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King of Pop, Michael Jackson, who lent his voice to Leon Kompowski in Season 3’s ‘Stark Raving Dad’ is dead today aged 50.

James Brown, the dynamic US singer known as the “Godfather of Soul,” whose rasping vocals and revolutionary rhythms made him a founder of rap, funk and disco, died early today in Atlanta, his agent said. Brown was one of the major musical influences of the past 50 years. He won a Grammy award for lifetime [...]

Actor Dennis Weaver, best known for his roles in US TV series Gunsmoke and McCloud, has died at the age of 81. “He was a wonderful man and a fine actor, and we will all miss him,” said former Gunsmoke co-star Burt Reynolds. Born in Missouri in 1924, Weaver’s 50-year career included roles in Spielberg’s [...]

Bob Denver, who bumbled and stumbled his way to television stardom as goofy castaway Gilligan in the 1960s comedy “Gilligan’s Island,” died on Friday, at the age of 70. According to his agent Mike Eisenstadt, the actor died at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in North Carolina, of complications from cancer treatment. In addition [...]

Academy Award winning actress Anne Bancroft has died at the age of 73. A spokesman for Bancroft’s husband, Mel Brooks, said that Bancroft passed away Monday night at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Ms. Bancroft had been suffering from uterine cancer. Bancroft won her Oscar for portraying Anne Sullivan, the teacher of young Helen [...]

Johnny Carson, who defined American comedy for 30 years as the king of late-night television and quintessential host of NBC’s Tonight Show, died Sunday at age 79. His nephew, Jeff Sotzing, told the Associated Press, “Mr. Carson passed away peacefully early Sunday morning. He was surrounded by his family, whose loss will be immeasurable. There [...]

Rodney Dangerfield, the bug-eyed comic whose self-deprecating one-liners brought him stardom in clubs, television and movies and made his lament “I don’t get no respect” a catchphrase, died Tuesday. He was 82. Dangerfield, who fell into a coma after undergoing heart surgery, died at 1:20 p.m., said publicist Kevin Sasaki. Dangerfield had a heart valve [...]