Actor Glenn Ford dies at 90
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Actor Glenn Ford, who played strong, thoughtful protagonists in films such as "The Blackboard Jungle," "Gilda" and "The Big Heat," died Wednesday, police said. He was 90.
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Soon after Johnny Carson's death last weekend, NBC announced the 79-year-old entertainer had died of emphysema, a respiratory disease that can be attributed to smoking.
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Charles Lane, the prolific character actor whose name was little known but whose crotchety persona and roles in hundreds of films made him instantly recognizable to generations of moviegoers, has died. He was 102.
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Veteran actor and union  official Patrick Quinn died Sunday of a massive coronary in at  his summer home in Pennsylvania. He was 56.
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LOS ANGELES - Gordon Cooper, the last astronaut to take flight during NASA's pioneering Mercury program, has died. He was 77...
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Actor Glenn Ford, a handsome and   quiet character actor who made his mark in big films like   "Gilda" and "The Big Heat," died on Wednesday in his Beverly   Hills home, police said. He was 90.
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Jerry Orbach, the Tony Award-winning star of Promises, Promises and other musicals, has died at the age of 69, according to a radio report citing his manager, Robert Malcolm.
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Jerry Orbach, acclaimed as a  quintessential New York actor for his work on Broadway, in  films and as the star of television's "Law & Order," has died  from cancer. He was 69.
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Actor Glyn Owen, who was best known for his role as Jack Rolfe in Howard's Way, dies after a short illness.
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Gordon Cooper, who as one of the original Mercury astronauts was a pioneer in human space exploration, has died. He was 77.
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NEW YORK Actor Jerry Orbach, who spent part of his childhood in Illinois, has died of prostate cancer at age 69. Orbach played the sardonic cop Lennie Briscoe on TV&#39;s &quot;Law and Order.
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Jack Warden, an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor who played gruff cops, coaches and soldiers in a career that spanned five decades, has died. He was 85.
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Mickey Hargitay, the actor and world champion bodybuilder who was married to 1950s sex siren Jayne Mansfield and whose daughter is Emmy-winning winning actress Mariska Hargitay, has died. He was 80.
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"Law &amp; Order" star Jerry Orbach has died of prostate cancer at age 69, a representative of the show said. Orbach announced last month he had been diagnosed with the disease.
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Schrader, Orville Glenn  Of Ft. Atkinson. Born to Eternal Life Dec. 15, 2006, at the age of 87. Preceded in death by his first wife, Betty Jane (nee Follansbee) and his second wife, Patricia Ann (Wilkins).
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Sir Edward Ford, the royal courtier who provided Queen Elizabeth II with the memorable phrase "annus horribilis" to describe her troubles in 1992, has died. He was 96.
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Jerry Orbach, who starred in the television crime drama ``Law &amp; Order&#39;&#39; as sarcastic detective Lennie Briscoe and appeared in such Broadway musicals as ``42nd Street&#39;&#39; and ``Chicago,&#39;&#39; has died of prostate cancer.