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Terry Louise Fisher, the co-creator of L.A. Law and a writer for Cagney & Lacey, has died. She was 79. The three-time Emmy winner died in her sleep Tuesday in Laguna Hills, CA, following a long, undisclosed illness, Fisher’s cousin Sharone Rosen told Variety. Related…

HGTV programming boss Loren Ruch died Thursday morning at the age of 55, parent company Warner Bros Discovery has confirmed. Ruch, who was head of content at the WBD-owned cable network, had been battling acute myeloid leukemia. Ruch was a popular figure within the unscripted television business…

Ananda Lewis, an MTV VJ and talk show host, has died. She was 52. Lewis’ sister Lakshmi took to social media to share news of her death on Wednesday, June 11. “She's free, and in His heavenly arms,” she said in a Facebook post. “Lord, rest her soul.” In 2020, Lewis revealed she had…

Harris Yulin, the acclaimed actor who starred in such Broadway productions as Hedda Gabler, The Price, The Visit and Watch on the Rhine and in the films Scarface, Clear and Present Danger, Ghostbusters, and Training Day, among many others, died June 10 in New York City of cardiac arrest. He was…

Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, an inventor of what would be called the surf rock sound of the 1960s, a profound and influential voice of the era’s adolescent experience and one of the universally acclaimed geniuses of the rock generation, has died. He was 82. His family announced…

Chris Robinson, whose more than 100 TV and film roles were dominated by doctor characters on TV soaps to the extent that the actor appeared in a commercial intoning, “I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV,” setting off a national catchphrase and late-night TV punchline, died June 9 of heart failure…

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson directed the Sly Stone documentary Sly Lives! (AKA The Burden of Black Genius that premiered at Sundance this year, and now he has penned a moving tribute to his subject, who died Monday at 82. “Sly was a giant — not just for his groundbreaking work with the Family…

Sly Stone, a Grammy winner whose pioneering funk-rock group Sly and the Family Stone produced groundbreaking albums and singles — three of which topped the Billboard Hot 100 — and was the subject of this year’s feature documentary Sly Lives!, died today. He was 82. His family said he died after…

Frederick Forsyth, the British novelist behind The Day Of The Jackal, The Odessa File, The Dogs Of War and several other books that were turned into movies or TV shows, died today in Kent, England, his agent Jonathan Lloyd told the BBC. He was 86. Related Stories …

Pippa Scott, the veteran actress who appeared in such films like 1958’s six-time Oscar-nominated Auntie Mame and 1956’s The Searchers, has died at the age of 90. Per The Hollywood Reporter, she died May 22 of congenital heart failure at her Santa Monica home, her daughter Miranda Tollman told…

Wayne Lewis, a founding member of the R&B band Atlantic Starr who sang vocals, played the keyboard and penned hits like “Always” and “Secret Lovers,” died June 5, the group announced on social media. A cause of death was not revealed. Related Stories …

Broadway’s inaugural group marquee dimming to honor multiple artists and industry members who have passed away will pay tribute to such luminaries as Gene Hackman, Linda Lavin, Helen Gallagher, Quincy Jones, Ken Page and Joan Plowright, among others. The dimming of all 41 Broadway marquees will…