Roy Scheider, of 'Jaws' fame, dies at 75
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Roy Scheider, a one-time boxer whose broken nose and pugnacious acting style made him a star in "The French Connection" and who later uttered one of cinematic history's most memorable roles in "Jaws," has died.
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Sid Raymond, an actor who landed roles alongside A-list stars and was the voice of beloved cartoon characters but went largely nameless himself, has died. He was 97.
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Actor and bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay, Jayne Mansfield's ex-husband, dies at the age of 80.
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German ex-heavyweight champ Max Schmeling dies at the age of 99.
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Austria's supposed richest man, retired industrialist Friedrich Karl Flick, dies at 79, say Austrian media.
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Playbill - Robert Lantz, the Berlin-born, New York-based talent agent whose clients included such theatre and film greats as Leonard Bernstein, Lillian Hellman, Al Hirschfeld, Alfred Drake and Mike Nichols, and who retained his status as an independent until the end, died on Oct. 18 in Manhattan. He was 93.
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Actress Janet Leigh, whose dozens  of starring roles were eclipsed by a single movie moment -- the  motel shower stabbing scene in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," has  died at the age of 77, a family spokeswoman said on Monday.
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Former world heavyweight champion Max  Schmeling, who fought two unforgettable bouts with the great  American Joe Louis in the last 1930s, has died at the age of  99.
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LOS ANGELES - Janet Leigh, the wholesome beauty whose shocking murder in the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller "Psycho" was credited with making generations of film fans think twice about stepping into a motel room shower, has died at her Beverly Hills home, her daughter's publicist confirmed Monday. She was 77...
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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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Actor Pat Corley, who served sage advice along with drinks as Phil the barkeep on "Murphy Brown," has died. He was 76.
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LOS ANGELES The Disney animator who helped bring life to the dancing penguins in &quot;Mary Poppins&quot; has died. Frank Thomas was 92 when he passed away at his California home yesterday.
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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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Director Russ Meyer, whose soft core porn films, &quot;The Immoral Mr Teas,&quot; &quot;Vixen&quot; and &quot;Beyond the Valley of the Dolls&quot; earned him millions of dollars and the title of Hollywood&#39;s &quot;King Leer,&quot; has died at age 82, his film company said
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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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Hollywood movie star Janet Leigh, best known as the knife attack victim in Alfred Hitchcock&#39;s &quot;Psycho,&quot; has died at the age of 77.
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Janet Leigh, the wholesome beauty who co-starred with James Stewart, John Wayne and Frank Sinatra in films of the 1940s to 1960s and achieved her most lasting fame as the victim of a shower slashing in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," died Sunday at her Beverly Hills, Calif., home, the New York Daily News reported on its Web site Monday. She was 77.