obituaries
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Former NBA commissioner David Stern died Wednesday, less than a month after he underwent emergency surgery for a brain hemorrhage. He was 77 years old. The league confirmed the news in a statement. “For 22 years, I had a courtside seat to watch David in action,” current NBA commissioner Adam Silver said. “He was a mentor and one of […]
Lee Mendelson, best known as the executive producer of A Charlie Brown Christmas, died in his Bay Area home on Christmas Day. He was 86 years old. Mendelson’s son, Jason Mendelson, confirmed the tragic news to CNN on Friday, stating his father died of congestive heart failure following a battle with lung cancer. “We are very sad to lose […]
Barbara Hillary, the pioneering African American explorer, died Saturday at the age of 88. The tragic news was announced on Hillary’s official website and Twitter account: Hillary made history at the age of 75 when she became not only the oldest person to ever reach the North Pole, but the first African American woman on […]
Godfrey Gao, a Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor who appeared in the 2013 film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, died Wednesday morning after he collapsed on the set of a Chinese reality TV show. The actor was appearing on Chase Me, a show that has celebrities go up against regular contestants in a series of challenges […]
Fans and celebrities have taken to social media to honor the life of Robert Forster, the celebrated actor who died Friday following a battle with brain cancer. Quentin Tarantino, who directed Forster in the 1997 film Jackie Brown, was among those who paid tribute. “Today the world is left with one less gentlemen. One less square […]
Richard Williams, the celebrated animator behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit, has died at the of 86. His family announced he died Friday at his home in Bristol, England, following a battle with cancer. Williams began his career in the 1950s, working on shorts and features like The Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, A Lecture […]
Hollywood legend Peter Fonda has died at the age of 79. According to a statement released by his family, the actor/screenwriter died Friday morning in his Los Angeles home surrounded by loved-ones. The family says Fonda died of complications caused by lung cancer. “It is with deep sorrow that we share the news that Peter Fonda […]
D.A. Pennebaker, the man behind some of the most acclaimed music documentaries, died Thursday night of natural causes, Variety has confirmed. He was 94. Among Pennebaker’s most popular films were Don’t Look Back, which provided a behind-the-scenes look at Bob Dylan’s 1965 English tour; the David Bowie concert film Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars; and Monterey Pop, which […]
Disney Legend Russi Taylor, best known as the voice of Minnie Mouse, died Friday at her home in Glendale, California. She was 75. The Walt Disney Company confirmed Taylor’s death Saturday, along with a statement from its CEO and chairman Bob Iger. “Minnie Mouse lost her voice with the passing of Russi Taylor,” he said. “For […]
New Orleans legend and all-around funk pioneer Art Neville, of Neville Brothers fame, died on Monday at the age of 81. TMZ, citing his family, adds that Neville’s health had been declining in recent years. Neverthless his longtime manager, Kent Sorrell, told the outlet that Art’s death was a “peaceful” one, and also said that […]
