US actor Howard Keel dies at 85
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Howard Keel, star of post-war US musicals, and later in the hit television series Dallas, dies of cancer.
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Joey Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found success in nightclubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, has died at 89.
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NASA -- Gordon Cooper Jr., the astronaut who piloted the sixth and last flight of the Mercury program and later commanded Gemini 5, died earlier today at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 years old...
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Red Buttons, the flame-haired  comedian and Oscar-winning actor of 1957 film &quot;Sayonara,&quot; died  on Thursday at his Los Angeles-area home at the age of 87 of  vascular disease, his publicist said.
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Hollywood movie star Janet Leigh, best known as the knife attack victim in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," has died at the age of 77, CNN reported on Monday.
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Howard Keel, the broad-shouldered baritone who romanced his way through a series of glittery MGM musicals such as "Kiss Me Kate" and "Annie Get Your Gun" and later revived his career with television's "Dallas," died Sunday. He was 85.
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Washington, Nov. 8 (NNN): Star of American musicals on stage and screen and later in hit 80s TV series Dallas, Howard Keel, has died of colon cancer aged 85.
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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 Frank Sinatra, has died at age 89, his longtime friend and publicist, Warren Cowan, said on Thursday.
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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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Johnny Carson, the "Tonight Show" host who served America a smooth nightcap of celebrity banter, droll comedy and heartland charm for 30 years, died Sunday. He was 79. NBC said Carson died of emphysema at his Malibu home.
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US soul legend Ike Turner, former husband and musical partner of Tina Turner, dies at the age of 76.
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Billionaire industrialist Friedrich Karl Flick, whose father was convicted at Nuremburg of using slave labor in Nazi Germany, has died at the age of 79, according to news reports Friday.
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Playbill - Iggie Wolfington, the portly character actor who snagged a 1958 Tony Award nomination for playing Prof. Harold Hill's pal, Marcellus Washburn, died of natural causes Sept. 30 in Southern California, according to published reports. He was 84.
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Herman Brix, 100, an Olympic shot-put medalist who became a screen Tarzan in the mid-1930s and went on to act in more than 100 other films under the name Bruce Bennett, died Feb. 24 at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, Calif. He had complications from a broken hip.
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Paul Gleason, who played the go-to bad guy in &quot;Trading Places&quot; and the angry high school principal in &quot;The Breakfast Club,&quot; has died. He was 67.
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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&#39;s &quot;Law &amp; Order,&quot; has died from cancer.
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Howard Keel, the barrel-chested baritone who starred in musicals from MGM&#39;s golden age, including Annie Get Your Gun and Kiss Me, Kate, and who revived his career on TV&#39;s Dallas, died Sunday at 85.