Mike Barnes

Ralph Gunderman, the amiable voice artist and actor who spent more than a decade as the announcer on NBC’s Dateline while contributing to comedy bits on Late Show With David Letterman, has died. He was […]

Michael Tilson Thomas, the charismatic conductor and composer who won 12 Grammys and presided over the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has died. He was […]

Dean Tavoularis, the revered Oscar-winning production designer who collaborated with Francis Ford Coppola on 13 films, including all three Godfather movies, Apocalypse Now and One From the Heart, has died. He was 93. He died […]

Dave Mason, the singer, songwriter and guitarist who first found fame with Traffic and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the band, has died. He was 79. […]

Riccie Johnson, the venerated makeup artist who spent more than a half-century with 60 Minutes and put eyeliner on The Beatles for their first U.S. TV appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, has died. She was 101. Johnson […]

Alan Osmond, who played piano and guitar and wrote and composed songs as the oldest member of The Osmonds, has died. He was 76. Osmond died Monday night with his wife, Suzanne, and their eight […]

Rif Hutton, the veteran character actor who recurred on shows including Doogie Howser, M.D. and JAG, has died. He was 73. Hutton died Saturday at his home in Pasadena after a 13-month battle with glioblastoma, […]

Joy Harmon, forever known for her brief turn in the Paul Newman classic Cool Hand Luke as the young woman who provocatively washes a car with lots of soapy water as overheated prisoners in the […]

Valerie Lee, who appeared in Our Gang comedy shorts and as one of the child Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz, has died. She was 94. Lee died Sunday in Reseda, Stephen Cox, author of […]

Richard Donat, the Canadian actor who came from a notable acting family to portray Vince Teagues, the co-publisher of the local newspaper, on the supernatural TV series Haven, has died. He was 84. A longtime […]

John Nolan, the British theater veteran who appeared in a pair of Batman movies and on the CBS drama Person of Interest for nephews Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, died Saturday, the Stratford-Upon-Avon Herald reported. […]

Mitchell Fink, the author and entertainment journalist who wrote gossip columns for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, People magazine and the New York Daily News, died Tuesday in West Palm Beach, Florida, his family announced. […]

Arne Olsen, the Canadian screenwriter behind films including the Burt Reynolds comedy Cop and 1/2 and the franchise-starting Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, has died. He was 64. Olsen, who worked in several genres, […]

Carl W. Crudup, who appeared on Broadway in The First Breeze of Summer and on the screen in J.D.’s Revenge, The Rockford Files, Better Things and A Man on the Inside during his five-decade career […]

Steven Sunshine, the writer-producer who worked with his wife, Madeline Sunshine, on the TV shows Webster and The New Odd Couple and on the Blake Edwards film Son of the Pink Panther, has died. He […]

Joseph J. Collins, the former HBO, Time Warner Cable and Comcast executive who helped reposition cable as much more than a delivery system for television, has died. He was 81. Collins died Thursday at his […]

On the way to winning an Oscar — you know she will win one someday — Glenn Close will leave her handprints and footprints in cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre during the TCM Classic […]

James Pergola, who worked on Gentle Ben, Caddyshack and Major League before serving as a cinematographer on the first eight seasons of Baywatch, has died. He was 93. Pergola died of natural causes in hospice […]

Robert Hinkle, a onetime rodeo performer from Texas who served as a stunt performer and dialogue coach on the acclaimed films Giant and Hud and wrote, directed and produced a Western of his own, has […]

Mary Beth Hurt, the Tony-nominated actress whose demure demeanor drew moviegoers to her array of emotionally impactful performances in such films as Interiors, Chilly Scenes of Winter and The World According to Garp, has died. […]

James Tolkan, the character actor who expressed a disdain for “slackers” in the Back to the Future trilogy and portrayed Tom Cruise’s no-nonsense commanding officer in Top Gun, has died. He was 94.  Tolkan died Thursday in […]

Chuck Norris, the martial arts champion and karate school teacher who jumped fist- and feetfirst into stardom with 1980s action movies like Missing in Action and the long-running CBS drama Walker, Texas Ranger, has died. He was 86. […]

Ed Bernard, who portrayed the undercover cop Joe Styles alongside Angie Dickinson on NBC’s Police Woman and the principal Jim Willis opposite Ken Howard on CBS’ The White Shadow, has died. He was 86. Bernard […]

Matt Clark, the familiar character actor who like sagebrush found his way into Westerns including Paul Newman’s The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, John Wayne’s The Cowboys and Clint Eastwood’s The Outlaw Josey […]

Judy Pace, who portrayed strong-willed characters on the ABC series Peyton Place and The Young Lawyers and in the Ossie Davis-directed action film Cotton Comes to Harlem, has died. She was 83. Pace died Wednesday […]