Gene Shalit, the longtime film critic for Today, known for his quirky puns and signature walrus mustache, has died. He was 100. His family tells NBC News in a statement that Shalit passed away peacefully on Friday “after 100 years of an amazing life.” Shalit began his long career at The Today Show in 1970, […]

Jeffrey Lane, an Emmy-winning writer and producer with TV credits spanning the sitcom Mad About You, dramas Cagney & Lacey and Lou Grant, soap opera Ryan’s Hope as well as Tony Awards broadcasts and the Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, died May 20 in New York following a lengthy illness. He was 71. Over the […]

Ernest Chambers, the writer and producer known for variety TV shows like “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” and “Click,” died on May 28 at home in Los Angeles following a brief illness. He was 97.  Chambers produced, wrote and executive produced over 1,000 hours of TV over the course of his 50-year career, earning 11 […]

James Handy, a longtime actor who appeared as the bartender in “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Jumanji” and had guest roles on dozen of TV shows, was killed Wednesday in a stabbing in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles. He was 81. The LAPD said he was killed by his girlfriend’s son. “On Wednesday, June 3, […]

Matthew Perry’s live-in personal assistant was sentenced today to almost three and a half years behind bars for injecting the Friends star with the three ketamine doses that killed him on October 28, 2023. Also hit with a $10,000 fine Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett, Ken Iwamasa is the fifth and final […]

Anthony Guidera, known for his work in “The Godfather Part III” and “Species,” died Saturday in a Los Angeles-area hospital. He was 65. He had suffered a cardiac arrest in May and was on life support for three weeks, his wife confirmed to TMZ. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing […]

Kelly Curtis, the actress sister of Jamie Lee Curtis, has died. She was 69. On Saturday, Jamie Lee announced that her older sister died that morning at her home in Idaho, sharing a heartfelt statement about the late The Sentinel actress, the oldest of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh’s two daughters. “A warm aloha to […]

As the shock of Canadian actor Stewart McLean’s homicide last week transitions to numbed grief, friends and family of the Virgin River and Murder In A Small Town performer are struggling to make sense of the tragedy. In recent social media posts since Saturday’s announcement by Canadian law enforcement that McLean’s weeklong disappearance was being […]

Gene Shalit, the bushy-haired mustachioed television personality who reviewed books and movies on “The Today Show” for 40 years, died Friday. His family told NBC News he “passed away peacefully today after 100 years of an amazing life.” Shalit appeared on NBC’s “The Today Show” from 1970 until his retirement in 2010, sporting his signature […]

Sonny Rollins, a giant of jazz who was often called the music’s “greatest improviser” died today at his home in Woodstock, NY. That, according to a post on his official social media. He was 95. The tenor saxophonist’s 60-plus year career saw him record 60-plus albums. His compositions “St. Thomas,” “Oleo,” “Doxy” and “Airegin” are […]

John McClain, the veteran music executive who served as a co-executor for the Michael Jackson estate, has died. He was 71. The former A&M and Interscope Records exec reportedly died of complications from a fall on Tuesday in Los Angeles, according to People, as his co-executor John Branca paid tribute. “I am profoundly grieved at […]

Grizzwald ‘Grizz’ Chapman, the fan-favorite 30 Rock star who played Grizz on the NBC sitcom for its seven-season run, has died. He was 52. The actor’s longtime rep Saideh A. Brown told TMZ that Chapman died on Friday. Other details, including a cause of death, were not immediately made available. Born April 16, 1974 in […]