Pioneering TV Personality Joe Franklin Dies
Joe Franklin, who became a New York institution by presiding over one of the most compellingly low-rent television programs in history, one …
Johnny Carson Manager Stan Irwin Dies At 94
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stan Irwin, a Las Vegas producer and manager for such celebrities as Johnny Carson, has died at age 94. …
Peggy Charren, Children’s TV Pioneer, Dies
The co-founder and longtime president of Action for Children's Television died today at 86. TVN contributor Arthur Greenwald writes: "Even …
Former WHAG Sports Director Garnet Stevens Dies
‘Coronation Street’ Star Anne Kirkbride Dies At 60
LONDON (AP) — Actress Anne Kirkbride, a star of British soap opera “Coronation Street” for more than 40 years, has died at …
Bravo Actor-Model Greg Plitt Killed By Train
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — A 37-year-old model and actor featured on the cover of numerous fitness magazines was struck and killed by a …
TV Instant Replay Inventor Tony Verna Dies
CBS used instant replay for the first time in the Dec. 7, 1963, Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, after Verna developed a method to …
Longtime KPBS Chief Paul Steen Dies At 82
Writer, Broadcaster Danella Hero Dies At 85
TV-Radio Enterpreneur Bud Paxson Dies
The radio and television station owner and creator of the Home Shopping Network and Pax TV (later Ion TV) died on Jan. 9 at the age of 80. …
‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Star Donna Douglas Dies At 82
NEW YORK (AP) — Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom “The Beverly …
Actor Edward Herrmann Dies At 71
The Gilmore Girls star and Tony Award-winner died Wednesday in a New York City hospital where he was being treated for brain cancer.
Voice Actresss Christine Cavanaugh Dies At 51
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christine Cavanaugh, a prolific voice actress whose characters included the titular character of …
Former WWL News Director Jim Boyer Dies
Former WJTV Photographer Jerry Brooks Dies
Brandon Stoddard, Former ABC Exec, Dies
Brandon Stoddard, the longtime executive who helped brings Roots to ABC along with such other landmark miniseries and developed Schoolhouse …
WWLP Founder William Lowell Putnam Dies
In 1953, he founded WWLP, the first TV station in Springfield, Mass., and the first licensed UHF television station in the United States. He …
Fade To Black: Television’s 2014 Honor Roll
Throughout the year, TVNewsCheck has reported the deaths of outstanding men and women who shaped television as actors, lawmakers, producers, …
WCYB Reporter Jim Conrad Dies
Last Of The Original ‘Murrow’s Boys’ Dies
Richard C. Hottelet, one of the pioneering group of wartime journalists hired by CBS radio newsman Edward R. Murrow, died today. He was 97. …
Norman Bridwell, ‘Clifford’ Creator, Dies At 86
Norman Bridwell, a soft-spoken illustrator whose impromptu story about a girl and her puppy marked the unlikely birth of the supersized …
Dick Rich, Who Rewrote TV Advertising, Dies
Rich’s whimsical and sardonic commercials for clients like Alka-Seltzer helped introduce a more freewheeling approach to TV …
Ex-WXYZ Anchor Bill Bonds Dies At 82
Corinne Quayle, Mom Of Former VP, Dies At 92
PHOENIX — Corinne Pulliam Quayle, the mother of former vice president Dan Quayle and a newspaper owner and publisher, has died. She …