Johnny Wactor, a General Hospital actor, has died. He was 37. A law enforcement source says three suspects were trying to steal the catalytic converter from Wactor’s vehicle. When he confronted them, the suspects shot him and fled the scene. Wactor was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. The
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Tanya Sumner, a former Indianapolis ABC affiliate WRTV news anchor, has died. She was 53. The journalist and politician was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of colon cancer in November 2022 following an emergency surgery. WRTV reports that Sumner died in her home on May 24. “Time. Good health. Those are our only
Disney Legend Richard M. Sherman, half of the Academy Award-winning songwriting team of the Sherman Brothers with his late brother, fellow Legend Robert B. Sherman, died today at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills at 95 from age-related illness. Sherman was a key member of Walt Disney’s inner circle of creative talents. He garnered nine
Scott D. Pierce, who wrote about television for more than 30 years as a critic for The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News, died today at 64. His death was confirmed. by his partner Rob Sonoda, but no cause was given. Pierce started his as a TV critic on March 31, 1990 at the
Ian Gelder, the actor who played Kevan Lannister in HBO’s Game of Thrones, has died at the age of 74. Gelder’s husband, Ben Daniels, shared a post on social media announcing his death. “It is with huge huge sadness and a heavy heart broken into a million pieces that I’m leaving this post to announce
Lauri Peterson, former star of Bravo‘s The Real Housewives of Orange County, is mourning the loss of her son Joshua Waring. In an emotional tribute shared on social media, the reality TV personality said her son died at the age of 35 on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024. “It is with a shattered heart that
David Barrington Holt, who was instrumental in development of the ground-breaking Henson Performance Control System, which allowed a single performer to operate complex, computer-driven puppets, died March 13 from cancer complications. His credits included George of the Jungle, The Phantom, Dr. Dolittle, and Scooby-Doo, among other productions. Born in England in June of 1945, he
Barbra Rush, the prolific actress best known for roles in 1953’s It Came From Outer Space and long runs on Peyton Place and All My Children, has died. Her daughter confirmed Rush’s passing to Fox News on Sunday. She was 97. Rush had a near 60-year career. In the ’50s and ’60s, she worked on
Key Benbow, the influential former Controller of BBC preschool channel CBeebies, has died. Several of her former colleagues have taken to social media to post tributes to Benbow, who is considered among the most important and successful BBC children’s TV executives of recent times. CBeebies won the BAFTA Channel of the Year award five times
Grant Page, the Australian stunt icon who performed in and coordinating stunts for the original Mad Max, sequel Beyond Thunderdome, the upcoming prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and more than 100 other films and TV series, died Thursday in a car crash. He was 85. His son, Leroy Page, told Daily Mail Australia that
Malachy McCourt, the Irish-American actor, raconteur and author best known to TV audiences for his long-running role as Kevin the bartender on ABC’s soap Ryan’s Hope, died today in Manhattan after battling a heart condition and cancer. He was 92. His death was announced by his wife Diana McCourt to The New York Times. The
Two days after the news broke that American Idol vocal coach Debra Byrd had died, one of her most successful students has paid tribute. Jennifer Hudson took to social media and wrote that she was “heartbroken” at the news of Byrd’s passing. “She encouraged and supported us from the very beginning ! I am so
Debra Byrd, a vocal coach for such shows as American Idol, Canadian Idol, Military Idol, The Voice, Majors and Minors, and others, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday, March 5. She was 72 and no cause or location was given. Byrd’s students included Grammy winners, recording artists, actors, musicians, and Broadway stars. She worked closely
Janice Burgess, who as an executive, producer or creator had a hand in some of the most seminal Nickelodeon animated series of the past 20 years, died Saturday in Manhattan, according to the New York Times. She was 72. In 1998, Burgess created the first iteration of what would eventually become The Backyardigans, a fanciful
Anne Whitfield, who appeared at age 15 in the 1954 Hollywood Christmas chestnut White Christmas and went on to a prolific career in episodic TV throughout the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, died February 15 at a hospital in Yakima, Washington. She was 85. The actor, whose TV credits stretch from I Married Joan and Father
Dave Myers, one of half of the Hairy Bikers TV presenting duo, has died aged 66. He has passed away two years after revealing a cancer diagnosis. The much-loved star passed away “peacefully at home” yesterday, his Hairy Bikers co-star Si King said in a message on social media, surround by his wife, King and
Robin Windsor, a popular former professional on the BBC‘s Strictly Come Dancing, has died. He was 44. Production company Sisco Entertainment, which produces the play he has been starring in, Come What May, a Moulin Rouge tribute show, didn’t list a cause of death and said “it is with heavy hearts that we announce the
Ed Mintz, the founder of the motion picture industry’s tried-and-true audience polling service CinemaScore, died February 6. He was 83. Known for its mathematical “Coca-Cola” algorithm developed by Mintz, CinemaScore has been prized by studios and exhibitors since its inception in the early 1980s as a domestic box office barometer for movies when it comes
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