Broadcasting Giant Dan Burke Dies At 82
After building Capital Cities into a major station group, he and longtime partner Tom Murphy bought ABC. Together, they ran CapCities/ABC …
CBS Correspondent Robert Pierpoint Dies
After making his name covering the Korean War — a role he reprised when he provided his radio voice for the widely watched final …
Radio Giant Norman Corwin Dies At 101
Throughout the 1940s, Corwin was well known to millions of Americans who depended on radio for their link to the world. His work during that …
Former KVII Sports Director Woody VanDyke Dies
Pat Modell, Actress And Wife Of Art Modell, Dies
BALTIMORE (AP) – Patricia Modell, the wife of former NFL team owner Art Modell and a longtime television actress, has died. She was …
Longtime WFSB Weatherman Charlie Bagley Dies
Former WNDU News Director Harry Kevorkian Dies
Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs Dies At 56
Apple Inc. said the company's co-founder Steve Jobs died Wednesday. He was 56. Jobs helped change computers from a geeky hobbyist's …
A.C. Nielsen Jr., Who Built Ratings Firm, Dies
Arthur C. Nielsen Jr., who transformed the company his father founded in 1923 into an international leader in market research, helping to …
TV Pitchman Dies In Federal Custody
PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. Marshals Service spokesman says a Phoenix-based TV pitchman charged with running a nationwide scheme to sell …
KOB Reporter Sharon Erickson Dies After Surgery
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A reporter at an Albuquerque television station is dead after suffering complications from surgery. KOB-TV …
British Sitcom Writer David Croft Dies At 89
LONDON (AP) — Television writer David Croft, who helped create much-loved British sitcoms such as “Dad’s Army” and …
Longtime KTVU Reporter Bob MacKenzie Dies At 75
Dolores Hope, Wife Of Bob Hope, Dies At 102
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dolores Hope, the sultry-voiced songstress who was married to Bob Hope for 69 years and sometimes sang on his shows …
‘All My Children’ Star Mary Fickett Dies At 83
NEW YORK (AP) — Mary Fickett, who played compassionate nurse Ruth Martin on ABC’s “All My Children,” has died at age …
‘Spartacus’ Star Whitfield Dies Of Lymphoma At 39
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy Whitfield, who played the title role in the hit Starz series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” has died …
WGN Mourns Death Of Al Hall, Bozo’s Boss
30-Year KTVB Engineer Mitch Frank Dies At 57
Fox Stations Tech Chief Arbuckle Dies At 61
Earl Arbuckle, the 27-station group’s senior vice president of engineering, died Monday of a heart attack.
Longtime WAFB ND Carlton Cremeens Dies At 89
Former WAFB News Director Carlton Lavelle Dies
Jimmy Kimmel’s Uncle Frank Dies At 77
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Potenza, a former New York City police officer who turned to comedy as “Uncle Frank” on his …
‘Python,’ ‘Fawlty’ Director John Howard Davies Dies
LONDON (AP) — John Howard Davies, who grew from cherubic child actor to influential British television producer, has died at 72. Son …