By Joshua Rhett Miller | New York Post A private funeral service was held Tuesday in Pennsylvania for “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams. The memorial for Williams, who died last week at 54 of a suspected drug overdose in his Brooklyn penthouse, was held at St....
Chris Willman & Chris Morris | Variety Lee “Scratch” Perry, the eccentric, revolutionary Jamaican producer, songwriter and performer whose influence extended far beyond his historic role in the development of reggae music, died Sunday at a hospital in Lucea,...
By Andrew Barker and Ellise Shafer | Variety Biz Markie, the rapper, singer and actor behind the 1989 hit “Just a Friend,” died Friday in Baltimore. He was 57. “It is with profound sadness that we announce, this evening, with his wife Tara by his side, hip hop...
By Dave Nemetz | TVLine Charles Robinson, best known for playing Mac on the NBC sitcom Night Court, has died at the age of 75. Robinson passed away on July 11 from cardiac arrest with multisystem organ failures due to septic shock and metastatic adenocarcinoma, the...
from AceShowbiz Suzzanne Douglas has passed away. The actress, who was best known for portraying Jerri Peterson on "The Parent 'Hood", died at the age of 64. No further details are available regarding her death. The sad news was confirmed by Suzzanne's cousin Angie...
Ellise Shafer | Variety Clarence Williams III, an actor known for portraying Linc Hayes on “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” died on June 4. He was 81. Williams’ management confirmed his death to Variety, citing the cause as colon cancer. Williams...
By Naman Ramachandran | Variety John Davis, one of the real voices behind infamous music group Milli Vanilli, has died of coronavirus. He was 66. “My dad passed away this evening through the coronavirus,” Davis’ daughter Jasmin posted to Facebook on May 24. “He made a...
By Haley Bosselman | Variety Samuel E. Wright, the actor who voiced Sebastian in “The Little Mermaid,” has died. He was 74. The news of his death was confirmed in a Facebook post on Tuesday by his hometown Montgomery, N.Y. It did not confirm his cause of death....
by Jordan Moreau | Variety Paul Mooney, the comedian, actor and writer for Richard Pryor, died on Wednesday morning, his representative Cassandra Williams confirmed to Variety. He was 79. He died at his home in Oakland, Calif., after suffering a heart attack. Mooney’s...
Haley Bosselman | Variety Frank McRae, the actor who appeared in films such as “Licence to Kill” and “Last Action Hero,” has died. He was 80. McRae died in Santa Monica, Calif. on April 29 as a result of a heart attack, his daughter-in-law confirmed to Variety. The...
by Tom B | Westerns... All' Italiana! American actor, singer, former professional football player Harold Bradley died in Rome, Italy from pneumonia on April 13, 2021. He was 92. Bradley was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 13, 1929 and played football at the...
By Jem Aswad | Variety DMX, one of the most popular and successful rappers to emerge in the 1990s, died on Friday. He was 50. “We are deeply saddened to announce today that our loved one, DMX, birth name of Earl Simmons, passed away at 50-years-old at White Plains...