Cissy Houston, 1933 – 2024
Singer Cissy Houston , 91, died on Oct. 7. She began singing with her siblings as the Drinkard Four (her birth name was Emily Drinkard)...
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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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Christopher Ciccone, 1960 - 2024
Dancer, director, and designer Christopher Ciccone , 63, died of cancer on Oct. 4. Best known (frustratingly for him) as Madonna’s...
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Allan Blye, 1937 – 2024
Comedy writer and actor Allan Blye , 87, died on Oct. 4. Blye appeared as “Captain Blye” on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood from 1961-65;...
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Michel Blanc, 1952 – 2024
French actor, writer, and theatrical producer Michel Blanc , 72, died of a stroke on October 4. Blanc played mostly “French Woody...
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Bob Yerkes, 1932 – 2024
Stuntman Bob Yerkes , 92, has died, his family announced on October 1. He started his career as a circus acrobat (he actually ran away...
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Ron Hale, 1946 – 2024
Soap star Ron Hale , 78, died on August 27. Hale played Dr. Roger Coleridge on Ryan’s Hope all through the show’s run, from 1975-89; he...
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John Amos, 1939 – 2024
TV star John Amos , 84, died on August 21 in Los Angeles, after years of ill health. Amos famously played the cheery Gordy the weatherman...
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Frank Fritz, ca. 1964 – 2024
American Pickers cohost Frank Fritz , 60-ish, died on Sept. 30. He and Mike Wolfe cohosted the show from 2010 till Fritz’s health began...
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Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, 1937 – 2024
I make it a rule not to write about athletes, religious figures, or politicians. But rules are made to be broken, and I am doing so for...
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Robert Watts, 1938 – 2024
British film producer Robert Watts , 86, has died, his family announced on Oct. 1. Watts began his career as a production manager and...
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Ken Page, 1954 – 2024
Broadway actor Ken Page , 70, died on Sept. 30. He starred on Broadway in Cats (as Old Deuteronomy), The Wiz, Guys and Dolls , and Ain’t...
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Gavin Creel, 1976 – 2024
Broadway actor Gavin Creel , 48, died of cancer in New York on Sept. 30. From 2002 through 2022, Creel appeared in such Broadway shows as...
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Kris Kristofferson, 1936 – 2024
Country singer, songwriter, and actor Kris Kristofferson , 88, died at his home in Maui on Sept. 28. Among the many songs he wrote were...
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John Ashton, 1948 – 2024
Character actor John Ashton , 76, died of cancer on Sept. 26. He was best known as hard-nosed John Taggart in three Beverly Hills Cop...
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Drake Hogestyn, 1953 – 2024
Soap opera actor Drake Hogestyn , 70, died of pancreatic cancer on Sept. 28. He was best known for his role as the dashing John Black on...
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Benny Golson, 1929 – 2024
Jazz composer and sax player Benny Golson , 95, died on Sept. 21. The composer of “Killer Joe,” “I Remember Clifford,” and “Along Came...
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Maggie Smith, 1934 - 2024
Flinty, eccentric British actress Maggie Smith , 89, died on Sept. 27 (did anyone else think she was older than that?). She was already a...
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Barbara Leigh-Hunt, 1935 – 2024
Saucer-eyed British actress Barbara Leigh-Hunt , 88, died on Sept. 16. She is best known in the US as a murder victim in Hitchcock’s...
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Eduardo Xol, 1966 - 2024
Actor, pianist and reality star Eduardo Xol , 58, died on Sept. 19, several days after having been stabbed in his Palm Springs apartment...
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Cat Glover, 1964 – 2024
Dancer and choreographer Catherine “Cat” Glover , 60, died on Sept. 25. She shot to fame on Star Search with her partner Patrick Allen...
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Adrian Bailey, 1957 – 2024
Broadway actor Adrian Bailey , 67, died on Sept. 23. The singer, actor and dancer appeared in Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (his...
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Michael Valentine, 1950 – 2024
My friend Chris—one of my many Death Elves—tipped me off to the death last week of Michael Valentine , 74. Valentine invented the...
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Akapan Namatra, 1985 – 2024
Thai movie and TV actor Akapan Namatra , 39, died of heart cancer on Sept. 22 (omigawd, you can get heart cancer?! I have just added...
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Kesaria Abramidze, 1987 – 2024
Georgian (Russia, not the US) model and TV personality Kesaria Abramidze , 37, was found murdered in her home on Sept. 18. Her...
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Kathryn Crosby, 1933 – 2024
Actress and singer Kathryn Crosby , 90, died on Sept. 20. The second wife (and widow) of Bing Crosby, the perky Texan started her career...
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David Graham, 1925 – 2024
Yet another voice-over star has died: David Graham , age 99, on Sept. 20. Graham voiced the lower-toned Daleks on Dr. Who , several...
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Cleo Sylvestre, 1945 – 2024
Busy British actress Cleo Sylvestre , 79, died on Sept. 20. Sylvestre had an impressive career onstage, both on the West End and in the...
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Jay J. Armes, 1932 – 2024
Just get a load of the Wikipedia lede for Jay J. Armes , who died at 92 on Sept. 19: “An American private investigator and actor. He was...
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Geoffrey Hinsliff, 1937 – 2024
British stage, screen and TV actor Geoffrey Hinsliff , 87, has died, his family announced on Sept. 15. He was best known for playing...
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Hitler Saavedra Casternoque, 1978 – 2024
I don’t usually write about politicians, but one cannot ignore the death (on Sept. 17, age 46—cause as yet unknown) of Peruvian...
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JD Souther, 1945 – 2024
Singer and songwriter JD Souther , 78, died at his home in New Mexico on Sept. 17. Souther wrote some of The Eagles’ biggest hits,...
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Billy “Edd” Wheeler, 1932 – 2024
Country songwriter Billy “Edd” Wheeler , 91, died on Sept. 16. His most famous numbers were “Jackson” and “Coward of the County,” and his...
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Tito Jackson, 1953 – 2024
Singer, guitarist, and songwriter Toriano Adaryll “Tito” Jackson , 70, died of a heart attack on Sept. 15 while driving from New Mexico...
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Michaela DePrince, 1995 – 2024
Ballet dancer Michaela DePrince , 29, died on Sept. 10. No cause of death has been revealed. DePrince was born in Sierra Leone; the civil...
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Tommy Cash, 1940 – 2024
Country musician Tommy Cash , 84, died on Sept. 13. The younger brother of Johnny Cash, he was signed by various labels in the late...
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Lex Marinos, 1949 – 2024
Australian actor and TV presenter Lex Marinos , 75, died on Sept. 13, “at home, at a moment of his choosing, surrounded by family and the...
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Franca Bettoia, 1936 – 2024
Italian actress Franca Bettoia , 88, has died, her family announced on Sept. 14. The native Roman was best-known in the US for her roles...
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Mary McFadden, 1938 – 2024
Fashion designer Mary McFadden , 85, died on Sept. 13. McFadden’s clothes were noted for their hand-painting, beading, jewels and...
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Chad McQueen, 1960 – 2024
Actor Chad McQueen , 63, died of organ failure on Sept. 11. He had been in failing health since suffering a racecar accident in 2006. The...
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Kenneth Cope, 1931 – 2024
British actor Kenneth Cope , 93, died on Sept. 11. Cope had continuing roles in the series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), That Was the...
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A Whole Buncha Singers
Jimmy Gilmer , 83, died on Sept. 7. Gilmer and The Fireballs recorded the hit “Sugar Shack” in 1963. The band formed in New Mexico in...
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Peter Renaday, 1935 – 2024
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles voice actor Peter Renaday , 89, died at his Burbank home (possibly of heat-related causes) on Sept. 7. He...
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Emi Shinohara, 1963 – 2024
Japanese voice actress Emi Shinohara , 61, died on Sept. 8. She was best known for voicing Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter in the camp, cult...
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James Earl Jones, 1931 – 2024
Imposing, booming-voiced actor James Earl Jones , 93, died at his New York home on Sept. 9. Jones appeared in numerous Broadway shows,...
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Frank Griffin, 1929 – 2024
Makeup artist Frank Griffin , 95, died on September 4. The brother of actresses Debra Paget (who survives), Lisa Gaye, and Teala Loring,...
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Henny Moan, 1936 – 2024
Norwegian actress Henny Moan , 88, died on Sept. 8. For decades, she was acclaimed onstage, especially in her Ibsen roles. From 1955...
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Will Jennings, 1944 – 2024
Lyricist Will Jennings , 80, died on Sept. 6. Jennings penned “My Heart Will Go On” ( Titanic ) and “Up Where We Belong” ( An Officer and...
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Screamin’ Scott Simon, 1948 – 2024
Sha Na Na’s Screamin’ Scott Simon , 75, died on Sept. 6. He was with the retro-rock group from its foundation in 1969 through 2022. Simon...
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Sérgio Mendes, 1941 – 2024
Brazilian bossa nova musician Sérgio Mendes , 83, died in Los Angeles on Sept. 6. He and his band Brasil ’66 became huge hits with the...
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Norman Spencer, 1914 – 2024
British producer and screenwriter Norman Spencer , 110, died on August 16. He collaborated frequently with David Lean ( Blithe Spirit,...
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