Disney animator Thomas dies
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Walt Disney animator Frank Thomas - one of the studio's original "nine old men" - dies at the age of 92.
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Tata Guines, Cuba's most famous percussionist, dies of a kidney infection in Havana, aged 77.
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The man who unleashed the Hula Hoop and the Frisbee on the world has died. Richard Knerr, co-founder of the Wham-O toy company, died on Monday at the age of 82
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Will Eisner, a master of American  comics and a pioneer of the graphic novel who gave his name to  the comic industry's equivalent of the Oscars, has died at age  87, his publisher said on Tuesday.
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Oscar-winning motion picture composer Elmer Bernstein has died after a lengthy illness. He was 82. A spokesman says Mr. Bernstein died Wednesday at his Ojai, California home near Los Angeles.
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Indian guru who introduced the west to transcendental meditation has died
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Ray Harryhausen, the renowned stop-motion animator who turned 87 in June, adds a bit of color to some of his work.
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Sad news arrived over the  weekend: the death on Saturday of Donfeld, one of Hollywood's  best costume designers of the recent past and one of the  industry's best friends as well.
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Hand-drawn animation, out of fashion in the computer age, experienced a rescue worthy of a fairy tale on Thursday, when Walt Disney animators announced they would bring back the art form to the big screen.
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Movie composer Elmer Bernstein, creator of The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape, dies aged 82.
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Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas, a three-term conservative Republican who stayed clear of the Washington limelight and political catfights, died Monday. He was 74.
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The world's best-known mime artist, Marcel Marceau, has died, France Info radio said on Sunday, saying his family had informed it of his death.
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A Brazilian music producer who was a leading nominee at the Latin Grammys has died after leaving the awards. Tom Capone, whose real name was Luis Antonio Ferreira Goncalves, was killed in a motorcycle crash in Los Angeles.
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LOS ANGELES Billionaire Marvin Davis, former owner of 20th Century Fox studios, the Pebble Beach Company and the Beverly Hills Hotel, died today at his home in Beverly Hills.
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Japanese actor Tetsuro Tamba,  best known internationally for playing dapper spymaster Tiger  Tanaka in the 1967 James Bond picture "You Only Live Twice,"  has died in Tokyo. He was 84.
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Will Eisner, a master of American  comics and a pioneer of the graphic novel who gave his name to  the comic industry's equivalent of the Oscars, has died at the  age of 87, his publisher said on Tuesday.
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A 12-year-old boy died after riding a roller coaster Thursday at the Disney MGM theme park, the Orange County sheriff&#039;s office said.