deaths
Big Screen
Nashville, Laugh In Star Henry Gibson Passes On
7:06AM Richard Rushfield | One of the gigantic comic character actors of modern times, Henry Gibson, died today at age 73 after battling cancer. More »
Print
Veteran Hollywood Reporter Army Archerd, 87
12:06PM Andrew Belonsky | Once upon a time, back when Hollywood-related media was relatively quaint, there was a man named Army Archerd. After covering the entertainment scene for the Associated Press, in 1956 he moved to Variety, where his column became a hit. More »
Music
DJ AM Found Dead
10:12AM Ryan Tate | Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein, the nightclub disk jockey who not one year ago narrowly escaped death in a jet crash, was found dead in his New York apartment. He was 36. More »
Online
Happy Second Anniversary Of The Death Of Fidel Castro
1:26AM Pareene | As Perez Hilton readers know, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro died two years ago today, when he fell off some cliffs in New Zealand while filming a movie with Jeff Goldblum. Despite that, the Cubans keep releasing new photos of him! More »
Small Screen
Don Hewitt, 60 Minutes Creator Dies
1:55AM Hamilton Nolan | Don Hewitt, the American creator of 60 Minutes, has died at the age of 86.
Flotsam & Jetsam
Surprise! Dead Baby Is Actually Alive
10:44AM Foster Kamer | A prematurely born baby: died, given a death certificate, had funeral arrangements made for him. Then he started crying from his coffin. [Guanabee]
People
Cocaine Implicated in Billy Mays’ Death
7:00AM Ryan Tate | Billy Mays died from heart disease, but final autopsy reports cite cocaine was a contributing factor in the TV ad-man’s death, AP reports. More »
People
John Hughes’ Pen Pal Speaks
7:45PM the cajun boy | This is probably the best remembrance of John Hughes you could ever possibly read.
People
Today In Autopsies
3:22AM John Cook | Happy Autopsy Day! Michael Jackson’s revealed him to be a hairless disfigured ghoul, but was also fake. Billie Mays’ found that he died of heart failure, not head trauma after a rough aeroplane landing. More »
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