Former KATV GM Dale Nicholson Dies At 74
Discovery’s Storm Chasers stars Tim Samaras and Carl Young and Samaras’s son, Paul, died Friday night when an EF3 tornado with winds up to 165 mph turned on them near El Reno, Okla. They were among 13 people who died in the storm in Oklahoma City and its suburbs. Samaras was 55 and his son was 24 years old. Samaras’ partner Young was 45.
Little known to the public before All In the Family, she co-starred with Carroll O’Connor in the top-rated CBS sitcom about an unrepentant bigot, the wife he churlishly but fondly called “Dingbat,” their daughter Gloria (Sally Struthers) and liberal son-in-law Mike, aka Meathead (Rob Reiner). Stapleton received eight Emmy nominations and won three times during her eight-year tenure with All in the Family.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before Dr. Phil and Dr. Drew and Dr. Oz, there was Joyce Brothers. The popular psychologist pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s, opening the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS says “The Young and the Restless” will broadcast a tribute to Jeanne Cooper, the veteran star of the daytime drama who died earlier this week. […]
Former Bay Area Broadcaster Jerry Graham Dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Allan Arbus, who played the wise — and wisecracking — psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman on TV’s “M*A*S*H,” has died at age 95. Arbus’ daughter Arin told […]
Longtime WFLA Newsman Joe Mannion Dies At 78
The launch of USA Today in 1982 was Neuharth’s most visible undertaking during more than 15 years as chairman and CEO of the Gannett Co. During his helm, Gannett became the nation’s largest newspaper company and the company’s annual revenues increased from $200 million to more than $3 billion. Neuharth became CEO of the company in 1973 and chairman in 1979. He retired in 1989.
He was the first African-American to hold a president post at the network, serving as head of broadcast operations and engineering for ABC Television Network Group since 1993. He started his career at ABC as an engineer in 1976. He was 63.
The NFL player-turned-broadcaster was part of network television broadcasts for 16 Super Bowls. His last championship game was for Fox on Feb. 3, 2002, also his last game with longtime partner John Madden. The popular duo worked together for 21 years, moving to Fox in 1994 after years as the lead team for CBS.
Winters was a pioneer of improvisational standup comedy, with an exceptional gift for mimicry, a grab bag of eccentric personalities and a bottomless reservoir of creative energy. Facial contortions, sound effects, tall tales — all could be used in a matter of seconds to get a laugh.
NEW YORK (AP) — Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a perky, cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s, then teamed up with Frankie Avalon […]
Ebert, who had been a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, died Thursday at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Only a day earlier, he announced on his blog that he was undergoing radiation treatment after a recurrence of cancer.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Jim Henson Co. says Henson’s partner in marriage and Muppets has died. The company says Jane Henson died Tuesday at her Connecticut home following a […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Payne, an Emmy-winning writer and producer for “The Simpsons” who also wrote the hit movie “Thor,” has died. He was 48. His friend and former […]
Pioneering WNBC Reporter Bob Teague Dies At 84
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Fay Kanin has died. She was 95. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed Kanin’s death Wednesday. She served as […]
