Dead Celebrity Alert

NEW YORK — Federal Judge Constance Baker Motley, who as a young lawyer represented Martin Luther King Jr. and played a pivotal role in the nation’s civil rights struggle, has died. She was 84. … Read full obituary

Producer Sid Luft, who is credited with reviving the career of then-wife Judy Garland in the 1950s, died Sept. 15. He was 89. … Read full obituary

LOS ANGELES — Don Adams, the wry-voiced comedian who starred as the fumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart in the 1960s TV spoof of James Bond movies, “Get Smart,” has died. He was 82.

Adams died of a lung infection late Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, his friend and former agent Bruce Tufeld said Monday, adding that the actor broke his hip a year ago and had been in ill health since. … Read full obituary

LOS ANGELES — Thomas Ross Bond, who played Butch the bully in the “Our Gang” and “The Little Rascals” serials of the 1930s, has died. He was 79. … Read full obituary

 
LOS ANGELES — Joel Hirschhorn, the songwriter who shared Academy Awards for theme songs in two catastrophe-oriented motion pictures, “The Poseidon Adventure” and “The Towering Inferno,” has died. He was 67. …

[His wife, Jennifer Carter Hirschhorn, a documentary producer, said] Mr. Hirschhorn had fallen Friday night and had broken his shoulder. … Read full obituary

LOS ANGELES — Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor who helped track down numerous Nazi war criminals following World War II then spent the later decades of his life fighting anti-Semitism and prejudice against all people, died Tuesday. He was 96. … Read full obituary

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Donn Clendenon, the power-hitting first baseman who was the most valuable player in the New York Mets’ 1969 World Series victory, died Saturday after a long fight with leukemia. He was 70. … Read full obituary

Robert Wise, who directed and produced two of the most beloved movie musicals of all time, “West Side Story” and “The Sound of Music,” and was honored with four Oscars for his efforts, has died of heart failure at age 91. … Read full obituary

INDIANAPOLIS — Sportscaster Chris Schenkel, whose easygoing baritone won over fans during a more than six-decade broadcasting career in which he covered everything from bowling to the Olympics, died Sunday following a long battle with emphysema. He was 82. … Read full obituary

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Bob Denver, whose portrayal of goofy first mate Gilligan on the 1960s television show “Gilligan’s Island” made him an iconic figure to generations of TV viewers, has died, his agent confirmed Tuesday. He was 70. … Read full obituary

Washington Post — Sunday, September 4, 2005 —William Hubbs Rehnquist, the 16th chief justice of the United States, died last night at his home in Arlington. He was 80. … Read full obituary