Dead Celebrity Alert

Former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a New York City shoe shine boy who became an iconoclastic scholar-politician and served four terms in the Senate, died Wednesday. He was 76. … Read full obituary

The creator of the long-running reality television series “COPS” fell 300 feet from an Oregon cliff into the Pacific Ocean and was missing, police and the Coast Guard said. Paul Stojanovich, 47, and his fiancee Kim Srowel were hiking Saturday at Treasures Cove, a bluff overlooking the ocean, when he slipped while stopping to pose for a picture… Read full obituary

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In a career lasting almost a century, Dame Thora Hird’s solid screen presence and distinctive northern tones made her an enduring favourite with British audiences. … Read full obituary

Production on CBS’ The District shut down Thursday as producers, cast and crew mourned the unexpected death of costar Lynne Thigpen. … Read full obituary

Jean Sullivan, a Hollywood actress who became a ballet and flamenco dancer and a museum executive in New York, died on Feb. 27 in Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles. She was 79. … Read full obituary

The Serbian Prime Minister, Zoran Djindjic, has been assassinated in the capital, Belgrade. … Read full story

Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, who spearheaded the popular revolt that toppled Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000, was seriously wounded Wednesday in an assassination attempt. … Read full story

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Actor and pop star Adam Faith has died from a heart attack at the age of 62. The 60s entertainer died early on Saturday after falling ill the previous evening. … Read full obituary

Barry Sheene, Britain’s 500cc motorcycle world champion in 1976 and 1977, died today of cancer. An Australian resident for many years, Sheene, aged 52, died in hospital on Queensland’s Gold Coast about 2pm (AEDT). … Read full obituary

Fred Freiberger, who wrote for such Golden Age of Television shows as “Zane Grey” and “Fireside Theatre” but was perhaps best remembered for producing the cult film classic “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” has died at age 88. … Read full obituary

Kenneth Auchincloss, an editor at Newsweek who oversaw the magazine’s coverage of the past five US presidential elections, has died at the age of 65. … Read full obituary

John E. Fryer, a psychiatrist who electrified his colleagues by telling the 1972 convention of the American Psychiatric Association in a mask that he was a homosexual at a time homosexuality was classified as a mental illness, died on Feb. 21 in Philadelphia. He was 65. … Read full obituary