Edward Woodward
Edward Woodward, who had a long career on stage and in movies but is probably best remembered for the TV series The Equalizer, died Monday at 79.
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Ken Ober
Ken Ober, host of MTV's Remote Control, has died at the age of 52, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
"His body was discovered in his home on Sunday," Mark Measures, Ober's talent agent, said. "The last person to have spoken to him was on Saturday morning. No foul play is suspected, no suicide, it looks like natural causes, just no one knows the exact cause yet."
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Ober began his career on...
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Wipeout
A contestant who participated on the ABC series Wipeout has died, a spokesman for the L.A. County Coroner's office told TVGuide.com.
Tom Sparks, 33, was hospitalized Oct. 19 after he complained of ...
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Janet Weidenheimer
Janet Weidenheimer, who was known as Nana Janet when taking care of the children on Jon & Kate Plus 8, has died. She was 72.
Weidenheimer, who appeared several times in early seasons of the show, most notably while riding a horse at the sextuplets' third birthday party, was a friend of the Gosselin family and regularly volunteered to help Kate take care of the children.
She passed away on Oct. 28, according to Entertainment Tonight. Details about her death have not been released, but funeral services were scheduled to take place in Pennsylvania Saturday.
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An expedition guide for a children's program was killed by a charging elephant in Tanzania with three children nearby, Britain's Press Association reports.
Anton Turner, 38, was tracing the footsteps of explorer David Livingstone in Africa for the children's BBC series titled...
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Soupy Sales
Soupy Sales, the boundary-breaking comedian who good-naturedly endured, by his count, more than 20,000 pies to the face, has died. He was 83.
The comic's anything-for-a-laugh pie-throwing shtick became his trademark, and stars including Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis and Shirley MacLaine took one in the face on the comedian's television show in the early 1960s.
His nerdy cool paved the way for such later comedians as Pee Wee Herman ...
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Collin Wilcox-Paxton, who portrayed the false accuser in the classic 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, has died of brain cancer, according to The Associated Press.
Wilcox-Paxton died Oct. 14 in her hometown, Highlands, N.C., at age 74. She had been diagnosed with...
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Capt. Lou Albano
Captain Lou Albano, the legendary wrestling icon who bridged World Wrestling Entertainment and rock music after starring in Cyndi Lauper's music videos, has died. He was 76.
Albano was "one of the company's most popular and charismatic legends," read a statement on the WWE website. "WWE extends its ...
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Kandi Burris and Ashley Jewell
The ex-fiancé of Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss died after sustaining head injuries from a fight outside a strip club, according to Atlanta TV station WSBTV.
Ashley Jewell, also known as A.J., "received a serious blow to the head," Atlanta Police Lt. Keith Meadows told the station. Jewell was transported to a hospital where he
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Henry Gibson
Veteran character actor Henry Gibson died Monday. His son, Jon, told The New York Times the cause was cancer. He was 73.
Gibson was born James Bateman and went to college with Jon Voight, with whom he created a comedy team. Voight claims to have given Gibson his stage name as a tribute to Norwegian poet Henrik Ibsen (say it out loud with a Southern accent).
He was definitely one of those "oh, that guy" actors that you know, but can't place. Allow us to assist you.
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