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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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Bob Uecker, 1934 – 2025
I asked my sports journalist friend Mike McCann to pitch hit for me (ha!), as “sports” and I will never be shipmates: Bob Uecker , a...
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David Lynch, 1946 – 2025
Director and writer of high-style weirdness David Lynch , 78, died on Jan. 16, after years of emphysema. Lynch was known chiefly for his...
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Paul Danan, 1978 – 2025
British actor Paul Danan , 46, died on Jan. 16. No cause was yet announced, but he was found hours before he was due in court on drug...
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Christian Juttner, 1964 – 2024
His family has just announced the death on Nov. 29 (from “natural causes”) of former child and teen actor Christian Juttner , 60. Born in...
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David W. Duclon, 1950 – 2025
TV writer and producer David W. Duclon , 74, died after a long illness at his home in Tennessee, on Jan. 15. Duclon wrote and/or produced...
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Jeannot Szwarc, 1939 – 2025
French-born director Jeannot Szwarc , 85, died on Jan. 15. Szwarc moved to the US after working in commercials and screenwriting in...
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Christopher Benjamin, 1934 – 2025
British actor Christopher Benjamin , 90, died on Jan. 15. Benjamin started his career on stage and radio, acting frequently with the...
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Diane Langton, 1947 – 2025
British stage, screen and TV actress Diane Langton , 77, died on Jan. 15. She appeared on the West End in such shows as Hair, A Chorus...
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P. Fluid, 1960 – 2025
Rock singer Peter Forrest , who performed as P. Fluid (not to be confused with female singer Fluid P.) was found beaten to death in an...
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Linda Nolan, 1959 – 2025
Irish singer Linda Nolan , 65, died of cancer on Jan. 15. Along with her sisters Anne, Denise, Maureen, Coleen, and Bernie...
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Mike Hynson, 1942 – 2025
Endless Summer surfing star Mike Hynson , 82, died on Jan. 10. An Army brat, Hynson was already a star surfer when filmmaker Bruce Brown...
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Robert Machray, 1945 – 2025
Character actor Robert Machray , 79, died on Jan. 12. As a stage actor, he appeared at the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, Hartford Stage,...
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Tony Slattery, 1959 – 2025
British actor and TV personality Tony Slattery , 65, died of a heart attack on Jan. 12. Slattery was a regular on the comedy improv show...
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Dalyce Curry, 1929 – 2025
Dalyce Curry , 95, died in her Altadena home over the Jan. 11-12 weekend in the Eaton fire. According to her family (and ABC News), she...
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Michael Schlesinger, 1950 – 2025
Producer, director, and film preservationist Michael Schlesinger , 74, died of cancer on Jan. 9. Schlesinger produced and/or directed...
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Claude Jarman, Jr., 1934 – 2025
Child and teen actor Claude Jarman, Jr ., who won an Oscar for The Yearling , died on Jan. 12. He was 90. Jarman was a “civilian” when...
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Leslie Charleson, 1945 – 2025
Soap-opera actress Leslie Charleson , 79, died on Jan. 12. She was best known for playing cardiologist Monica Quartermaine on General...
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Phyllis Dalton, 1925 – 2025
British costume designer Phyllis Dalton , 99, died on Jan. 9. Dalton won Oscars for her work on Dr. Zhivago and Henry V , and also...
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Rory Sykes, 1992 – 2025
Former child performer Rory Sykes , 32, died on Jan. 8 at his home in Malibu, during the Palisades fire. His mother (and manager) Shelley...
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Sam Moore, 1935 – 2025
Singer Sam Moore , of Sam & Dave, died on Jan. 10. He was 89. Sam was the higher voice and Dave Prater (who died in 1988) took the lower...
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Bill Byrge, 1932 – 2025
Character comic Bill Byrge , who played Bobby Tulip in the low-brow Ernest movies, died at his Nashville home on Jan. 9. He was 92. Byrge...
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Anita Bryant, 1940 – 2024
Beauty queen turned singer turned vicious homophobic bitch Anita Bryant , 84, died on Dec. 16. (Am I allowed to say “bitch” in an obit?...
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Carole Wilbourn, 1940 – 2024
“Cat therapist” Carole Wilbourn , 85, died in Manhattan on Dec. 23. Wilbourn sounded less loony than most pet psychiatrists: “A cat...
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Dale Wilson, 1950 - 2025
Canadian voice-over actor Dale Wilson ( Dragon Ball Z, G.I. Joe ) died of prostate cancer and Parkinson's disease on Jan. 6, at 74. He...
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John “Beej” Chaney, 1956 – 2025
Rock singer and guitarist John “Beej” Chaney (of The Suburbs) drowned while swimming near his Hermosa Beach home on Jan. 5. He was 68....
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Peter Yarrow, 1938 – 2025
Folk-music great Peter Yarrow , of Peter, Paul and Mary, died in his NYC apartment on Jan. 7. He was 86. The singer, songwriter and...
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Emilio Echevarría, 1944 – 2025
Mexican actor Emilio Echevarría , 80, died on Jan. 4. Among his most noted films were Amores Perros, Y tu Mamá También, Babel, Die...
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Roger Pratt, 1947 – 2024
British cinematographer Roger Pratt , 77, died in late December. He worked with directors Terry Gilliam ( Brazil, The Fisher King, 12...
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Mike Rinder, 1955 – 2025
Mike Rinder, the very cute Australian ex-Scientologist who costarred in Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath , died of esophageal...
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Perry the donkey, 1994 – 2025
Perry , a miniature donkey living in Bol Park, Palo Alto, had to be euthanized on Jan. 2, as he was suffering from a hoof disease. He...
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The Vivienne, 1992 – 2024
Drag performer James Lee Williams , known onstage as The Vivienne , died the weekend of Jan. 4-5. He was 32, and no cause of death has...
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Richard Foreman, 1937 – 2025
Avant-garde playwright Richard Foreman , 87, died in New York on Jan. 4. Foreman was drawn into New York’s experimental theater and film...
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Gwen Van Dam, 1928 – 2024
Stage, screen and TV actress Gwen Van Dam , who died age 96 on Dec. 19, had an enviable career. She played mostly bits and walk-ons and...
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Chad Morgan, 1933 – 2025
Australian country singer Chad Morgan , 91, died in Gin Gin (gawd I love Australian town names) on Jan. 1. He was best known for such...
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Jeff Baena, 1977 – 2025
Director and screenwriter Jeff Baena , 47, committed suicide in his L.A. home on Jan. 3. He had his first hit with I Heart Huckabees ...
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Rosita Missoni, 1931 – 2025
Italian knitwear designer Rosita Missoni , 93, died on Jan. 1. She and she and her husband Ottavio (who died in 2013) started their house...
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Wayne Osmond, 1951 – 2025
Wayne Osmond , of the wholesome singing Osmond siblings, died of a stroke on Jan. 1. He was 73. In the late ’50s, he and three of his...
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Jytte Abildstrøm, 1934 – 2025
Danish actress Jytte Abildstrøm , 90, died in Copenhagen on Jan. 2. She was 90. From the 1960s through last year, she appeared in 50-some...
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Jocelyn Wildenstein, 1940 – 2024
Colorful socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein , 84, died in Paris on Dec. 31. Jocelyne Périsset was born in Switzerland and was a gal about town...
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John Capodice, 1941 – 2024
John Capodice , one of those “oh, him! ” character actors, died on Dec. 30. He was 83. The big, tough-guy-looking Capodice started his...
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George Folsey, Jr., 1939 – 2024
Producer, editor, and director George Folsey, Jr ., who often collaborated with John Landis, died on Dec. 29. He was 85. The son of...
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Donna Hill, 1960 – 2024
Silent film biographer and researcher Donna Hill , 64, died in her San Francisco apartment on Dec. 30. Donna helped me with just about...
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Angus MacInnes, 1947 – 2024
Big blond character actor Angus MacInnes , 77, died on Dec. 23. The Canadian native appeared in numerous films and TV shows from 1975...
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Johnny Russell, 1933 – 2024
1930s-40s child actor Johnny Russell , 91, died on Dec. 14. The Brooklyn native got his start at age 4 in The Frame-Up (1937). Among the...
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Linda Lavin, 1937 – 2024
Broadway and TV star Linda Lavin , 87, died on Dec. 29. Best known for the sitcom Alice (1976-85), she started out in college and...
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Charles Shyer, 1941 – 2024
Writer and director Charles Shyer , 83, died on Dec. 27. The son of director Melville Shyer, Charles assisted Garry Marshall, and worked...
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Olivia Hussey, 1951 – 2024
Argentinian/British actress Olivia Hussey , 73, best known for Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 Romeo & Juliet , died of cancer on Dec. 27....
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Dayle Haddon, 1948 – 2024
Model Dayle Haddon , 76, died on Dec. 27 from a carbon monoxide leak (defective boiler) in her 18th-century Pennsylvania home. The...
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Mel Shapiro, 1937 – 2024
Tony-winning theater director Mel Shapiro , 87, died on Dec. 23. Shapiro was a regular director at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis,...
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Dick Capri, 1931 – 2024
Borscht-belt comic Dick Capri , 93, died on Dec. 26. Starting his performing career in his father’s deli, Capri went on to work at the...
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