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Dallas Good, the Sadies’ Singer-Guitarist, Dead at 48
Although the Sadies released roughly 20 records throughout their career, the band became best known for their transcendent live shows. The quartet displayed its range of influences, from country & western to folk-punk to Sixties garage rock. “My favorite Sadies…
Jim Hagedorn, 59, US Conservative GOP congressman, died
“It is with a broken heart, shattered spirit, and overwhelming sadness I share my husband Congressman Jim Hagedorn passed away peacefully last night,” his wife, Jennifer Carnahan, wrote in a Facebook post. “Jim loved our country and loved representing the…
Frank Pesce, Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop actor, dead at 75
Frank Pesce, the actor whose career includes roles in Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, and Miami Vice, has died. He was 75. Pesce’s girlfriend Tammy Scher told Deadline the actor died on Feb. 6 in Burbank from dementia complications. A rep for Pesce did…
‘2001,’ ‘Blade Runner’ effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull dead at 79
Douglas Trumbull, a visual effects master who showed movie audiences memorable images of the future and space in films like “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” and “Blade Runner,” died at age 79. Director Edgar Wright…
WKRP’s actor Howard Hesseman dead at 81
Howard Hesseman, a prolific character actor who became a beloved TV mainstay through his roles on sitcoms WKRP in Cincinnati and Head of the Class, died over the weekend in Los Angeles of complications from colon surgery he had undergone last summer, Variety…
Bob Wall, who Co-Star in Bruce Lee’s ‘Enter the Dragon,’ Dead at 82
The martial arts expert and stuntman Bob Wall, best known for playing henchman O’Hara opposite Bruce Lee in the 1973 martial arts classic “Enter the Dragon,” has died. Wall was 82. Wall died on Sunday, March 30th, in Los Angeles,…
Dead at 69 is Jon Zazula, Co-Founder of Legendary Metal Label Megaforce Records.
Jon Zazula passed away in Florida surrounded by his brother, daughters, granddaughters, and friends. He was one of Megaforce Records co-founders, that launched the iconic label and released the first albums from Metallica, Anthrax, and many others, together with his…
Howard Hesseman, Dr. Johnny Fever on ‘WKRP in Cincinnati,’ Dead at 81
Howard Hesseman, who made a career by portraying off-the-wall characters, none more popular than the disc jockey Johnny Fever on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, has died. He was 81. Hesseman died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles of complications…
Alexa McDonough, a trailblazer for women in politics dead at 77
Alexa McDonough, whose leadership of the Nova Scotia NDP in 1980 made her the first woman to lead a major political party in Canada, has died at the age of 77. McDonough, who also became the leader of the federal…
Sidney Poitier: The Black Actor Who Broke Color Barriers Dead at 94.
Sidney Poitier died on Friday at age 94. The Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis broke the sad news in a speech broadcast on Facebook Sidney Poitier was Born Sidney L. Poitier on February 20, 1927. He was a Bahamian-American actor, film director,…
Betty White, the legendary Hollywood Actress Dead at 99
Known as Betty White in the world of television, Betty Marion White Ludden was born on January 17, 1922, and died on December 31, 2021, one month shy of her 100th birthday on January 17, 2022. Betty was an American actress…