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Wayne Kramer, the cofounder and guitarist-vocalist of the iconic Detroit punk band MC5, has died at age 75. The news was shared on Kramer and MC5's official social media pages today, but a cause of death was not disclosed. Born Wayne Kambes on April 30, 1948, the guitarist formed the MC5 (for Motor…

Don Murray, who rose to fame co-starring with Marilyn Monroe in 1956’s Bus Stop and enjoyed a prolific career that stretched into the 21st Century with Twin Peaks: The Return in 2017, has died. He was 94. His death was announced by his son Christopher to The New York Times. No additional details were…

Carl Weathers died Tuesday at 76, it was announced today. And as the news spread, reactions began to pour forth from across Hollywood and the sports world. Pedro Pascal, Weathers’ fellow traveler in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, wrote simply, "words fail 💔," with a photo of a younger…

UPDATED with Giancarlo Esposito statement: The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal is remembering his former co-star Carl Weathers.  In an Instagram message posted following news of Weathers’ death, Pascal wrote simply "words fail 💔," next to a headshot of a younger Weathers. Weathers, the star of Roc…

Adam Sandler paid tribute today to his Happy Gilmore co-star Carl Weathers, remembering the late actor as a “true legend.” “A true great man,” Sandler posted on X/Twitter. “Great dad. Great actor. Great athlete. So much fun to be around always. Smart as hell. Loyal as hell. Funny as hell. Loved his…

Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films and appeared in Predator, The Mandalorian, Happy Gilmore, Action Jackson, Arrested Development and dozens of other films and TV shows, died Thursday, his family announced. He was 76. “We are deeply saddened to announce the…

Mark Gustafson, who alongside Guillermo del Toro directed 2022’s Oscar-winning animated feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, died February 1 at 64 following a heart attack. Del Toro confirmed the news on social media, writing that Gustafson was “a pillar of stop-motion animation- a true artist. A…

Elizabeth Banks has honored Melinda Ledbetter, the late wife of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, whom she played in the 2014 film Love & Mercy. The Pitch Perfect star posted on Instagram. "What an honor to know her, to be invited into her life with Brian," Banks wrote. "She was a force. She gave me such…

Our prayers and condolences go out to the family of Isabelle Lawrence Thomas, who died tragically and suddenly. She is the wife of Bradley Thomas, the Imperative Entertainment partner who is nominated for the Best Picture Oscar for Killers of the Flower Moon. I had just seen Izzy and Bradley at an…

William O’Connell, whose extensive TV and film acting credits in the 1960s and ’70s included a memorably villainous role on Star Trek and a string of adversaries in the films of his frequent collaborator Clint Eastwood, died January 15 at his home in Sherman Oaks, CA. He was 94. His death was…

Anne Edwards, dubbed “The Queen of Biography” for her work on best-selling books about the actresses Vivien Leigh and Katharine Hepburn, as well as 14 other celebrity biographies, died on Jan. 20 in Beverly Hills, Calif. She was 96 and her daughter said she passed from lung cancer at a senior living…

Hinako Ashihara, the popular Japanese manga artist perhaps best known in the United States for her Sand Chronicles series of the early 2000s, was found dead at her home near Tokyo on January 29, a day after she reportedly went missing. According to Japanese news sources, a possible suicide note was found…