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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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Cora Sue Collins, 1927 - 2025
1930s child actress Cora Sue Collins , 98, died on April 27. Collins made her film debut in 1932, and through the decade costarred with...
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Hudson’s Bay Company, 1670 – 2025
Hudson’s Bay , the Canadian-owned department store chain, announced it will be closing its remaining six stores by June. "Hudson's Bay...
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Damien Thomas, 1942 – 2025
Egyptian-born British actor Damien Thomas , 83, died on April 18. Thomas had a loyal following from his horror roles ( Twins of Evils,...
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Jiggly Caliente, 1980 – 2025
Bianca Castro , who performed as Jiggly Caliente , died on April 27; her family said, “Due to a severe infection, she was hospitalized...
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Philip Lowrie, 1936 – 2025
British actor Philip Lowrie , who played Dennis Tanner on Coronation Street from 1960-2014 (with a 50-year gap!), died on April 25. He...
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David Thomas, 1953 – 2025
Rocker David Thomas , 71, died on April 23. The singer (and occasional guitarist/trombonist) belonged to the “proto punk” (or...
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Lar Park Lincoln, 1961 – 2025
Actress Lar Park Lincoln , 63, died of breast cancer on April 22. She was a rising young starlet ( Friday the 13th: The New Blood,...
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Lulu Roman, 1946 – 2025
Country comedienne and singer Lulu Roman , 78, died on April 23. Abandoned to an orphanage as a baby, by the time she was a teen, she was...
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Gerard Kennedy, 1932 – 2025
Australian actor Gerard Kennedy , 93, died on April 21. Kennedy was a rising actor when cast in TV’s Hunter , a secret-agent show. His...
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Nino Tempo, 1935 – 2025
Multi-instrument musician and singer Nino Tempo , 90, died on April 12. He and his sister, April Stevens (who died in 2023) won a 1964...
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Waltraut Haas, 1927 – 2025
Austrian actress and singer Waltraut Haas , 97, died on April 23. She became a star in Willi Forst’s 1947 film Counsellor Geiger , and...
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Sophie Nyweide, 2000 – 2025
Child actress Sophie Nyweide , 24, died on April 14. Her family danced around the cause of death, but it seems to have been an...
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Will Hutchins, 1930 – 2025
Actor Will Hutchins , best known as TV’s Sugarfoot (1957-61), died on April 21. He was 94. The L.A. native went to UCLA, taking cinema...
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Mizuki Itagaki, 2000 – 2025
Japanese actor and singer Mizuki Itagaki , 24, has been found dead in Tokyo, after having been missing since January. Itagaki, who had...
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Patrick Adiarte, 1943 – 2025
Filipino-born dancer and actor Patrick Adiarte , 81, died on April 16. The son of dancer Purie Adiarte, Patrick appeared with his mother...
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Wink Martindale, 1933 - 2025
Cherubic game-show host Winston “Wink” Martindale , 91, died on April 15. From the 1970s-90s, Martindale hosted such shows as Gambit,...
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Jean Marsh, 1934 - 2025
Jean Marsh , best-known as the co-creator and star of Upstairs, Downstairs , died on April 13. She was 90. A rising young stage, screen...
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Nicky Katt, 1970 – 2025
Actor Nicky Katt , 54, hanged himself in his L.A. apartment on April 8. Katt worked frequently for such directors as Richard Linklater,...
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Pilita Corrales, 1937 – 2025
Filipina singer and actress Pilita Corrales , 87, died on April 12. A superstar both in her own country and Australia (where she...
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Suzanne Rand, 1949 – 2025
Comedienne Suzanne Rand , 75, died on April 2. She and her partner (professional, not personal) John Monteith, were a popular duo in the...
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Ted Kotcheff, 1931 – 2025
Canadian film and TV director Ted Kotcheff , 94, died on April 10. Kotcheff started his career as a director with the Canadian...
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Lucy Markovic, 1998 – 2025
Australian model Lucy Markovic , 27, died on April 10, after undergoing surgery for an arteriovenous malformation in her brain. She was...
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Mike Berry, 1942 – 2025
British actor and singer Mike Berry , 82, died on April 11. The brother of drag performer Bette Bourne, Berry became a minor pop star in...
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Luis Solís, 1964 – 2025
I finally found some info on the poor sax player who died in the April 8 roof collapse of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, along...
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Lenny Welch, 1938 – 2025
Singer Lenny Welch , 86, died on April 8. Welch began recording in 1960, having success with such new songs and covers as "Since I Fell...
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Mario Ernesto Sánchez, 1947 – 2025
Actor Mario Ernesto Sánchez , 78, died on April 10. Born in Cuba, he moved to the US after the Castro Revolution, in the “Operation Pedro...
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Brandyn Barbara Artis, 1944 – 2025
Actress and writer Brandyn Barbara Artis , 81, died on March 31. The U.S. Air Force veteran appeared in such films and TV shows as George...
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David Sassoon, 1932 – 2025
British fashion designer David Sassoon , 92, has died, it was announced on April 10, and no, I don’t know if he was related to Vidal or...
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Mel Novak, 1942 - 2025
Actor Mel Novak, 82, died on April 9. The character actor was best known for his villainous roles, including hit man Stick in Bruce Lee’s...
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Joey D. Vieira, 1944 – 2025
Actor Joey D. Vieira (who was also billed as Donald Keeler ), died on April 7. He was one day short of his 81st birthday. Vieira came...
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Rubby Pérez, 1956 – 2025
Dominican merengue singer Roberto Antonio Pérez Herrera , who performed as Rubby Pérez , died in the April 8 roof collapse of the Jet Set...
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William Finn, 1952 – 2025
Broadway composer and lyricist William Finn , 73, died on April 7. Finn wrote his first play as a teenager: “The first play I ever wrote...
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Jay North, 1951 – 2025
Jay North , TV’s Dennis the Menace , died of cancer on April 6. He was 73. North began playing small roles on TV at the age of 7, and was...
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Paul Karo, 1935 – 2025
Australian stage and TV actor Paul Karo , 89, died on April 4. Born in Scotland and raised in New Zealand, Karo moved to Australia in the...
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Robert McGinnis, 1926 – 2025
Illustrator Robert McGinnis , 99, died on March 10. He is best known for his movie posters, including numerous James Bond and Matt Helm...
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Robert Trebor, 1953 – 2025
Character actor (and palindrome!) Robert Trebor , 71, died of leukemia on March 11. The Philadelphia native hit New York after college,...
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Gordon Faith, 1931 – 2025
British character actor Gordon Faith , 94, died on April 3. From the 1950s-80s, he was seen frequently on the big and small screens, in...
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Johnny Tillotson, 1938 – 2025
Pop/country singer Johnny Tillotson , 86, died of Parkinson’s on April 1. He recorded such top-10 hits as "Poetry in Motion," "It Keeps...
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Val Kilmer, 1959 – 2025
Brooding, handsome leading man Val Kilmer , 65, died on April 1 after years of ill health. Kilmer became a star out of the gate with the...
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Lee Montague, 1927 – 2025
London-born actor Lee Montague , 97, died on March 31. Born Leonard Goldberg (I totally get it—a great-uncle changed his name from...
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Patty Maloney, 1936 – 2025
Actress, singer, and dancer Patty Maloney , 89, died on March 31. At 3’11’, she had a hard time getting good roles, but managed to get a...
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Omigawd, the Young Scooter death gets crazier and crazier
News sites are still scrambling to figure what the heck went down. Today’s story (via the usually reliable TMZ) says that a Mystery...
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Sian Barbara Allen, 1946 – 2025
Actress Sian Barbara Allen , 78, died on March 31. Born Barbara Pokrass (yeah, I can see why she changed that), she earned a 1973 Golden...
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Young Scooter death update
OK, that “leg injury” story has been expanded: his Wikipedia bio now says, “Bailey died on his 39th birthday, on March 28. Police in...
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Richard Chamberlain, 1934 – 2025
Richard Chamberlain , leading man of stage, screen, and TV, died on March 29. He was 90. The whisper-thin blond was best-known for his TV...
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Denis Arndt, 1939 – 2025
Actor Denis Arndt , 86, died on March 25. A decorated helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, he auditioned for a local play in Seattle...
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Bruce Glover, 1933 – 2025
Actor Bruce Glover —father of Crispin Glover—has died, his family announced on March 29. He was 92. The Chicago native held various odd...
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Young Scooter, 1986 – 2025
Rapper Kenneth Edward Rashaad Bailey , who performed as Young Scooter , 39, died on his birthday—March 28—in Atlanta. He was fleeing...
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Hy Eisman, 1927 – 2025
Cartoonist Hy Eisman , 98, died on March 27. As someone who still reads the comics (some unironically, others just to make fun of), I am...
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Clive Revill, 1930 – 2025
New Zealand-born actor Clive Revill , 94, died on March 11. While he spent most of his career onstage (both on the West End and Broadway,...
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