Legendary actor and comedian Robin Williams died on Monday. He was 63. Williams, who most recently starred in the CBS comedy The Crazy Ones, had recently entered rehab in July, though it was reported at the time that he had entered rehab in order to maintain his long-term sobriety. The sheriff’s office said the preliminary investigation shows the cause of death to be a suicide due to asphyxia.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Authorities say Belfast actor J.J. Murphy has died days after starting his new role on the HBO series “Game of Thrones.” No cause of death […]
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Edward M. Joyce, a former president of CBS News who in the mid-1980s helped steer the so-called “Tiffany network” through a $120 million libel suit by Gen. William C. Westmoreland, deep staff reductions and several takeover threats, died on Saturday at his home in Redding, Conn.
Veteran TV movie and miniseries producer Robert Halmi Sr. died Wednesday afternoon in his New York home. At 90, he was still active well into the new millennium, he produced the TV miniseries Neverland in 2011, and a year later a new version of Treasure Island, starring Donald Sutherland and Elijah Wood.
Joy Parker, WXXI Web Coordinator, Dies At 43
Former WDIV Reporter Jennifer Moore Dies At 64
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — John Seigenthaler, the journalist who edited The Tennessean newspaper, helped shape USA Today and worked for civil rights during the Kennedy administration, died Friday at his […]
Former WJBK Anchor Woody Willis Dies At 73
Former KHOU Reporter Brad Woodard Dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An actor best known from the 1960s sitcom “McHale’s Navy,” has died. Bob Hastings was 89. Allison Knowles says her grandfather died Monday in his Burbank, […]
Harry H. Stevens, longtime resident of Washington, D.C., and production manager of Broadcasting & Cable magazine for 50 years, died on Friday, June 27, at the Hampshire Center in Romney, […]
Meshach Taylor, who played a lovable ex-convict surrounded by boisterous Southern belles on the sitcom “Designing Women” and appeared in numerous other TV and film roles, died of cancer at […]
He appeared in scores of films and TV shows during a 60-year career and received an Honorary Oscar in 2011. Wallach earned an Emmy in 1967 for his supporting turn in the drama Poppies Are Also Flowers and scored four other nominations during the next four-plus decades, most recently for guest stints on Nurse Jackie (2010) and Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip (2007). He played Mr. Freeze in the 1960s Batman series and appeared in near-countless other TV shows including Playhouse 90, Kojak, Highway To Heaven, Murder, She Wrote, L.A. Law, Law & Order and ER — working steadily well into the 2000s.
Longtime WBRC Anchor Joe Langston Dies At 82
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Steve Rossi, one half of the prolific comedy duo Allen & Rossi, which became a favorite of “The Ed Sullivan Show” and other TV variety shows, […]
Valerie Gunderson, WGBH Budget Dir., Dies At 59
Longtime KHQ Exec J. Birney Blair Dies At 92
The longtime president and general manager of NBC affiliate KHQ Spokane, Wash., J. Birney Blair, died in his Spokane home on Saturday. He was 92. He started working at KHQ-AM as a reporter and became the first sales manager of the TV station in 1952. He became president-GM in 1970 and held that post until his retirement in 1988.
Longtime KSNV Owner Jim Rogers Dies At 75
James Earl “Jim” Rogers, a longtime conscientious media mogul, dedicated education crusader, hard-nosed lawyer, frugal banker and devoted philanthropist widely known for his wit, intelligence and candor, died of cancer Saturday. His plan to replace the syndicated programming on the NBC affiliate with local news was the subject of a TVNewsCheck story a year ago.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In pop culture, Casey Kasem was as sweet and dependable as a glass of warm milk and a plate of chocolate chip cookies, which only made […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actress and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio television and film, has died at age 91, according to […]
Glenn Britt, the former CEO of Time Warner Cable, has died after a long battle with cancer. Britt, who battled melanoma in 2008, announced last October that his cancer had recurred.
LONDON (AP) — Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died. He was 56. Mayall’s management firm Brunskill Management said the […]
The longtime WCCO Minneapolis executive, who instituted live broadcasts from the Minnesota State Fair, joined the station in 1954 and retired 38 years later. He was 89.
