Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Saul Landau Dead At 77
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Saul Landau, who profiled political leaders like Cuba's Fidel Castro and Chile's Salvador Allende, has died at age 77.
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Award-winning documentary filmmaker Saul Landau, who profiled political leaders like Cuba's Fidel Castro and Chile's Salvador Allende, has died at age 77.
Karen Black, the prolific actress who appeared in more than 100 movies and was featured in such counterculture favorites as "Easy Rider," ''Five Easy Pieces" and "Nashville," has died.
"The Sopranos" star James Gandolfini has died.
The Hollywood community—much like the world of politics, sports and news—reacted to the sudden death of "The Sopranos" star James Gandolfini on social media.
Longtime radio broadcaster Harry Birrell has died at the age of 85, KNX 1070 Newsradio announced Sunday.
Ken Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon. He was 82.
The Jim Henson Co. says Henson's partner in marriage and Muppets has died.
Phil Ramone, the masterful Grammy Award-winning engineer, arranger and producer whose platinum touch included recordings with Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon, died Saturday of complications stemming from heart surgery, his family said. He was 79.
For a time in Cold War America, Van Cliburn had all the trappings of a rock star: sold-out concerts, adoring, out-of-control fans and a name recognized worldwide. He even got a ticker-tape parade in New York City.
Shadow Morton, a 1960s pop-song writer and producer whose biggest credits include "Leader of the Pack" and "Remember (Walking in the Sand)," has died. He was 71.
Richard Adams, an early mover in the push for same-sex marriage both at the altar and in the courts, has died.
Deborah Raffin, an actress also who ran a successful audiobook company with the help of her celebrity friends, has died. She was 59.
Mervyn M. Dymally, former Lieutenant Governor of California, passed away Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 86.
The first black mayor of Inglewood and former state Senator Edward Vincent died Friday. He was 78.
Sage Stallone, son of actor Sly Stallone, died of a heart attack, the LA County Coroner has confirmed.
He may have been famous for walking on the moon, but the death of astronaut Neil Armstrong Saturday hit close to home in Southern California.
A manager for Phyllis Diller confirms to CBS News that the actress and comedian died Monday morning at her Los Angeles home.
Helen Gurley Brown, longtime editor of Cosmopolitan magazine and the author of the bestselling "Sex and the Single Girl," died at 90 years old in New York City Monday.
TMZ is reporting that Sage Stallone, son of actor Sylvester Stallone, might have been dead for several days inside his Hollywood Hills home.
A longtime spokesman for Ernest Borgnine told the Associated Press Sunday that the Oscar-award winning actor died in Los Angeles on Sunday. He was 95.
Television icon Andy Griffith died Tuesday at the age of 86.
Don Grady, who played one of the sons on the classic TV sitcom "My Three Sons," has died.
Nora Ephron, the essayist, author and filmmaker who challenged and thrived in the male-dominated worlds of movies and journalism, died Tuesday in Manhattan. She was 71.
Ray Bradbury, the science fiction-fantasy master who transformed his childhood dreams and Cold War fears into telepathic Martians, lovesick sea monsters, and, in uncanny detail, the high-tech, book-burning future of "Fahrenheit 451," has died. He was 91.
Actress Janet Carroll, who played the mother of Tom Cruise's character in the movie "Risky Business" and the mother of kooky Kimberly on "Melrose Place," has died. She was 71.