Kirk Douglas, longtime influential movie star, dies at 103
HILLEL ITALIE
AP National Writer
Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in "Spartacus," "Lust for Life" and dozens of...
‘Naughty boy’: Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77
JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Terry Jones, a founding member of the anarchic Monty Python troupe who was hailed by colleagues as "the...
Temecula resident, ‘Colors of the Mountain’ author Da Chen dies at 57
JOHN ROGERS
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Da Chen, the brilliant storyteller who drew from the hardships he suffered as a persecuted child growing...
Neil Peart, drummer for influential rockers Rush, dead at 67
SANTA MONICA (AP) — Neil Peart, the renowned drummer and lyricist from the influential Canadian band Rush, has died. He was 67.
His representative, Elliot...
Prolific ‘Graduate’ writer-actor Buck Henry dies at 89
ANDREW DALTON
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Buck Henry, "The Graduate" co-writer who as screenwriter, character actor, "Saturday Night Live" host and cherished talk-show...
‘Prozac Nation’ author Elizabeth Wurtzel dies at age 52
NEW YORK (AP) — Elizabeth Wurtzel, whose blunt and painful confessions of her struggles with addiction and depression in the best-selling "Prozac Nation" made...
Acclaimed Conceptual artist John Baldessari dies at 88
JOHN ROGERS
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Baldessari, who pioneered a new genre of art in the 1970s and in the process helped...
Charles Ervin Confer
Charles Ervin Confer died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. He was born Saturday, Feb. 2, 1946, in Beloit, Wisconsin, to his parents, Charles and Carolyn...
DJ Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79
DAVID BAUDER
AP Media Writer
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Disc jockey Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue...
‘Mame,’ ‘Hello, Dolly!’ composer Jerry Herman dies at 88
MARK KENNEDY
Associated Press
Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Herman, who wrote the cheerful, good-natured music and lyrics for such classic shows as "Mame," "Hello, Dolly!"...