Niels Arestrup, 1949 – 2024
French actor Niels Arestrup , 75, died on Dec. 1. He is best known in the US for War Horse, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , and At...
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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
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Wayne Northrop, 1947 – 2024
Actor Wayne Northrop , 77, best known for his soap work, died on Nov. 29 at the Motion Picture and Television Home, after a six-year bout...
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Morgan Lofting, 1949 – 2024
Voice actress Morgan Lofting , 84, died on Nov. 27. She most famously voiced the evil Baroness on the G.I. Joe TV series and movies,...
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Robert Skoglund, 1936 – 2024
Comedy writer and radio personality (“The humble Farmer”) Robert Skoglund , 88, died on Nov. 30. Known as “The New England Garrison...
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Marshall Brickman, 1939 – 2024
Marshall Brickman , who co-wrote Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, Sleeper , and Manhattan , died on Nov. 29. He was 85. Brickman started his...
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Bob Bryar, 1979 – 2024
My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar , 44, was found dead in his Tennessee home on November 27. No cause of death has yet been...
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Silvia Pinal, 1931 – 2024
Mexican film, stage, and TV star Silvia Pinal , 93, died on Nov. 28. One of the biggest names in Mexico from the 1950s-70s, she starred...
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Scott L. Schwartz, 1959 – 2024
Wrestler, stuntman and actor Scott L. Schwartz , 65, died on Nov. 26. The Phila. native wrestled under such names as The Ultimate Bad...
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Leah Kunkel, 1948 – 2024
Singer Leah Kunkel (née Cohen), 76, died on Nov. 26. Kunkel was the younger sister of Cass Elliott (who had one of the loveliest voices...
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Helen Gallagher, 1926 – 2024
Actress and dancer Helen Gallagher , 98, died on Nov. 24. The razor-thin, dark-haired Gallagher made her Broadway debut in 1944’s Seven...
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Earl Holliman, 1928 – 2024
Actor Earl Holliman , 96, died on Nov. 25. The rugged, tough-looking actor was best known as Angie Dickinson’s boss on Police Woman , but...
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Julien Arnold, 1964 – 2024
Canadian actor Julien Arnold , 60, dropped dead onstage Nov. 24 while appearing in A Christmas Carol (he played Marley and Fezziwig) at...
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Jim Abrahams, 1944 – 2024
Writer and director Jim Abrahams , who was responsible for some of the funniest movies and TV of the 1980s-90s, died on Nov. 26. He was...
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Barbara Taylor Bradford, 1933 – 2024
Best-selling British novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford , 91, died on Nov. 24. Starting her career as a newspaper and magazine writer,...
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Michael Villella, 1940 – 2024
Actor Michael Villella , best known as the star of the campy slasher film The Slumber Party Massacre (1982), died on Nov. 24. He was 84....
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Chuck Woolery, 1941 – 2024
Game-show host Chuck Woolery , 83, died at his Texas home on Nov. 23. He started his career as a pop and folk singer; he was tall,...
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Julio Medina, 1933 – 2024
Julio Medina , a Colombian actor who also found success in Hollywood, died on Nov. 23. He was 91. Born in Chiquinquirá, Medina moved to...
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Alice Brock, 1941 – 2024
Alice Brock , of “Alice’s Restaurant” fame, died on Nov. 21. She was 83. She and her husband Ray Brock lived in a deconsecrated church in...
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Toian Matchinga, 1941 – 2024
Actress Toian Matchinga , 82, died on Nov. 17. Matchinga appeared in films and TV from the 1960s-90s, though she never broke through to...
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Dennis Woodruff, 1952 – 2024
I have been informed by Scott Michaels, one of my loyal Death Elves, that L.A. character Dennis Woodruff , 72, died last month. Like...
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Cesare Bonizzi, 1946 – 2024
Musician Day continues with the death of heavy metal singer and Capuchin friar Cesare Bonizzi , 78. The Italian-born Bonizzi entered the...
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Vic Flick, 1937 – 2024
It’s Musician Day at Eve’s Obits! The fourth today is guitarist Vic Flick , who died on Nov. 14, age 87. Flick is best known for his work...
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Reggie Gibson, 1970 – 2024
Rapper and actor Reggie Gibson , who performed under the names Saafir, Mr. No No, The Shaft Sizzle, and The Saucee Nomad, died on Nov....
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Dennis Bryon, 1949 – 2024
Welsh drummer Dennis Bryon , 75, died on Nov. 14. Bryon worked with the Bee Gees from 1974-80, a few years after their drummer Colin...
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Colin Petersen, 1946 – 2024
Australian drummer and actor Colin Petersen , 78, died on Nov. 18. He starred in the film Smiley (1956), also appearing in Strange...
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Paul Teal, 1989 – 2024
Actor Paul Teal , 35, died on Nov. 18. No cause of death has yet been announced, though cancer has been coyly hinted at. Teal had two...
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Charles Dumont, 1929 – 2024
French singer/songwriter Charles Dumont , who wrote (with lyricist Michel Vaucaire) Edith Piaf’s 1956 hit “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,”...
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Allan Svensson, 1951 – 2024
Swedish actor Allan Svensson , 73, died on Nov. 17. He was best known for starring in the hit ’90s sitcom Svensson, Svensson , which was...
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Jon Kenny, 1957 – 2024
Irish comedian and actor Jon Kenny , 66, died on Nov. 15 after a long battle with cancer. He teamed with Patrick Shortt as the comic duo...
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Svetlana Svetlichnaya, 1940 – 2024
Russian actress Svetlana Svetlichnaya , 84, died on Nov. 16. An Army brat, she grew up all over the world, eventually going to acting...
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Huckleberry Fox, 1974 – 2024
Child actor George “Huckleberry” Fox , 50, died on Nov. 3. No cause of death has been announced. Fox appeared in about a dozen films and...
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Shel Talmy, 1937 – 2024
Rock-music arranger Shel Talmy , 87, died on Nov. 13—he arranged and produced such hits as “You Really Got Me” by the Kinks and “My...
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Eileen Kramer, 1914 – 2024
Australian dancer and choreographer Eileen Kramer , 110, died on Nov. 15. Kramer joined the Bodenwieser Ballet (yes, I also read that as...
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Tim Sullivan, 1948 – 2024
Sci-fi/fantasy actor and writer Tim Sullivan , 76, died on Nov. 9. Sullivan (not to be confused with the many other Tim Sullivans in the...
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Song Jae-rim, 1985 – 2024
South Korean actor and model Song Jae-rim , 39, committed suicide in his Seoul apartment on Nov. 12. He began his career as a model,...
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Mr. Piffles, 2007 – 2024
Performing Chihuahua Mr. Piffles died on Nov. 8, just before his 17 th birthday. Piffles belonged to British-born comic and magician...
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Timothy West, 1934 – 2024
British actor Timothy West , 90, died on Nov. 12. The son of actor Lockwood West, he began his career onstage, and developed quite a...
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Paul Engelen, 1949 – 2024
British makeup artist Paul Engelen , 75, died on Nov. 3. Engelen started his career assisting on such films as Oliver! and Anne of the...
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Judith Jamison, 1943 – 2024
Dancer and choreographer Judith Jamison , 81, died on Nov. 9. The Philadelphia native began studying classical ballet, tap, and modern...
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Tony Todd, 1954 - 2024
Candyman star Tony Todd , 69, died at his Los Angeles home on Nov. 6. The 6' 5", booming-voiced actor started his career onstage, both...
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Trevor Sorbie, 1949 – 2024
British hairstylist Trevor Sorbie , 75, died on Nov. 8. He trained with his father through the 1960s, and by the ’70s was working with...
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Geneviève Grad, 1944 – 2024
French actress and singer Geneviève Grad , 80, died on Nov. 8. Grad played the lead detective’s daughter in the first three Le Gendarme...
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June Spencer, 1919 – 2024
British actress June Spencer , of The Archers , died on Nov. 8, at the age of 105. Spencer played village matriarch Peggy Woolley (née...
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Elwood Edwards, 1950 – 2024
AOL’s “You’ve Got Mail!” voice Elwood Edwards , 74, died on Nov. 5. Edwards worked at WKYC in Ohio as a camera operator and tech guy. In...
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Kathleen McGee, 1981 – 2024
Canadian comedienne Kathleen McGee , 43, died of cancer on Nov. 3. She began doing standup in Edmondton in 2005, and in 2008 won the...
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Tyka Nelson, 1960 – 2024
Singer and songwriter Tyka Nelson , 64, died on Nov. 4, after a brief illness. Nelson was the sister of Prince, who, she said, encouraged...
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Jonathan Haze, 1929 – 2024
Jonathan Haze , who played Seymour in Roger Corman’s 1960 Little Shop of Horrors , died on Nov. 2. He was 95. Haze appeared in numerous...
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Quincy Jones, 1933 – 2024
Superstar musical producer, arranger, and writer Quincy Jones , 91, died on Nov. 3. Jones won 28 Grammys, and his countless contributions...
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Alan Rachins, 1942 – 2024
Alan Rachins , one of the many stars of L.A. Law , died of a heart attack on Nov. 2. He was 82. He started his career onstage, appearing...
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Joseph Yranski, 1951 - 2024
Film historian and preservationist Joseph Yranski , 72, died on Oct. 31; he had recently been in and out of the hospital with post-Covid...
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