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Eve's Obits
"People are dying who never died before!"
Just-breaking show business obituaries from Eve Golden, film and theater historian, magazine writer and editor, and former obit writer for The Everett Collection.
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Recent Obits
Robbie Pardlo, ca. 1979 – 2025
Singer Robbie Pardlo , of the R&B/hip-hop group City High, died on July 17. He was 46, and as of yet no cause of death is known. From...
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Alan Bergman, 1925 – 2025
Songwriter Alan Bergman , who—with his wife Marilyn (who died in 2022)—wrote numerous hits, died on July 17. He was 99. The New Yorkers...
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Judy Loe, 1947 – 2025
British actress Judy Loe , 78, died on July 15. She was in the original British cast of Hair , but was best known for her TV work. Loe...
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Felix Baumgartner, 1969 – 2025
It’s rainin’ men! First, Scottish wingsuit jumper Liam Byrne jumped to his death off an Alp, then French comedian Bun Hay Mean fell off...
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Joanna Bacon, ca. 1953 – 2025
British actress Joanna Bacon , 72, died on June 14. She started her career as a ballet dancer, and in British and NY theater. From the...
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Connie Francis, 1937 - 2025
Pop singer and actress Connie Francis , 87, died on July 16. Mixing sweetness and toughness, and a strong, clear voice, Francis became a...
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Dan Rivera, ca. 1971 – 2025
“Paranormal investigator” Dan Rivera , 54, died on July 13 while on a New England Society for Psychic Research tour in Gettysburg. No...
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Robin Kaye, Thomas Deluca, ca. 1955 - 2025
Music supervisor Robin Kaye and her musician husband, Thomas Deluca , both 70, were found shot to death in their Encino home on July 15....
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Martyn Ravenhill
Martyn Ravenhill , owner of the jaw-dropping Liberace Mansion in Las Vegas, has died, according to the Liberace Fans Facebook page (I...
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David Kaff, 1946 – 2025
British musician and actor ( Spinal Tap ) David Kaff , 79, died on July 11. The keyboardist played in the rock band Rare Bird from...
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Humaira Asghar Ali, 1992 – 2024
Pakistani actress Humaira Asghar Ali , 32, was found dead in her Karachi apartment on July 8; an autopsy determined that she had been...
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Frank Barrie, 1939 – 2025
British actor Frank Barrie , 86, died on June 30. Barrie played church-choir leader Edward Bishop on EastEnders in 2010-11, also turning...
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Dave “Baby” Cortez, 1938 – 2022
The death of musician Dave “Baby” Cortez , 86, in 2022 has just been revealed—the reclusive Cortez was buried in an unmarked grave on New...
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James Carter Cathcart, 1954 – 2025
Voice-over and musician James Carter Cathcart , 71, died of cancer on July 8. Sometimes billed as Jimmy Zoppi, Carter voiced many Pokémon...
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Bun Hay Mean, 1981 – 2025
French comedian Bun Hay Mean , 43, jumped or fell from his 8 th -floor apartment balcony in Paris on July 10. Born in France to Chinese...
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Glen Michael, 1926 - 2025
Scottish kiddie-show host Glen Michael , 99, died on July 9. The son of a butler and a cabaret singer, during WWII Michael joined ENSA...
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David Flebotte, ca. 1958 – 2025
TV writer and producer David Flebotte , 67, has died, it was announced on July 8. Flebotte wrote episodes of such shows as Will & Grace,...
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Tom Sawyer Island, 1971 – 2025
The Magic Kingdom’s Rivers of America (including Tom Sawyer Island and the Liberty Square Riverboat ) are closing on July 7, probably...
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Richard Greenberg, 1958 – 2025
Tony-winning playwright Richard Greenberg , 67, has died, it was announced on July 6. He won that Tony for 2003’s Take Me Out , about a...
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Julian McMahon, 1968 – 2025
Australian actor Julian McMahon ( Nip/Tuck, Fantastic Four ), died of cancer on July 2. He was 56. The son of Prime Minister Sir Billy...
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Mark Snow, 1946 – 2025
TV composer Mark Snow , 78, died on July 4. He’s best-known for his two Chris Carter shows, The X-Files and Millennium , and also...
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Kenneth Colley, 1937 - 2025
British actor Kenneth Colley , 87, died of Covid on June 30 (yes, Covid is still a thing!). All the obits are trumpeting him as Admiral...
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Gerald Harper, 1929 – 2025
British stage, screen, radio, and TV actor Gerald Harper , 96, died on July 2. A RADA graduate, he had, as per The Guardian , “a silky...
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Michael Madsen, 1957 – 2025
Hard-working character actor Michael Madsen , who appeared in more than 300 films and TV shows, died of a heart attack on July 3. He was...
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Bob Elmore, ca. 1960 – 2025
Stuntman Bob Elmore , 65, died on June 29. Elmore stunted in such movies as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Police Academy 2: Their First...
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Donald MacDonald, 1938 – 2025
Australian actor Donald MacDonald , best known for presenting the 1960s educational children’s show Play School , died on July 1. He was...
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Florence Delay, 1941 – 2025
French writer and actress Florence Delay , 84, died on July 1. The daughter and sister of writers Jean Delay and Claude Delay, she...
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Maureen Hingert, 1937 – 2025
Ceylon-born actress and dancer Maureen Hingert (sometimes billed as Jana Davi ), 88, died on July 1. She was crowned Miss Ceylon in...
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Jim Shooter, 1951 – 2025
Comic-book writer and executive Jim Shooter , 73, died on June 30. He was hired by DC comics after applying for work at age 13, and began...
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Mark Brokaw, 1958 – 2025
Theater director Mark Brokaw , 67, died of cancer on June 29. His Broadway shows included Cry-Baby, Reckless (not the Jean Harlow...
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Tim Pollard, 1964 – 2025
Tim Pollard , the official Robin Hood of Nottingham, died of cancer on June 28. He was 61. An actor, musician, graphic designer, and...
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Rebekah Del Rio, 1967 – 2025
Singer Rebekah Del Rio , best known for David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive , was found dead in her L.A. home on June 23. She was 57. Del Rio...
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Ocasional Talento, 1996 – 2025
Bolivian singer, songwriter, record producer, and poet Hiroshi Claudio Ishida Ruiz , who performed as “ Ocasional Talento ,” died on June...
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Rick Hurst, 1946 – 2025
Actor Rick Hurst , 79, died on June 26. He was best known as Deputy Cletus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard . The native Texan graduated from...
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Lalo Schifrin, 1932 – 2025
Here’s two earworms for you: the man who wrote the Mission: Impossible and Mannix themes, Lalo Schifrin, died on June 26. He was 93....
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Bill Moyers, 1934 – 2025
Print and TV journalist Bill Moyers , 91, died on June 26. White House Press Secretary for Lyndon Johnson, Moyers helped establish PBS...
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Aki Aleong, 1934 – 2025
Actor and singer Aki Aleong , 90, died on June 22. Born in Trinidad, he was playing supporting roles in movies and TV when cast in Martin...
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Lea Massari, 1933 – 2025
Italian actress Lea Massari , 91, died on June 23. She was best-known as the “Laura Palmer” figure in Michelangelo Antonioni's...
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Alvaro Vitali, 1950 – 2025
Italian character actor Alvaro Vitali , 75, died on June 24. He was working as an electrician when spotted by Federico Fellini, and cast...
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Joe Marinelli, 1957 – 2025
The death of soap actor Joe Marinelli , 68, was announced on June 24. Marinelli played Mafioso/cross-dresser Bunny Tagliatti on Santa...
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Bobby Sherman, 1943 – 2025
Teen idol Bobby Sherman (aka “the one who wasn’t David Cassidy”), 81, died on June 24. Sherman is best-known for costarring in Here Come...
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Liam Byrne, ca. 2001 – 2025
Who would have thought that jumping off an Alp could hurt a fellow? Not poor Liam Byrne , 24, who died on June 21, when his Rocky the...
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Lynn Hamilton, 1930 – 2025
Actress Lynn Hamilton ( Sanford & Son, Generations ) died on June 19. She was 95. Hamilton studied acting in Chicago, and made her...
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Valentina Talyzina, 1935 – 2025
Russian actress Valentina Talyzina , 90, died on June 21. Talyzina graduated from the Russian Academy of Theater Arts, and joined the...
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Jack Betts, 1929 – 2025
Character actor Jack Betts (sometimes billed under the Henry Willson-esque name Hunt Powers), died on June 19. He was 96. Betts made his...
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Gailard Sartain, 1946 – 2025
Character actor Gailard Sartain , 78, died on June 17. He was a local (Tulsa) TV celebrity when a Hee Haw manager spotted him, and he...
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Cavin Yarbrough, 1954 – 2025
Singer Cavin Yarbrough (Yarbrough and Peoples), 72, died of heart disease on June 19. He and his wife, Alisa Peoples, recorded such ‘80s...
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Lou Christie, 1943 – 2025
Pop-rock singer and songwriter Lou Christie ("Lightnin' Strikes," "I'm Gonna Make You Mine"), 82, died on June 18. Under producer Nick...
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Anne Burrell, 1969 – 2025
Chef and TV personality Anne Burrell , 55, was found dead in her Brooklyn home on June 17. No cause of death has yet been determined....
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Dave Scott, 1972 – 2025
Choreographer Dave Scott , 52, died on June 16. Scott was dancing in a club when discovered by hip-hop artist Rob Base’s manager, and he...
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