeld and appeared in All the President’s Men, The China Syndrome and several Star Trek projects, among many other credits, died Tuesday in Los Angeles of cancer complications. He was 87.
Herd’s death was announced by his wife…
David Hayman, a Canadian music supervisor with extensive film and television credits, has died at age 42. His death was confirmed by his company, but no cause was immediately available.
Hayman was chief music supervisor and creative director for Toronto’s Supergroup Sonic Branding Co.
“Yesterday we said goodbye to our…
John Mahon, an actor, director and writer who played a police chief in 1997’sL.A. Confidential and, as a language lab director in one of the creepiest moments of The Exorcist revealed that recorded demon gibberish was in fact backwards English, died of natural causes at his Los Angeles home on May 3. He was 82.
The…
Ken Osmond, who played obsequious troublemaker Eddie Haskell on TV’s Leave It to Beaver, has died, his manager confirms. Osmond was 76.
"He was an incredibly kind and wonderful father,” his son, Eric, said in a statement. “He had his family gathered around him when he passed. He was loved and will be very missed."
The…
Geno Silva, an actor best known for his role as The Skull in Brian De Palma’s Scarface died on May 9 in Los Angeles of complications from frontotemporal degeneration. He was 72.
Silva was born in Albuquerque, NM, on January 20, 1948. He went on to have a career on stage and screen. In Scarface (1983), his Skull is one…
Fred Willard, who parlayed a knack for naive characters into costarring roles on the television series Fernwood 2 Night and Everybody Loves Raymond and in several memorable films, has died. He was 86 and his death was confirmed by his agent, Michael Eisenstadt.
“Fred was one of the busiest comedic actors in a career…
Frank Bielec, a quirky interior designer who was a key part of the reality TV show Trading Spaces, has died at age 72. His death was confirmed by his wife, who said he passed on Friday at a Houston, Texas hospital.
Bielec was part of Trading Spaces between 2000 and 2008. The show involved swapping houses between two…
Actor Logan Williams, who died April 2 at age 16, overdosed on fentanyl, according to his mother.
Speaking to the New York Post, Marlyse Williams said her young son had a three-year battle with addiction. She hopes by speaking out on it that she can help stem the rising opioid crisis, where teen mortality rates…
Japanese actress, voice actress and TV host Kumiko Okae (nee Kumiko Owada) died at a Tokyo hospital from pneumonia complications caused by the COVID-19 virus. She was 63. Her death was confirmed by her management office.
Okae entered the hospital on April 3 with a high fever. Her condition was complicated by radiation…
Rocker Melissa Etheridge said her 21-year-old son, Beckett Cypher, died from an opioid overdose.
“Today I joined the hundreds of thousands of families who have lost loved ones to opioid addiction,” Etheridge said in a statement posted to Instagram on her son’s death earlier today. “My son Beckett, who was just 21…
Little Richard, the wild singer-pianist-songwriter who was one of rock ‘n’ roll’s pioneers, has died at age 87. His death was confirmed by his son, but the cause was not initially given.
Later in the morning, Little Richard’s agent Dick Alen told People that the rock icon died from bone cancer.
"Little Richard passed…
