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Richard Moll, best known as the towering bailiff “Bull Shannon” on the long-running NBC sitcom Night Court, died Oct. 26 at his home in Big Bear Lake, Calif. He was 80 and no cause was given by his family. Standing 6'8″, Moll was a character actor, but worked steadily during his career. Night Court…

Anthony Holden, whose chronicles of the Royal Family’s troubles caused him to be referred to once as “The Most Reviled Man in Britain,” died on Oct. 7 at his home in London. He was 76 and had a brain tumor, his son Ben said. A gossip columnist for the Sunday Times in London, Holden wrote a biography…

Investigative reporter Arnold Diaz, whose popular “Shame On You” consumer series ran for more than 20 years, has died at 74 after battling multiple myeloma. Diaz retired in 2022 after a 50-year career in television journalism, during which he won 48 Emmy Awards. One of the original television…

Pam Jackson, a longtime executive of the former 20th Century Fox International Distribution division of 21st Century Fox, has died. Jackson passed away September 27 in Los Angeles, surrounded by family, after a long battle with cancer. She was 65. Jackson most recently served as Vice President…

Rock Brynner, who escaped the shadow of his iconic actor father Yul Brynner to launch a multifaceted career, died Oct. 13 in Salisbury, Connecticut. He was 76 and was in hospice battling complications of multiple myeloma, according to family friend Maria Cuomo Cole. Like many children of major…

Richard Roundtree died and Hollywood is reacting to the news as they remember the late actor. Samuel L. Jackson was one of the first celebrities to pay tribute to Roundtree having worked together in the reboot of Shaft. Jackson said that Roundtree’s “passing leaves a deep hole not only in my…

Richard Roundtree, who broke ground with his signature role in the Shaft movie franchise, passed away this afternoon, Oct. 24, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer with his family at his bedside. He was 81. Roundtree’s career spanned five decades and included everything from his most popular…

Bill Kenwright, the British West End theater and movie producer, who also acted in Coronation Street, has died aged 78. Everton Football Club, at which Kenwright was Chairman for two decades, shared the news on X, stating that he had “passed away peacefully last night aged 78, surrounded by his…

Roland A. Pattillo, the gynecologic oncologist who played a pivotal role in bringing the case of Henrietta Lacks to public awareness and was played by Ruben Santiago-Hudson in the 2017 HBO movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, died of Parkinson's disease on May 3 at his home outside Atlanta. He was…

Veteran character actress Elizabeth Hoffman, perhaps best known for her role as Beatrice Reed Ventnor, mother of the titular sisters played by Swoosie Kurtz, Sela Ward, Patricia Kalember and Julianne Phillips, on NBC’s ’90s drama series Sisters, has died. Hoffman passed away of natural causes on Aug. 21…

Dusty Frances Street, one of the first female disc jockeys on the West Coast, died Saturday in Eugene, Ore. She was 77. She was most recently the host of SiriusXM Deep Tracks, but is best known for her time working at KROQ-FM, known as K-Rock. The station became a force in punk and new wave music in…

Elaine Devry, whose career spanned film and dozens of television shows, died Sept. 20 at her home in Grants Pass, Oregon. She was 93 and no cause was given by the funeral home, which listed her under her married name of Davis. Devry was the fourth wife of actor Mickey Rooney. After marrying…