Obituaries
Martin Mull, Funnyman and ‘Fernwood 2 Night’ Star, Dies at 80
Martin Mull, the droll comedian, actor, singer-songwriter and painter who found fame on the soap opera satire Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and its spinoff Fernwood 2 Night, has died. He was 80. Mull died Thursday at home after a “valiant fight against a long illness,” his daughter, Maggie Mull, shared on her Instagram. “He was known for […]
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Stephanie Leifer, Former ABC Signature Executive, Dies at 56
Stephanie Leifer, a longtime executive at ABC and studio ABC Signature, has died. She was 56. Leifer died of cancer on Thursday. She spent a combined 28 years at ABC Signature (and its forerunner, ABC Studios) and ABC, beginning at the network in 1994 as an assistant in the network’s TV movie department. “Stephanie was […]
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Kinky Friedman, Texas Musician and Humorist, Dies at 79
Kinky Friedman, the country singer-songwriter known for songs like “Sold American” and his quick wit in his writings, interviews and beyond, has died. He was 79. Friedman died Thursday at his ranch in Medina, Texas, after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. “Kinky Friedman stepped on a rainbow at his beloved Echo Hill surrounded by family […]
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Bill Cobbs, Actor in ‘The Hudsucker Proxy,’ ‘Night at the Museum’ and ‘Air Bud,’ Dies at 90
Bill Cobbs, the convincing character actor who had pivotal turns in such films as 'The Hudsucker Proxy,' 'Sunshine State' and 'Night at the Museum,' has died. He was xx.
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Spencer Milligan, ‘Land of the Lost’ Star, Dies at 86
Spencer Milligan, who starred for Sid and Marty Krofft as the park ranger and widowed father Rick Marshall on the iconic Saturday morning kids show Land of the Lost, has died. He was 86. Milligan died April 18 at his home in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, his family announced. Milligan played the heroic father of youngsters […]
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Al Schultz, Longtime TV Makeup Artist and Husband of Vicki Lawrence, Dies at 82
Al Schultz, who worked as a makeup artist for some of the top TV shows of the 1960s and ’70s and was married to Vicki Lawrence for five decades, has died. He was 82. Schultz died June 19 at his home in Long Beach, California, according to his publicist. A cause of death was not […]
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Tom Van Amburg, KABC-TV Los Angeles Executive, Dies at 83
Former KABC Los Angeles executive Tom Van Amburg has died. He was 83. Van Amburg died Monday, June 24 in Los Angeles at home after a short illness. Van Amburg is survived by his children, including Apple TV+ head of worldwide video Zack Van Amburg and marketing executive Chris Van Amburg. Van Amburg is best known […]
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Crazy Town Frontman Seth Binzer, Known as Shifty Shellshock, Dies at 49
Seth Binzer, who was known to fans as Shifty Shellshock and the frontman for the rap-rock band Crazy Town, died on Monday, according to the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office. Binzer was 49 years old. Binzer died at a residence in Los Angeles, according to the Medical Examiner. No cause of death has been released […]
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Tamayo Perry, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Actor and Star Surfer, Dies in Shark Attack at 49
A “legendary” Honolulu surfer, lifeguard and actor who appeared in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise died this weekend after a shark attack, the city’s Emergency Services Department announced at a press conference, where the mournful tone was punctuated with praise for the famous and beloved local. Tamayo Perry died Sunday in the attack near […]
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Jamie Kellner, Architect of the Fox Broadcast Network and The WB, Dies at 77
Jamie Kellner, the charismatic and crafty executive who expanded the broadcast television landscape by helping hatch the Fox and WB networks in 1987 and 1995, respectively, had died. He was 77. Kellner died Friday at his Montecito, California, home after a battle with cancer, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. While still riding high atop The […]
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Critic’s Appreciation: Donald Sutherland, the Man of a Thousand Arched Eyebrows
The revered Canadian actor, who died Thursday at 88, was a versatile screen presence for more than half a century, embodying a wide range of character types while always remaining true to himself.
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‘Hawaii Five-O’ Actor Taylor Wily Dies at 56
Taylor Wily, who rose to fame on the sumo circuit in the late 1980s before moving into acting, appearing in memorable roles on the TV reboot of Hawaii Five-0 and the comedy film Forgetting Sarah Marshall, died this week in Hawaii, according to the local ABC News affiliate on the island. He was 56. Wily’s […]
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