Roy Scheider, Actor in âJaws,â Dies at 75
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Mr. Scheider was a stage actor with a background in the classics who became one of the leading figures in the American film renaissance of the 1970s.
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Oct. 11, 2004 - Christopher Reeve, the Superman actor who showed the world Herculean bravery after a near-fatal spinal cord injury, died Sunday of heart failure.
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Christopher Reeve played Superman in the movies but proved to be a super man in real life. The actor, director, author and advocate for spinal cord research died Sunday at age 52, but his legacy of activism and example of personal courage lives on.
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Jerry Orbach, a long running star on the television series âLaw and Order,â died from prostate cancer on Wednesday, November 30.
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Aaron Spelling, a onetime movie bit player who created a massive number of hit series, from the vintage &quot;Charlie&#039;s Angels&quot; and &quot;Dynasty&quot; to &quot;Beverly Hills 90210&quot; and &quot;Melrose Place,&quot; died Friday, his publicist said. He was 83.
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American actor, pictured with Robert Shaw in the shark terror blockbuster, has died at the age of 75
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Law and Order and Dirty Dancing actor Jerry Orbach dies of prostate cancer at the age of 69.
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Gretchen Wyler, a veteran Broadway actress who enjoyed a second career on television and was a leading animal rights activist, died Sunday. She was 75.
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Roy Scheider, best known for his role as a small town police chief in the hit film thriller "Jaws" and his portrait of famed choreographer Bob Fosse in the biopic "All That Jazz," died on Sunday at age 75.
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Actor Jerry Orbach, who earned a reputation as the quintessential New Yorker through his work in films and as a longtime star of the "Law & Order" television series, has died from prostate cancer. He was 69.
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GEORGETOWN, Delaware Sidney Poitier, the actor, has become a witness in the trial of a lawsuit against Walt Disney directors, and in so doing he has transformed a Delaware courtroom into a theater where he played the role of his life: himself.
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The undisputed king of Bollywood's baddies, Amrish Puri, died on Wednesday at the age of 72 after a long illness, a hospital spokesman said in India's film capital.
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American actor Christopher Reeve, star of the Superman films, has died aged 52.
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Actor John D. Barrymore, the father of Drew Barrymore, died Monday, the actress said. He was 72.
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Actor Robert Earl Jones, a fixture in Broadway shows and movies and the father of actor James Earl Jones, has died. Jones, 96, died Sept. 7 at the Lillian Booth Actors' Home, according to the home and Dale Olson, his son's agent.
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Bollywood veteran G.P. Sippy, who produced Indian cinema's biggest blockbuster "Sholay" (Flames), has died in Mumbai at the age of 93, a report said Wednesday.
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The man who soared to fame as the star of the Superman films and was grounded by a paralyzing accident in mid career has died at the age of 52.