Actor Ossie Davis Dead at 87
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Ossie Davis, famed African-American actor and civil rights activist, was found dead Friday in his hotel room in Miami Beach, Florida. He was in town filming the movie "Retirement." After several attempts to reach the actor, police were called to the ho...
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Vincent Sherman, who directed &amp;#151; and romanced &amp;#151; Bette Davis, Rita Hayworth and Joan Crawford during his heyday as a leading Hollywood filmmaker in the 1940s and &#039;50s, has died. He would have been 100 on July 16.
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Skeeter Davis, a veteran of the Grand Ole Opry, died Sunday (Sept. 19) at Nashville's St. Thomas Hospital. She was 73.
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US actor Glenn Ford, who made over 100 films, dies aged 90, at his home in Beverly Hills.
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US actor Glenn Ford dies aged 90, at his home in Beverly Hills.
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Actor Gareth Hunt, star of The New Avengers, has died of cancer aged 65, his agent announces.
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US actor Glenn Ford, who starred in dozens of films in a 53-year career, dies at his home in Beverly Hills.
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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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Johnny Grant, Hollywood's honorary mayor, was found dead Wednesday night, Los Angeles police said. Grant, 84, appeared to have died of natural causes.
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Marvin Davis, a former oilman who acquired 20th Century Fox in the early &#39;80s and then sold it to Rupert Murdoch in 1984, died Saturday at his home in Beverly Hills.
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The American comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who parlayed his self-deprecating humour and trademark catchphrase &quot;I don&#39;t get no respect&quot; into a movie career, has died aged 82.
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Actor Tetsuro Tamba, who appeared in James Bond film You Only Live Twice, has died aged 84, it is reported.
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Joey Bishop, the deadpan comedian, TV host and last of the super-hip team of performers known as the Rat Pack, led by Frank Sinatra, has died at age 89, his publicist said on Thursday.
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Ossie Davis, the actor distinguished for roles dealing with racial injustice on stage, screen and in real life, has died, an aide said Friday. He was 87.
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Comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of the super-hip team of entertainers known as the Rat Pack and led by Frank Sinatra, has died at age 89, his longtime friend and publicist, Warren Cowan, said on Thursday.
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LOS ANGELES  - Anita O'Day, the last of the great jazz singers spawned by the swing era, died Thursday of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles. She was 87.
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Jazz singer and author George Melly dies at his London home at the age of 80