celebrity obituaries

Celebrity Obituaries

Cancer claims Kathryn Joosten and DH 's Mrs. McCluskey

Kathryn Joosten, famous for her Desperate Housewives role as Mrs. McCluskey, has died at the age of 72 from lung cancer -- much like...

Celebrity Obituaries

Thomas Kinkade died of drug, booze overdose

Thomas Kinkade's alcoholism contributed to his death after all: The painter died from an overdose of alcohol and drugs, according to...

Celebrity Obituaries

The Beastie Boys react to MCA's death

Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz and Michael "Mike D" Diamond finally spoke out about the death of their Beastie Boys' bandmate, Adam 'MCA'...

Celebrity Obituaries

Celebrities react to Adam Yauch's sad death

Sad news: Rapper MCA of the Beastie Boys -- real name Adam Yauch -- lost his three-year battle with cancer on Friday, according to...

Television

Dick Clark: His best moments remembered

Dick Clark's sad death on April 18 at 82 means we won't see him hosting another episode of American Bandstand or the $20,000...

Celebrity Obituaries

Goodbye icon: Dick Clark dead at 82

Beloved television personality and pop icon Dick Clark died today at the age of 82. Read on to find out more about his hugely...

Celebrity Obituaries

Mike Wallace dead at 93

We've lost a television pioneer. Mike Wallace, a journalism legend has died at the age of 93. The reporter spent over 50 years...

Music

Sounds of Whitney rise to top of music charts

Whitney Houston's songs and albums have impacted the musical charts in a big way in the week since the songstress was found dead in...

Celebrity Obituaries

Prescription drugs, alcohol killed Whitney Houston, family told

Officials with the Los Angeles Coroner's Office have reportedly told the family of Whitney Houston that the late singing superstar...

Celebrity Obituaries

Shemar Moore: Don Cornelius may have had dementia

Actor Shemar Moore, who replaced Don Cornelius as the host of Soul Train after his retirement in 1993, says he believes the TV...

Music

Nick Carter: The show must go on

Nick Carter isn't leaving a lot of time to grieve over his sister's death -- he's going back on tour already this week to honor...

Celebrity Obituaries

Soul Train creator Don Cornelius dead of apparent suicide

Don Cornelius, the man who created and hosted the urban dance program Soul Train, is dead at 75. Cornelius was found dead in his...

Celebrity Obituaries

Nick and Aaron Carter mourn death of sister

Leslie Carter -- the younger sister of singing stars Nick and Aaron Carter -- died in upstate New York on Tuesday, a family...

Music

Etta James' album sales soar in week following death

Total sales for Etta James' albums have jumped by 378 percent and impacted the Billboard charts in the week since her death,...

Celebrity Obituaries

Welcome Back, Kotter's Robert Hegyes has died

Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican high schooler Juan Epstein on the 1970s television sitcom...

Celebrity Obituaries

George Clooney's TV dad James Farentino dies

TV veteran James Farentino has died. The New York native passed away after suffering from a long illness. He was 73 years old.

Celebrity Obituaries

Blues icon Etta James dead at 73

"At Last" singer Etta James died Friday from leukemia -- but her musical influence lives on.

Celebrity Obituaries

Freestyle skier Sarah Burke dead after accident

Canadian X-Games champion Sarah Burke passed away nine days after a violent course accident in Utah.

Celebrity Obituaries

Joe Simon, co-creator of Captain America, dies

Captain America creator Joe Simon passed away last week.

Celebrity Obituaries

M*A*S*H star Harry Morgan dead at 96

Everyone's favorite Colonel has died. Harry Morgan, who was best known for his role on TV's M*A*S*H , has passed away. He died on...

Celebrity Obituaries

Roy Orbison's widow dead at 60

Barbara Orbison passed away on Tuesday from pancreatic cancer. Find out the special bond she now shares with her husband in death.