death

By now you have probably heard the news that James Gandolfini has died.  He was best known for his portrayal of a mob boss in the HBO smasher "The Sopranos".

Meshell Foxworth was likely on a break outside the Lufkin IHOP restaurant where she worked, when a lightning strike ended her life late Tuesday night.

Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of "The Doors" (1965-1973), is gone at 74.

Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on Thursday, Lincoln County (N.C.) police said. The discovery of Trickle's body near the Forest Lawn Cemetery came after the Lincoln County Communications Center had received a call earlier in the day from someone — whom they believe was Trickle — that "there would be a dead body and it wo

Richie Havens is dead at 72 of a sudden heart attack.

Between 1982 and 1996, The Divinyls made six albums, and like me, I'm willing to bet you can't name one LP, but I'm also willing to bet that you can sing the chorus of their top five single that was released in 1991.

Obviously enough is NOT being done about the war on terrorism, and whether the cowards who set-off the blasts are the domestic type, or from one of the many countries spewing hate for America, this afternoon's explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon is yet another wake-up call to fire a majority of the politicians in Washington and start over!

He was brilliant with a quick wit, and did it old school - without dropping ONE "F"-bomb. Jonathan Winters gave us reasons to laugh for over five decades, and because of his unlavish, yuckster persona, spot-on improvisation, and potpourri of character goofballs, Jim Carrey and Robin Williams made it big in comedy.

For those of us familiar with the Mickey Mouse Club of the 1950s, and the beach party rage movies of the early 1960s, will be sad to hear that Annette Funicello has died.

Pioneering British guitarist Peter Banks has died. Best known for his work as the original guitarist in the seminal progressive rock band Yes, the musician was a trailblazer in the progressive rock movement of the '70s that also spawned Genesis, Pink Floyd, ELP and Jethro Tull. He passed away last Friday (March 8) at his home in London at the age of 65.

On September 26, 2012, I reported that Bonnie Franklin, the star of the 1970s television sitcom "One Day At A Time", was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.  Today, she passed away from the disease.

Only nine days after the passing of Temptations singer Otis "Damon" Harris, Richard Street, who joined the group in the 1970s, has also died.