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Revered Indian filmmaker Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, whose work spanned the 1957 Telugu-language classic “Mayabazar” and this year’s musical “Sing Geetham,” died Oct. 3 in Chennai following a period of ill health. He was 95. Rao made some 60 features in the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi languages, and moved between farce, fantasy, mythology and science […]
Jerry Golod, the producer of “Tales From the Darkside,” died following a brief battle with cancer at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., on Wednesday. He was 87. Throughout his career, Golod served as an executive at CBS and NBC, later launching JayGee Productions in the early 1980s. After seeing the success of Stephen King’s […]
Mary Louise Weller, the actress known for her role as Mandy Pepperidge in “Animal House,” died Thursday after a long illness. She was 79. Her longtime partner Michael Roy Curtis and multiple reports confirmed her death. Weller was born in New York City on Oct. 2, 1946, and raised in Westwood, Calif. Actor-singer Danny Kaye […]
Ken Urker, the partner of Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and father of their child, was found dead Thursday in Raceland, Louisiana. He was 34. Captain Brennan Matherne of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Department said in a statement to Variety, “We responded to a residence at 107 Double H Drive, Lot 4, in Raceland today after receiving a […]
Fiona Hepler Lowe, the daughter of actor Chad Lowe and Kim Painter, has died. She was 13. Fiona’s death was confirmed to People on Tuesday by the Lowe family, who wrote “We are deeply heartbroken by the loss of our beloved Fiona” in a statement. Fiona was described by her family as “a loving young […]
Dennis Haskins, the actor best known for portraying Principal Richard Belding on “Saved by the Bell,” has died. He was 75. Haskins’ longtime agent, Jay Schachter, confirmed the news to Variety on Monday. A cause of death and further details have not been released at this time. “It’s a tragic loss,” said Haskins in a […]
James H. Rosenfield, Sr., a former top CBS executive who helped build the network into a cultural powerhouse, died Sept. 26. He was 97. Rosenfield spent two decades at CBS, during the years that brought programs like “All in the Family,” “M*A*S*H” and “60 Minutes.” Rosenfield was born July 18, 1929, in Boston. He attended […]
Chuck Varga, a founding member and vocalist of the heavy metal band Gwar, died on Friday following a battle with cancer. He was 68. Gwar bassist Casey Orr announced his death in a statement shared to Facebook, writing, “Chuck Varga has left this earthly realm. He passed peacefully, his beloved wife Bambi holding his hand. […]
Pete Byrne, vocalist for the British new wave band Naked Eyes, died in Los Angeles on Sept. 14 after a brief illness. He was 74. Byrne founded Naked Eyes in 1982 with his college friend Rob Fisher. Their debut album “Burning Bridges” reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200, and the duo achieved four top […]
Dick Guttman, the longtime Hollywood publicity executive and screenwriter who worked with clients including Barbra Streisand, Clint Eastwood and Jay Leno, died Sept. 19 in Los Altos, Calif. He was 93. Over his many decades in publicity at Rogers & Cowan and his own firms Guttman and Pam and Guttman Associates, he represented Hollywood notables […]
David Worth, director of films including “Kickboxer” and DP on numerous films including Clint Eastwood’s “Any Which Way You Can,” died Sept. 4 in Sunland, Calif. He was 86. Worth started out as director of photography on low-budget movies before Clint Eastwood hired him as cinematographer on “Bronco Billy” and “Any Which Way You Can,” […]
Presley Gerber, the model son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, died Sunday at a rehab facility, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner records. He was 27. “The family is asking for privacy during this very difficult and painful time,” a representative told TMZ. A cause of death was not immediately known. Born and […]
Chad Gilbert, founding guitarist and backing vocalist of the pop-punk group New Found Glory, has died. He was 45. The band and Gilbert’s wife Lisa Cimorelli confirmed his death on social media in a joint statement. “On the morning of September 20th, Chad Everett Gilbert passed away peacefully in his sleep,” reads the statement. “He […]
Edward Morris, a Nashville-based music journalist who edited Billboard’s country coverage, wrote a popular CMT.com column and penned numerous books, died Thursday at age 90. The family did not give a cause of death. Morris was best remembered in the country community for a 14-year tenure with Billboard from 1981 to 1995, the last four […]
Gerrit Graham, an actor, screenwriter and songwriter who co-wrote a song for The Grateful Dead, died on Tuesday in Rhinebeck, N.Y. He was 77. He suffered from lung disease, among other ailments. Graham began his career starring alongside Robert De Niro in early Brian de Palma films “Hi Mom!” and “Greetings,” later appearing in films […]
Duncan Sheik, who had a pop smash with “Barely Breathing” in the mid-1990s but then found his biggest success — and multiple Tony wins — with the long-running stage musical “Spring Awakening,” has died at 56. The New York Times reported that his death was confirmed by his mother, and that he died of organ […]
