Rudy Boesch, one of the first contestants to ever appear on Survivor, has died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, PEOPLE confirms. He was 91.
He was my and my family’s favorite (I watched the first three or so iterations). Though he was sometimes crude, he was a pretty tough and cool old dude.
Rick Ludwin, the longtime NBC programming executive who became the network champion of an offbeat sitcom called “Seinfeld,” died Sunday, Nov. 10, in Los Angeles after a brief illness. The Cleveland native and Miami University graduate was 71.
Rick Ludwin, the longtime NBC programming executive who became the network champion of an offbeat sitcom called “Seinfeld,” died Sunday, Nov. 10, in Los Angeles after a brief illness. The Cleveland native and Miami University graduate was 71.
It is cool to think that occasionally even TV evecs take a chance on something new before it becomes a formula.
Lawrence G. Paull, the production designer and art director who received an Oscar nomination for his work on the Ridley Scott sci-fi classic Blade Runner, died Sunday in La Jolla, California, a publicist announced. He was 81.
Irish actor and comedian Niall Tóibín has died aged 89. The star has passed away following a long illness, according to RTÉ. Tóibín was best known for his role in Jerry Bruckheimer’s award-winning film Veronica Guerin, in which he played Judge Ballaugh alongside Cate Blanchett. The Cork-born actor also appeared in Ryan’s Daughter in 1970 and went on to appear in the TV series Bracken, Ballykissangel and Brideshead Revisited. Other roles from his career, which spanned four decades, include The Ballroom of Romance, Far and Away and The Clinic.
Virginia Leith, who starred in Fear and Desire, the first feature directed by Stanley Kubrick, before turning in her most famous role — that of a disembodied head in a pan in the schlock classic The Brain That Wouldn't Die — has died. She was 94.
British music and film producer Nik Powell, who was among the Virgin Group co-founders with Richard Branson and became an influential force in U.K. cinema, producing more than 60 titles including Neil Jordan’s Oscar-winning “The Crying Game,” died Thursday at age 69.
William Wintersole, who appeared in Young and the Restless and General Hospital, has passed away, his daughter announced on Wednesday. The veteran actor was 88 years old.
Wintersole died peacefully at his home in Los Angeles, where he had lived for more than 40 years, on November 5.
He also served as an assistant director on 'The Getaway,' 'Freebie and the Bean,' 'Tron' and 'Charlie's Angels.'
Lorin Salob, an assistant director, production manager and Emmy-winning producer with credits including The Getaway, Charlie's Angels, Tron and A Woman Named Jackie, has died. He was 77.
Jean Heywood, who has died aged 98, was a character actor who found herself catapulted to national fame in 1976 as Bella, the matriarch who holds the poverty-stricken Seaton family together in the BBC TV drama When the Boat Comes In, James Mitchell’s story of a recession-hit Tyneside community between the two world wars.
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