LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jayne Meadows, the Emmy-nominated actress and TV personality who often teamed with her husband, Steve Allen, has died. She was 95. Meadows died of natural causes […]
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Actor Alton “Ben” Powers, known for his role in the 1970s CBS television series “Good Times,” has died at age 64. Powers died April 6 […]
WSAZ’s ‘Mr. Cartoon’ Jule Guffman Dies At 91
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A man who entertained children as “Mr. Cartoon” on WSAZ-TV has died. Jule Huffman was 91. WSAZ-TV announced Huffman’s death on its website Thursday. Huffman took […]
Bill Slatter, Former WDSU Anchor, Dies At 87
AUSTN, TEXAS (AP) — Bill Arhos, who founded “Austin City Limits” and helped propel the public television show into a mecca for music’s biggest influences, has died. He was 80. […]
Richard L. Bare, who wrote and directed hundreds of episodes of classic TV shows including Green Acres and Twilight Zone, died March 28 in Newport Beach, Calif. He was 101. Most episodes of Green Acres were directed by Bare, who also directed episodes of Maverick — he’s credited with the discovery of James Garner — as well as episodes of 77 Sunset Strip, Route 66, Petticoat Junction and Nanny and the Professor, as well as dozens of other series.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Geoffrey Lewis, a prolific television actor and frequent co-star of Clint Eastwood, died Tuesday at the age of 79. Carleen Donovan, a publicist for his daughter, […]
Former WTVT Reporter Warren Elly Dies At 64
His face might not have been as recognizable as other humorists’, but Freberg’s influence was arguably greater, thanks to a huge body of work assembled over 70 years that encompassed radio, television, comedy albums, advertising jingles and nightclub performances. “He’s an American institution,” film historian Leonard Maltin once said.
Longtime KOIN Meteorologist Dr. John Walls Dies
Schuller’s evangelical Protestant ministry was a product of modern technology. Schuller began broadcasting the Hour of Power in 1970. In 1980, he built the towering glass-and-steel Crystal Cathedral to house his booming TV ministry, which was broadcast live each week from the cathedral’s airy and sunlit 2,800-seat sanctuary. At its peak, in the 1990s, the program had 20 million viewers in about 180 countries.
“Hot” Rod Hundley, a former NBA player who broadcast Jazz games in New Orleans and Utah for 35 years, died March 27 at his home near Phoenix. He was 80. […]
Longtime KABC Weatherman Dies At 92
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gerald L. Warren, a deputy White House press secretary during the administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, who later became the editor of San […]
WROC Remembers Former GM Larry Herbster
WABC Reporter Lisa Colagrossi Dies At 49
NEW YORK (AP) — A veteran New York television reporter has died after suffering a brain hemorrhage after covering a story. WABC-TV says 49-year-old Lisa Colagrossi was stricken while returning […]
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Eugene Patton, the stagehand who became “Gene Gene the Dancing Machine” on television’s “The Gong Show” in the late 1970s, has died. Patton died in Pasadena, […]
