Dead Celebrity Alert

Scots actor Phil McCall has been found hanged at his home.

The star, who played Tosh McEllan in BBC One’s Monarch of the Glen series, was discovered by his wife Katherine on Tuesday. … Read full obituary

Popular Swedish children’s author Astrid Lindgren, creator of the freckle-faced, free-spirited Pippi Longstocking, died Monday at the age of 94. … Read full obituary

“Little Edie” Bouvier Beale, the cousin of Jackie Kennedy Onassis whose squalid, eccentric life in the Hamptons was captured in the cult 1975 documentary “Grey Gardens,” has died at age 84. … Read full obituary

A former Enron Corp. executive who challenged the company’s questionable financial practices and resigned last May was found shot to death in a car today, an apparent suicide, authorities said. … Read full obituary

Peggy Lee, the singer-composer whose smoky, insinuating voice in such songs as “Is That All There Is?” and “Fever” made her a jazz and pop legend, died Monday. She was 81. … Read full obituary

Carrie Hamilton, daughter of entertainer Carol Burnett and the late producer Joe Hamilton, whose drug problems prompted a family crusade two decades ago and who recently completed a play based on her mother’s autobiography, has died. She was 38. … Read full obituary

Ted Demme, the director of the motion picture “Blow,” has died at age 38, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said on Monday. … Read full obituary

Cyrus Vance, who died on Saturday at the age of 84, was a rare Secretary of State, having resigned in protest over the botched attempt to rescue American hostages in Iran. … Read full obituary

Drummer Jon Lee from the Welsh rock band Feeder has been found dead in his U.S. home after apparently taking his own life, a British-based spokesman for the band said Wednesday. … Read full obituary

Wendy’s restaurant founder Dave Thomas, the well-known face behind the fast-food chain, died early Tuesday after a long battle with liver cancer, the company said. He was 69. … Read full obituary

Obit to come.

Catya Sassoon, 33, the model-turned-actress daughter of celebrity hair stylist Vidal Sassoon, died in her sleep Tuesday morning at her home in the Hollywood Hills. … Read full obituary

David Swift, a writer-director-producer who created Wally Cox’s popular “Mr. Peepers” television series in the early 1950s and made his debut as a movie director in 1960, has died. He was 82. … Read full obituary

Eileen Heckart, the lanky, gravel-voiced actress whose skill with comedy and drama won her an Oscar for “Butterflies Are Free,” two Emmys and a special Tony for career excellence, has died. She was 82. … Read full obituary

Bob Stevens, whose elegant and good-natured prose tickled The Chronicle’s sports pages for nearly 50 years — and took him to the Baseball Hall of Fame — died yesterday. He was 85. … Read full obituary