The two-time Emmy-winning star of series including Homicide: Life on the Street, Men of a Certain Age and Brooklyn Nine-Nine was 61. Braugher, whose first film role came alongside Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington in the Ed Zwick-directed Glory, died on Monday after a brief illness.
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A liberal activist, Lear fashioned bold and controversial comedies that were embraced by viewers who had to watch the evening news to find out what was going on in the world. His CBS shows helped define primetime comedy in the 1970s, launched the careers of Rob Reiner and Valerie Bertinelli and made middle-age superstars of Carroll O’Connor, Bea Arthur and Redd Foxx. He was 101. (Chris Pizzello/AP)
As the producer of All in the Family and many other shows, Lear showed that it was possible to be topical, funny and immensely popular.
Among the highlights of his long tenure were supervising the Beatles’ appearances and telling the comedian Jackie Mason he was fired. He was 93.
Marty Krofft, the savvy businessman who partnered with his older brother Sid to amass an entertainment empire fueled by such mind-blowing kids TV shows as The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, H.R. Pufnstuf and Land of the Lost, died Nov. 25. He was 86. Eight years younger than Sid, Marty Krofft died in Los Angeles of kidney failure, his family announced. (Courtesy of Sid & Marty Krofft Picture Archive)
A correspondent for three New York TV stations, he became famous for his “Shame on You” segments that investigated consumer fraud and aggressively confronted wrongdoers on camera.
The actor won a Daytime Emmy Award for his performance as Nikolas Cassadine on the ABC soap opera. (ABC/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Matthew Perry, Emmy-Nominated ‘Friends’ Star, Dies At 54
Matthew Perry, best known for his role as Chandler Bing on Friends, has died. He was 54. The actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his Los Angeles home Saturday
NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original “Night Court” sitcom, has died. He was […]
The trailblazing actor, who was considered the first Black action movie hero, starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several Shaft films beginning in the early 1970s. In 1973 he played the savvy detective once again on the CBS series Shaft, which lasted only seven episodes. He also made his mark with television roles on Magnum P.I., The Love Boat, Being Mary Jane and The Love Boat.
