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Laurie Lindeen, who blazed a trail in the grunge era as a guitarist with indie rockers Zuzu’s Petals and later chronicled the experience in a book, died Monday at 62 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, of a brain aneurysm. Lindeen moved from Wisconsin in 1987 to join the burgeoning Minneapolis…

Buzz Cason, the Nashville singer, songwriter and producer best known for “Everlasting Love,” the buoyant Motown-style pop song covered numerous times and appearing in many films since Robert Knight recorded the original in 1967, died June 16 at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. He was 84. His death…

Rusty Golden, the son of The Oak Ridge Boys’ William Lee Golden who went on to his own successful career as a country and gospel music singer, songwriter and instrumentalist, died July 1, at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He was 65. A cause of death was not…

Renauld White, who helped forge greater diversity on designer runways and later spent two years on soap opera The Guiding Light, died June 26 at age 80. White was under hospice care at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan at the time of his death, according to his friend Jeffrey Banks, the fashion…

Bud S. Smith, an Oscar-nominated film editor, died last Sunday at his home in Studio City, C, from respiratory failure after a prolonged illness. He was 88. Smith’s death was confirmed by his wife, dialogue editor Lucy Coldsnow-Smith. Related Stories …

He was one of the major stars of the 1970s, first as a singer/songwriter and then as part of the iconic Norman Lear comedies Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and its spinoff, Fernwood 2 Night. Today, the wit and charisma Mull brought to his craft was fondly remembered by his peers as word of his passing…

Sika Anoa'i, who became a wrestling legend as part of The Wild Samoans tag team with his brother, died June 25. He was 79. No cause or location was given, but Anoa'i's death was confirmed by his nephew, who said the former WWE star "passed away peacefully." Related…

Bill Cobbs, a prolific film and TV actor with memorable performances in Night At The Museum, Brother From Another Planet, Oz The Great And Powerful, The Sopranos and dozens of others, died surrounded by family Tuesday, June 25, of natural causes at his home in Inland Empire, California. He was…

Tom Van Amburg died Monday in Los Angeles after a short illness. He was 83. Van Amburg is remembered as a trailblazing Los Angeles TV executive whose innovations drove KABC to the top and launched Regis Philbin as a morning talk show fixture. He also is the father of Apple TV+ head of worldwide…

Jonathan Morano, a Peabody Award-winning writer of CBS’ The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, died peacefully June 20 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles following a 15-month battle with Glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor. He was 56. His death was announced by his wife…

Taylor Wily, the sumo wrestler-turned-Hawaii Five-0 actor, died Thursday, June 20, according to local Hawaii TV outlet KITV. He was 56. Although specifics regarding the death — where, and a cause — were not immediately known, his passing was confirmed by Peter M. Lenkov, executive producer of the…