Tim Donnelly, best known for playing fireman Chet Kelly on the 1970s T.V. series “Emergency!,” died suddenly on September 17, 2021, at age 77. The Los Angeles County Fire Museum first shared the news. Donnelly held his television ties to…
Al Harrington, the Samoan-American actor, died on Tuesday afternoon after suffering a stroke last week, his family confirmed to The Honolulu Star-Advertiser. “Al was truly a gift from God. A noble, compassionate, patient, and gentleman with a witty sense of humor and…
Ben Best, who co-created HBO’s “Eastbound & Down” with Danny McBride and played Clegg’s part on the comedy, died Sunday, September 12, 2012, at age 46. “It’s with heavy hearts we say goodbye to our good buddy Ben Best,” read…
Norm Macdonald, the Canadian-born comedian who became an influential cast member of Saturday Night Live after he joined in 1993, has died. He was 61. His brother Neil said Macdonald died Tuesday in Los Angeles from leukemia, which he was diagnosed with…
Actor Michael K. Williams died Monday, September 6. As the rogue robber of drug dealers Omar Little on “The Wire,” he created one of the most popular television characters in recent decades. Williams was found dead Monday afternoon in his…
The T.V. actor Robert Hogan appeared in shows ranging from “All My Children” to “The Wire” in a career spanning six decades. He died on May 27 at his coastal Maine home, his family announced in The New York Times. The cause…
Charles Grodin, the comic, scene-stealing actor of such films as The Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run, and Beethoven, who later established himself as a curmudgeonly talk show guest without rival, died today at his home in Wilton, Conn. His son, Nicholas, told The New…
Felix Silla, actor, and stuntman died Friday after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to a tweet from his friend and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century costar Gil Gerard. Silla is survived by his wife Sue, whom he married in…
Canadian actor Jahmil French of “Degrassi: The Next Generation” fame has died. His agent, Gabrielle Kachman, confirmed the news to The Canadian Press through a statement. Kachman did not provide details on his death but noted French “will be remembered…
