Cindy Morgan, who played Lacey Underall alongside Chevy Chase in “Caddyshack” and also starred in “Tron,” has died at 69. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office told TheWrap in a statement that Morgan had been found dead on Dec. 30 at 10:52 p.m. local time in her home. A woman identified as her roommate told … Read more
January 1, 2024 @ 3:05 PM Jazz pianist and vocalist Les McCann died Friday at the age of 88, his longtime manager Alan Abrahams confirmed to multiple media outlets. The musician was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital with pneumonia last week. His biggest hit was the 1968 Vietnam war protest song “Compared to What,” … Read more
January 1, 2024 @ 2:08 PM Ana Ofelia Murguía, a renowned Mexican actress who voiced Mama Coco in the 2017 Pixar film “Coco,” died Sunday at the age of 90. The news of her passing was shared on social media by Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature, aka … Read more
December 31, 2023 @ 12:17 PM Australian documentarian and investigative journalist John Pilger died on Saturday at age 84, his family announced on social media. “It is with great sadness the family of John Pilger announce he died yesterday 30 December 2023 in London aged 84,” read the announcement on Pilger’s X (formerly Twitter) account. … Read more
December 31, 2023 @ 11:15 AM Shecky Greene, a stand-up comedian and highly paid headliner in Las Vegas in the ’50s and ’60s, has died at 97. He died of natural causes on Sunday morning at his home in Las Vegas, his wife of 41 years Marie Musso Greene told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The … Read more
Richard Romanus, an actor best known for his roles in “Mean Streets” and on “The Sopranos” as well as voice acting, died Dec. 23 of undisclosed causes. He was 80. Romanus was a longtime resident of Skiathos, Greece, and according to his son, he died in a private hospital in the city of Volos. Born … Read more
December 30, 2023 @ 12:39 PM Maurice Hines, whose tap dancing prowess graced countless Broadway, TV and film productions as a dancer, choreographer and actor, died Friday, several of his longtime friends announced. Debbie Allen, who starred alongside Hines in the all-Black cast of the 2001 tour of “Guys and Dolls,” confirmed Hines’ death in … Read more
December 30, 2023 @ 9:50 AM Tom Wilkinson, the celebrated British actor who appeared in movies “The Full Monty,” “Shakespeare in Love” and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” has passed away at age 75. “It is with great sadness that the family of Tom Wilkinson announce that he died suddenly at home on December 30. … Read more
December 29, 2023 @ 3:21 PM Lewis “Lew” Rothman, an entertainment executive who led the Weinstein Company and was the Head of Business Affairs and Operations for Strategy PR, died at his home in East Hampton on Dec. 22 at the age of 63. Rothman started as chief technology officer at the Weinstein Company in … Read more
December 29, 2023 @ 1:57 PM Bram Inscore, the songwriter and music producer known for his work with Troye Sivan, BTS and Beck, has died at the age of 41. The instrumentalist died by suicide following a struggle with depression, TheWrap has confirmed. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of … Read more