Mickey Rooney, once the world’s biggest movie star and an enduring icon of Hollywood’s golden age, has died. He was 93 years old. Reports of Rooney’s death first emerged from TMZ, though his son Michael Joseph Rooney eventually confirmed his passing. Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith took a death report at Rooney’s North Hollywood home Though […]
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James Rebhorn, invaluable supporting player, dead at 65
March 24, 2014 
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James Rebhorn, the reliable and esteemed character actor with more than 100 credits to his name, has died from melanoma. He was 65 years old. Rebhorn’s agent Dianne Busch confirmed his passing to The Hollywood Reporter. He was first diagnosed with melanoma in 1992, surviving a further 22-years before succumbing in his New Jersey home […]
Continue readingHarold Ramis, of ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Stripes’ fame, dies aged 69
February 25, 2014 0 Comments
Actor, writer, director and all-round comedy great Harold Ramis has died following a battle with an autoimmune disease that had kept him from working for the past half-decade. He was 69 years old. Best known for his on-screen performances as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters and Russell Ziskey in Stripes, he was also an acclaimed screenwriter responsible for the script […]
Continue readingR.I.P. Shirley Temple
February 12, 2014 0 Comments
Child star, enduring screen icon, and U.S. diplomat Shirley Temple has died at the age of 85 from natural causes. Her publicist, Cheryl Kagan, noted that she passed away on Monday evening in her San Francisco home, surrounded by family and caregivers. Before she was even ten years old, Temple starred in a series of […]
Continue readingR.I.P. Peter O’Toole
December 16, 2013 0 Comments
One of the greats is gone. Peter O’Toole, the eight-time Oscar nominee who starred in Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter, Goodbye Mr. Chips, and a host of other fine films, has passed away. According to his agent, Steve Kenis, he succumbed in a London hospital on Saturday, following a battle with a long […]
Continue readingR.I.P. James Gandolfini
June 20, 2013 0 Comments
James Gandolfini, the three-time Emmy winning actor best known for portraying mob boss Tony Soprano with surprising heart and humour, has died while holidaying in Italy. He was 51 years old. Gandolfini’s representatives confirmed his passing on Wednesday evening, though they did not state a cause of death. HBO’s initial statement suggested he succumbed to […]
Continue readingR.I.P. Michael Clarke Duncan
September 4, 2012 0 Comments
Michael Clarke Duncan, the Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated star of The Green Mile and a regular, warm presence in many a film, has died of a myocardial infarction. He was 54. Duncan had suffered a heart attack on July 13, but the quick actions of his girlfriend Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth reportedly saved his life. The actor finally […]
Continue readingR.I.P. Frank Pierson
July 25, 2012 0 Comments
Frank Pierson, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Dog Day Afternoon and a consultant on Mad Men, has died of natural causes following a short illness. He was 87 years old. Pierson originally wrote for the TV series Naked City and Route 66 before penning the classic films Cat Ballou and Cool Hand Luke, for which he […]
Continue readingR.I.P. Whitney Houston
February 13, 2012 1 Comment
Singing sensation and star of The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston, was found dead at the Beverly Hilton Hotel over the weekend. She was 48 years old. Though the cause of death has not yet been disclosed, it is understood the pop legend was discovered in the bathtub by her bodyguard. The troubled singer had been battling addiction […]
Continue readingR.I.P. Elizabeth Taylor
March 23, 2011 0 Comments
Screen icon and two-time Academy Award winner Elizabeth Taylor has died from congestive heart failure. She was 79 years old. According to a spokeswoman, the actress was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Hospital – where she was admitted six weeks ago – surrounded by her four children. Elizabeth Rosamond Taylor was born in Hampstead, London to […]
Continue readingR.I.P. Pete Postlethwaite
January 4, 2011 2 Comments
Pete Postlethwaite, the prolific British actor who appeared in Romeo and Juliet, The Usual Suspects, and most recently, Inception, has died of cancer at the Royal Shewsbury Hospital. He was 64 years old. Postlethwaite was first diagnosed with cancer in 1990, yet he appeared in more than 45 films from that point until his death. […]
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