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Eve's Obits
"People are dying who never died before!"
Just-breaking show business obituaries from Eve Golden, film and theater historian, magazine writer and editor, and former obit writer for The Everett Collection.
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Recent Obits
Paul Karo, 1935 – 2025
Australian stage and TV actor Paul Karo , 89, died on April 4. Born in Scotland and raised in New Zealand, Karo moved to Australia in the...
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Robert McGinnis, 1926 – 2025
Illustrator Robert McGinnis , 99, died on March 10. He is best known for his movie posters, including numerous James Bond and Matt Helm...
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Robert Trebor, 1953 – 2025
Character actor (and palindrome!) Robert Trebor , 71, died of leukemia on March 11. The Philadelphia native hit New York after college,...
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Gordon Faith, 1931 – 2025
British character actor Gordon Faith , 94, died on April 3. From the 1950s-80s, he was seen frequently on the big and small screens, in...
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Johnny Tillotson, 1938 – 2025
Pop/country singer Johnny Tillotson , 86, died of Parkinson’s on April 1. He recorded such top-10 hits as "Poetry in Motion," "It Keeps...
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Val Kilmer, 1959 – 2025
Brooding, handsome leading man Val Kilmer , 65, died on April 1 after years of ill health. Kilmer became a star out of the gate with the...
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Lee Montague, 1927 – 2025
London-born actor Lee Montague , 97, died on March 31. Born Leonard Goldberg (I totally get it—a great-uncle changed his name from...
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Patty Maloney, 1936 – 2025
Actress, singer, and dancer Patty Maloney , 89, died on March 31. At 3’11’, she had a hard time getting good roles, but managed to get a...
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Omigawd, the Young Scooter death gets crazier and crazier
News sites are still scrambling to figure what the heck went down. Today’s story (via the usually reliable TMZ) says that a Mystery...
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Sian Barbara Allen, 1946 – 2025
Actress Sian Barbara Allen , 78, died on March 31. Born Barbara Pokrass (yeah, I can see why she changed that), she earned a 1973 Golden...
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Young Scooter death update
OK, that “leg injury” story has been expanded: his Wikipedia bio now says, “Bailey died on his 39th birthday, on March 28. Police in...
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Richard Chamberlain, 1934 – 2025
Richard Chamberlain , leading man of stage, screen, and TV, died on March 29. He was 90. The whisper-thin blond was best-known for his TV...
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Denis Arndt, 1939 – 2025
Actor Denis Arndt , 86, died on March 25. A decorated helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, he auditioned for a local play in Seattle...
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Bruce Glover, 1933 – 2025
Actor Bruce Glover —father of Crispin Glover—has died, his family announced on March 29. He was 92. The Chicago native held various odd...
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Young Scooter, 1986 – 2025
Rapper Kenneth Edward Rashaad Bailey , who performed as Young Scooter , 39, died on his birthday—March 28—in Atlanta. He was fleeing...
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Hy Eisman, 1927 – 2025
Cartoonist Hy Eisman , 98, died on March 27. As someone who still reads the comics (some unironically, others just to make fun of), I am...
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Clive Revill, 1930 – 2025
New Zealand-born actor Clive Revill , 94, died on March 11. While he spent most of his career onstage (both on the West End and Broadway,...
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Mark Dobies, 1959 – 2025
TV actor Mark Dobies , mostly known for his soaps, died on March 11. He was 65; no cause of death has been announced. Dobies had...
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Larry Tamblyn, 1943 – 2025
Actor and musician (The Standells) Larry Tamblyn , 82, died on March 21. The younger brother of actor Russ Tamblyn, Larry (vocals and...
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Rolf Schimpf, 1924 – 2025
German actor Rolf Schimpf , 100, died on March 22. When I see a German born in 1924, of course I go “ hmmmm ,” and looking up his war...
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George Foreman, 1949 – 2025
Boxer and occasional actor George Foreman , 76, died on March 21. Foreman was a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold...
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Jack Lilley, 1933 – 2025
Actor and stuntman Jack Lilley , 91, died on March 19. Lilley’s father rented horses to film studios, and did stunt work as well. Jack...
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Afdera Franchetti, 1931 – 2025
Socialite and movie-star wife Baroness Afdera Franchetti , 93, died recently, it was announced on March 21. Nicknamed “Lady Volcano,”...
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Jan Schwieterman, 1972 – 2025
Actor Jan Schwieterman , 52, died of cancer on Feb. 28. Schwieterman moved from Indiana to Hollywood after graduating high school, and...
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Sandra de Bruin, 1939 – 2025
Character actress Sandra de Bruin , 85, died of the flu (get your vaccines, dear readers!) on Jan. 30, it was just announced. Although...
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Wings Hauser, 1947 – 2025
Actor Gerald Dwight "Wings" Hauser , 77, died this week, it was announced on March 20. The son of writer and actor Dwight Hauser, he...
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Metrocards, 1993 – 2026
New York’s MTA has just announced that it will discontinue the hugely annoying Metrocard next year in favor of an even worse idea: you...
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Nadia Cassini, 1949 – 2025
Nadia Cassini , an American girl who moved to Italy and became a star of sex comedies, died on March 18. She was 76. Born in Woodstock,...
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Carole D’Andrea, 1937 – 2025
West Side Story dancer Carole D’Andrea , 87, died on March 17. D’Andrea played slinky Velma, the girlfriend of Riff (Mickey Calin...
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Lenny Schultz, 1933 – 2025
High-octane comic Lenny Schultz , 91, died on March 17. Schultz was said to be an influence on Robin Williams, Gallagher, and Carrot Top,...
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David Steven Cohen, 1967 – 2025
TV and movie writer David Steven Cohen , 58, died of cancer, it was announced on March 17. Cohen’s breakthrough project was the animated...
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Forever 21, 1984 – 2025
Fashion store Forever 21 announced on March 17 that it will be filing for a (second) bankruptcy, and will be shuttering all of its...
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Jesse Colin Young, 1941 – 2025
Singer/songwriter Jesse Colin Young , of the Youngbloods, died on March 16. He was 83. Young began performing in the early ’60s, and...
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Émilie Dequenne, 1981 – 2025
Belgian actress Émilie Dequenne , 43, died of adrenal cancer on March 16. Dequenne won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress...
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Eileen Bennett, 1919 – 2025
British actress Eileen Bennett , 105, died on March 9. The native Londoner appeared in about a dozen films from 1939-42, including He...
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Maria Grazia Spina, 1936 – 2025
Italian stage, screen, and TV actress Maria Grazia Spina , 88, died this week, it was announced today. Born in Venice, Spina never became...
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Peggy Parnass, 1927 – 2025
German writer and actress Peggy Parnass , 97, died on March 12. Parnass was the only one of her immediate family to survive the Holocaust...
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Maisie Trollette, 1933 – 2025
British drag queen David Raven , who performed as Maisie Trollette , died on March 12. He was 91. He was working as a waiter and drag...
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Dave Mallow, 1948 – 2025
Voice-over actor Dave Mallow , 76, died on March 11. After long career as Midwestern radio announcer, he moved to L.A. and was able to...
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Sir Francis Billy Hilly, 1948 – 2025
I don’t usually cover politics, but Sir Francis Billy Hilly ? I’m only human. He died on March 10, age 76; his bio begins, “Francis Billy...
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Wheesung, 1982 – 2025
Korean pop singer Choi Whee-sung , who performed as Wheesung , was found dead in his apartment on March 10. He was 43, and the cause was...
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Stanley R. Jaffe, 1940 – 2025
Blockbuster movie producer Stanley R. Jaffe , 84, died on March 10. From 1969 through 2002, Jaffe produced such hits as Goodbye Columbus,...
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Beau Dozier, 1979 – 2025
Songwriter and record producer Beau Dozier , 45, died this week, it was announced on March 10 (what wasn’t announced was how he died)....
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Simon Fisher-Becker, 1961 – 2025
British character actor Simon Fisher-Becker , 63, died on March 9. The London-born actor had a long career in theater and radio, as well...
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Athol Fugard, 1932 – 2025
South African playwright Athol Fugard , 92, died on March 8. Perhaps South Africa’s most famed author, many of his plays and books dealt...
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Joe Nickell, 1944 – 2025
Professional skeptic Joe Nickell , 80, died this week ( . . . or did he?). Nickell was a senior research fellow for the Committee for...
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Gene Hackman update
Yes, like Francisco Franco, he is still dead—but we are getting more details in this awful mystery. Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65,...
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Selwyn Raab, 1934 – 2025
Real-life "Kojak" Selwyn Raab , 90, died on March 4. Raab worked his way up through jobs at The Star-Ledger in Newark, The New York...
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Pamela Bach, 1963 – 2025
Actress Pamela Bach , who was married to David Hasselhoff from 1989-2006, shot herself in her Los Angeles home on March 5. She was 61....
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Roy Ayers, 1940 – 2025
Jazz musician and composer Roy Ayers , 84, died on March 4. The vibraphone player was variously referred to as a post-bop, jazz-funk,...
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