Famed TV Entertainer Johnny Carson Dead
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Comedian Johnny Carson, the king of  U.S. late-night television as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show"  for nearly 30 years -- and the last face millions of Americans  saw before drifting off to sleep -- died on Sunday at age 79  after a long battle with emphysema.
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US television evangelist Tammy Faye Messner has died aged 65 after a long battle with cancer.
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Christopher Reeve, the &#39;Superman&#39; film star who became a superhero in his own right while battling paralysis after a 1995 horse-riding accident, has died.
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Actor Jerry Orbach, best known for his long-running role as New York police detective Lennie Briscoe on &quot;Law &amp; Order,&quot; has died.
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Yesterday afternoon came the very sad news that John Peel, British broadcasting legend, had passed away whilst on a working holiday in Peru.
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Hollywood stars pay tribute to legendary US TV host Johnny Carson, who has died at the age of 79.
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Allan Melvin, a character actor known for appearances in such TV staples as "The Phil Silvers Show," "All in the Family" and "The Brady Bunch," has died, the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday.
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Television entertainer Johnny Carson has died of emphysema at age 79, the NBC television network reported on its Web site Sunday.
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Johnny Ramone, the guitarist with the eponymous punk group The Ramones, died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday following a five-year battle with prostate cancer.
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Legendary US comedian Rodney Dangerfield has died at the age of 82, after spending several weeks in coma. The performer died in Los Angeles on Tuesday after undergoing a heart valve replacement operation in August.
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New York lost one of its signature artists Tuesday night when Broadway, movie and TV actor Jerry Orbach, who played hard-bitten Detective Lenny Briscoe in the NBC series &quot;Law and Order,&quot; died
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David Letterman paid tribute to Johnny Carson on Monday by telling his jokes.
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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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Controversial comedian, whose jokes saw him  banned around the country, dies aged 76.
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Comedian Johnny Carson, the king of U.S. late-night television as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" for nearly 30 years -- and the last face millions of Americans saw before drifting off to sleep -- died on Sunday at age 79.
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Frankie Laine, the full-voiced singer who became one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s with such hits as "I Believe," "Jezebel" and the theme to the TV Western "Rawhide", died on Tuesday at 93.
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US soul legend Ike Turner, former husband and musical partner of Tina Turner, dies at the age of 76.