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David Thomas, who fronted the boundary-pushing rock band Pere Ubu from the late 1970s forward, died Wednesday at age 71. The news was announced on the group’s Facebook page, where the…
Sophie Nyweide, a young actor who appeared in films like Russell Crowe’s “Noah,” Jessica Alba’s “An Invisible Sign” and more, died on Monday, April 14, her family wrote in an online…
The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. They involve the certification of death and…
SYDNEY– Australian designer Aurelio Costarella has died at age 60 after a recent diagnosis with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare brain disorder that also claimed the life of his sister…
A Singaporean man, 26, died in an accident on a southern Thailand highway on Thursday, April 17, during the kingdom's recent Songkran season. On Friday, April 18, a Thai road safety…
Joseph “Joe” Dea, a music video director, reality TV director and four-time Emmy winner, died Sunday of glioblastoma in Alameda, Calif. He was 71. Always an early adopter of cutting-edge…
E. Jay Krause, the set designer who won two Primetime Emmy Awards and created the influential looks of “The Hollywood Squares” and “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” died April 12 in Los…
Andrea Blaugrund Nevins, the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker behind “Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie” and “The Other F Word,” died April 12 of breast cancer at her…
Jean Marsh, the Emmy award-winning actor who co-created and acted in the ’70s British drama series “Upstairs, Downstairs,” died Sunday in her London home. She was 90. Marsh’s death was…
Nicky Katt, who played teacher Harry Senate on “Boston Public” after starting as a child actor and going on to play an assortment of tough guys in movies including “Dazed and Confused” and…
Joey Molland, guitarist for the group Badfinger, who had continued leading a touring edition of the group decades after other key members had passed on, died Saturday night at age 77.…
Angie Stone, the soul singer who rose to fame as a member of pioneering female hip-hop trio the Sequence and later became a prominent soul singer, died at the age of 63. Stone died in a…
David Johansen, the frontman and last surviving member of proto-punk band New York Dolls, who went on to become a lounge singer under the name Buster Poindexter and act in films such as…
Robert Richter, an independent filmmaker and producer whose credits include nearly 90 documentaries on a wide range of subjects, died at his home in New York City on February 16 following…
A child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, officials there said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious respiratory disease since…
Abraham David Levy, a longtime creative force in New York City’s ballroom culture and an imaginative fashion designer, has died. A standout dancer in the ballroom community and a longtime…
Jesus Guerrero, a celebrated hairstylist, died suddenly over the weekend. He was 34. Guerrero was abroad for a job when he began feeling unwell. He returned to the U.S., where he passed…
Lynne Marie Stewart, who had supporting turns in “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” has died, her friend Cassandra Peterson confirmed via Instagram Friday. She…
Chicago soul giant Jerry Butler, who succeeded early hits as lead singer of the keystone R&B group Impressions and a notable solo career with years as a Windy City politician, has died,…
David St. John, a TV producer who worked on shows including “America’s Next Top Model,” died Dec. 19 of pancreatic cancer in Seattle. He was 56. St. John, whose death was only recently…
Hair care entrepreneur Tom Redmond Sr. died Feb. 13 at the age of 92. He died of natural causes, according to a representative for the family. Born in Chicago, Redmond, a U.S. Army veteran…
Paquita la del Barrio, the emblematic Mexican singer-songwriter known for her anthemic ranchera ballads, died on Monday at her home in Veracruz. She was 77. Her family confirmed the news…
South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron, celebrated for her compelling performances from a young age, was found dead at her home in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, on Sunday. She was 24. A friend discovered…
The Irish-born designer Mary O’Donnell, who also established an American following, has died at the age of 91. She-She O’Donnell, the designer’s niece, announced her death on social media…
