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Ernest Chambers Dies: ‘Smothers Brothers’ Writer-Producer & 11-Time Emmy Nominee Was 97

2 June 2026 at 17:23
Ernest Chambers, a prolific TV writer-producer whose 60-year career working on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, My Three Sons, The Dick Van Dyke Show and dozens of specials and variety shows that landed him 11 Emmy nominations, has died. He was 97. A family representative told Deadline that Chambers died May 30 in Los Angeles […]

Joe Negri Dies: Guitar-Playing Handyman Of ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ Was 99

12 June 2026 at 16:57
Joe Negri, a jazz guitarist best known to generations of children and their parents as the kindly, music-loving handyman of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, died Saturday, May 30, at a senior living facility outside Pittsburgh. He was 99. His death was announced by his family. Beginning in 1968 and continuing through 2001, Negri, who had been […]

Grammy-Winning Singer-Songwriter Talay Riley Fatally Stabbed In London; He Was 35

8 June 2026 at 20:45
Talay Riley, a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter known for his collaborations with Usher, Nick Jonas, Dua Lipa and others, was fatally stabbed in London on Friday, June 5. He was 35. His death was announced by London’s Metropolitan Police. Riley, born Mark Orabiyi, was pronounced dead on the morning of June 5 by paramedics responding to […]

David May Dies: Two-Time Grammy-Winning Producer & Longtime Warner Records Exec Was 68

28 May 2026 at 19:10
David May, a two-time Grammy-winning producer who worked many of music’s biggest names and was a former longtime VP at Warner Records and Rhino Entertainment, has died. He was 68. Deadline confirmed that he died April 13 in Nashville of natural causes. Specializing in new audio formats and mastering, May worked on projects ranging from studio […]

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  • Sonny Rollins Dies: Jazz Giant Was 95 Tomt
    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 […]
     

Sonny Rollins Dies: Jazz Giant Was 95

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26 May 2026 at 02:06
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 […]

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  • Grizz Chapman Dies: ’30 Rock’ Actor Was 52 Glenn Garner
    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 […]
     

Grizz Chapman Dies: ’30 Rock’ Actor Was 52

23 May 2026 at 02:52
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 […]

Anthony Guidera, ‘The Godfather Part III’ and ‘Species’ Actor, Dies at 65

9 June 2026 at 16:41
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 […]

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  • Ronald LaPread Dies: Former Commodores Bassist Was 75 Glenn Garner
    Ronald LaPread, the former bassist of the Commodores, has died. He was 75. On Saturday, Ronald’s daughter Soraya LaPread announced that her father died with a statement on her Instagram Story. The cause of death was not immediately made available. “It is with a very heavy heart that I must announce that my father Ronald […]
     

Ronald LaPread Dies: Former Commodores Bassist Was 75

31 May 2026 at 16:28
Ronald LaPread, the former bassist of the Commodores, has died. He was 75. On Saturday, Ronald’s daughter Soraya LaPread announced that her father died with a statement on her Instagram Story. The cause of death was not immediately made available. “It is with a very heavy heart that I must announce that my father Ronald […]

Artist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, creator of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56

4 June 2026 at 15:50
"Her passing marks the loss of a leading figure of French culture and an artist devoted to freedom, whose work carried a universal message and earned her immense international acclaim," the French presidency said in a statement.

Patrick Godfrey, ‘Ever After: A Cinderella Story’ Star, Dies at 93

6 June 2026 at 17:55
Patrick Godfrey, an English actor who played Leonardo da Vinci in the 1998 fantasy film “Ever After: A Cinderella Story,” died on Thursday. He was 93. Godfrey’s death was announced on June 5 via a statement from his talent agency, Markham Froggatt & Irwin. The statement read, “It is with great sadness that we can […]

James Handy Stabbed To Death: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ & ‘Arachnophobia’ Actor Was 81

5 June 2026 at 01:30
James Handy, the actor who appeared in Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Jumanji (1995), The Verdict (1982) and Arachnophobia (1990), has died. He was 81. On Wednesday at around 9:30 a.m., the LAPD responded to a cryptic call in Tarzana, where Handy was discovered in the front yard of the residence, unconscious after being stabbed in […]

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