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Glamorous socialite and actress Zsa Zsa Gabor died in Los Angeles at the age of 99 on Sunday of a heart attack according to her husband, Frederic von Anhalt. “We tried everything, but her heart just stopped and that was it,” he said. “Even the ambulance tried very hard to get her back, but there…

Alan Thicke, Canadian actor, game show host, and songwriter, passed away of a heart attack while playing hockey with his son, Carter, in Los Angeles. Born in Ontario, Canada, in 1947, Thicke launched into the entertainment world on the Canadian television variety show, “It’s Our Stuff,” going on to serve as a producer on the…

Former astronaut and American icon John Glenn died on Thursday at the age of 95 at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The reason for his death was not disclosed. Glenn, who was an aviator, an engineer and a democrat senator Ohio–was recently hospitalized for an illness at James Cancer Hospital over a week ago, but…

Another star has fallen from the sky. Florence Henderson was everybody’s mom when she played the congenial and perky Carol Brady on the popular show the “Brady Bunch” during the 1960s and during the 1970s. Today we say “goodbye” to Henderson who passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 82 from heart failure.…

Gwen Ifill broke barriers as a black female journalist and as the news anchor of PBS “NewsHour” and as the managing editor of “Washington Week.” She died from endometrial cancer on Nov.14 at a hospice center in Washington at the age of 61. Ifill was considered one of the most prominent journalists of her generation…

Shimon Peres has passed away at age 93. Peres was the Israeli elder statesman who shared a Nobel Prize for forging a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians. He served as a constant force for generations in Israeli politics. Peres died after suffering a massive stroke two weeks ago. He had been making progress but…

Legendary golf pro Arnold Palmer passed away from heart failure. He was 87.  Palmer was admitted to a Pittsburgh hospital on Thursday after having complications, and the condition became progressively worse over the weekend, according to published reports and Arnold Palmer Enterprises.  Palmer is and will always be touted as one of the most successful…

Curtis Hanson, an Academy Award-winning filmmaker, passed away at the age of 71. He was found unresponsive in his home by the Los Angeles Police Department and died of natural causes. Hanson won an Oscar for co-writing the screenplay of 1997’s  neo-noir drama “L.A. Confidential,” which he also directed. This perhaps his most known acclaimed…

Charmian Carr, who played Liesl Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, has died after complications from a rare form of dementia. She passed away in Los Angeles this past Saturday. She was 73. In the 1965 film version of the musical The Sound of Music the actress portrayed the oldest von Trapp daughter and famously performed the song “Sixteen…

At the age of 83, actor and comedian Gene Wilder has passed away due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. His nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlsman said Wilder died late Sunday at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. Gene Wilder’s acting career began in the 1960’s, but became known for his prominent roles in Mel Brooks’ comedies. Wilder became…

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