- 5/14/13 /
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Dr. Joyce Brothers Dies at 85
She was arguably the original TV therapist.
Obits
- 4/26/13 /
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George Jones, Country-Music Star, Dies at 81
Frank Sinatra once called him "the second best singer in America."
- 4/4/13 /
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Edelstein on Roger Ebert: Farewell to the Mayor of Movie Critic-Ville
The work of this most famous of film writers was accessible to people who normally had no patience for critics.
- 4/4/13 /
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Roger Ebert Dies at 70
Sadly, just a day after announcing his "leave of presence."
- 4/1/13 /
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Buckwild’s Shain Gandee Dead at 21
His body was found this morning in West Virginia.
- 3/30/13 /
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Grammy-Winning Producer Phil Ramone Dead at 79
He worked with pretty much everyone.
- 3/19/13 /
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Seitz on TV Producer and Writer Henry Bromell: 1947-2013
The 66-year-old recently wrote one of Homeland's best episodes.
- 3/14/13 /
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David Edelstein on the Spirit of the Boston Phoenix
"We could all write what we wanted, for which I am still grateful."
- 3/3/13 /
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Saltz on Critic Thomas McEvilley, 1939–2013
The father of art world multiculturalism has died.
- 3/1/13 /
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One Day at a Time Star Bonnie Franklin Has Died
She was an icon for single moms (and kids).
- 1/18/13 /
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Seitz on The Wire’s Robert Chew, a.k.a. Prop Joe, Dead at 52
Rest in peace.
- 1/8/13 /
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Justin Davidson on Ada Louise Huxtable, 1921–2013
"At 90, she was still writing circles around the rest of us."
- 12/26/12 /
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Thunderbirds Co-Creator Gerry Anderson Dead at 83
Thunderbirds are sad.
- 12/25/12 /
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Jack Klugman and Charles Durning, Character-Actor Greats, Pass Away
Tip a glass to two iconic faces of movies, TV, and theater.
- 12/5/12 /
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Dave Brubeck: The Man Behind One of Jazz’s Most Popular Albums
Dave Brubeck, who died this morning at 91.
- 12/5/12 /
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Jazz Legend Dave Brubeck Dead at Age 91
He was best known for the song "Take Five."
- 11/24/12 /
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Seitz on Dallas’s Larry Hagman
The actor died at 81, having pulled off one of the most unlikely reinventions in American TV.
- 11/24/12 /
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Larry Hagman, Dallas’s J.R. Ewing, Dies at 81
He played the oil baron for more than a dozen years.
- 10/18/12 /
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Emmanuelle’s Sylvia Kristel Dead at Age 60
The 1974 erotic French film was her breakout role.
- 10/13/12 /
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Eighties TV Host Gary Collins Dies
The longtime Miss America Pageant emcee was 74.
- 10/11/12 /
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Cinematographer Harris Savides Dies
He was a favorite of Fincher, Van Sant, and Coppola.
- 9/1/12 /
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‘Say a Little Prayer’ and ‘What the World Needs Now Is Love’ Lyricist Dies
Hal David, who collaborated with Burt Bacharach on dozens of nice songs, was 91.
- 8/20/12 /
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Edelstein on Tony Scott: A Director Incapable of Sitting Still
Fluidity, choreography, patterns of flux within the frame — none of these interested him as much as fractured montage.
- 8/20/12 /
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Phyllis Diller Is Dead
The legendary comic actress was 95.
- 8/20/12 /
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Director Tony Scott Jumps Off L.A. Bridge in Apparent Suicide [Updated]
The True Romance and Man on Fire director was 68.