By Adam Bernstein Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 3, 2008; Page B07 Nick Reynolds, 75, a founding member and lead singer of the Kingston Trio, one...
Known as much for his run ins with the law as his film career, actor Guillaume Depardieu died early Monday morning of complications from a bout of severe...
Actress and singer Edie Adams, the blonde beauty who won a Tony Award for bringing Daisy Mae to life on Broadway and who played the television foil to her...
Levi Stubbs, frontman for the legendary Motown singing group the Four Tops, dead at 72 Four Tops frontman Levi Stubbs, whose dynamic and emotive voice drove...
Dee Dee Warwick, a Grammy-nominated singer and younger sister of Dionne Warwick, dies at 63 Dee Dee Warwick, a soul singer who won recognition for both her...
"Mr. Blackwell," whose annual "worst dressed" list dinged movie stars, music icons and European royalty and helped turn him into a household name from the...
Former Grateful Dead keyboardist Merl Saunders dead at 74 from complications of stroke. Merl Saunders, a jazz and rock keyboardist who collaborated with iconic...
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Gerard Damiano, director of the pioneering pornographic film that lent its name to the Watergate scandal whistle- blower known as...
Estelle Reiner, who uttered the famous line, "I'll have what she's having," after watching Meg Ryan fake an orgasm in the movie "When Harry Met Sally," has...
Louis Terkel arrived here as a child from New York City and in Chicago found not only a new name but a place that perfectly matched--in its energy, its...
Yma Sumac, the Peruvian-born soprano who wowed international audiences in the 1950s with her stunning vocal range and modern take on South American folk music,...
Barack Obama's grandmother, key influence in his life, dies just before Election Day at 86 Barack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped...
Drummer for Jimi Hendrix found dead, officials say 5 hours ago PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix...
Ok, so she wasn't a celebrity in the way many others were, but she was a pioneer here in "Pennsyltucky"... &rea Catherine Baker Knoll, who at age 72 became the...
A two-time loser on "American Idol" who was obsessed with Paula Abdul - and was mercilessly ripped by judges after a 2005 tryout - died in an apparent suicide...
November 21, 2008 Horror as teenager commits suicide live online A video capture showing a police officer in the bedroom of Abraham K Biggs, hours after the...
Forrest J Ackerman, writer-editor who coined 'sci-fi,' dies at 92 Forrest J Ackerman, who influenced a generation of young horror-movie fans with Famous...
[From JR: I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Garland briefly on several occasions. She was a charming, vibrant woman who always looked terrific, well into her...
After spending nearly 28 years in an irreversible coma, heiress and socialite Martha "Sunny" von Bulow died Saturday in a New York nursing home, according to a...
Paul Benedict, Television Actor, Is Dead at 70 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: December 5, 2008 BOSTON (AP) — Paul Benedict, the actor who played the...
Robert Prosky, 77, a supporting actor with hundreds of film, TV and stage credits and whose roles included an avuncular sergeant on the NBC police drama "Hill...
Robert Prosky, 77, a supporting actor with hundreds of film, TV and stage credits and whose roles included an avuncular sergeant on the NBC police drama "Hill...
Former Classics IV singer Dennis Yost dies at 65 CINCINNATI – Dennis Yost, lead singer of the 1960s group the Classics IV,
has died in an Ohio hospital. He...
The sister of American actor Macaulay Culkin has been killed after she stepped in front of a car in west Los Angeles. Police spokesman Richard French said...
Bettie Page dies at 85; pinup queen played a key role in the sexual revolution of the 1960s and later became a cult figure December 12, 2008 Bettie Page, the...
1940's Hollywood movie star Van Johnson has died 1940s hearthrob Van Johnson has passed on at 92. Johnson was a disarming and popular Hollywood star of 1940s...
Sam Bottoms, a film and television actor who played the role of California surfer-turned-GI Lance Johnson in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic...
...TrekMovie was just informed by the Roddenberry family that Majel Barrett Roddenberry passed away this morning at the age of 76. The first lady of Star Trek'...
W. Mark Felt, who was the No. 2 official at the F.B.I. when he helped bring down President Richard M. Nixon by resisting the Watergate cover-up and becoming...