Dead Celebrity Alert

The scrappy dog known as Eddie on TV’s “Frasier” has died.

The 16-year-old Jack Russell terrier, whose real name was Moose, passed away of old age Thursday at the Los Angeles home of trainer Mathilde Halberg … Read full obituary

DENVER — Patsy Ramsey, the mother of slain 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, died Saturday morning after a recurrence of ovarian cancer, her lawyer L. Lin Wood told MSNBC. She was 49. … Read full obituary

Dallas, TX (AHN) — E. Pierce Marshall, who battled former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith for his father’s oil fortune for years, died unexpectedly Tuesday.

Marshall, 67 died of an aggressive infection on Tuesday but the family spokesperson would not release any further details, asking that the family receive the privacy they deserve. … Read full obituary

Aaron Spelling, the most prolific producer in American television, whose company generated hit shows over five decades, including “The Mod Squad,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “The Love Boat,” “Dynasty,” “Beverly Hills, 90210,” and “7th Heaven,” died Friday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 83. … Read full obituary

Former Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey has died at his Dublin home at the age of 80 after a long illness. … Read full obituary

Hiroyuki Iwaki, the Japanese conductor who led the Melbourne Symphony for more than three decades and wielded the baton from a wheelchair as his health declined, died Tuesday at a Tokyo hospital. He was 73. … Read full obituary

Robert Donner, a comedian and character actor known for his roles in TV’s “Mork and Mindy” and “The Waltons” and movies including “Cool Hand Luke,” has died. He was 75. … Read full obituary

A former Tasmanian cabinet minister and Labor member for Braddon has died at his home in Devonport.

Geoffrey Donald Chisholm died in his sleep overnight, aged 76. … Read full obituary

Composer Gyorgy Ligeti, who fled Hungary after the 1956 revolution and gained fame for his opera “Le Grand Macabre” and his work on the soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” died Monday. He was 83. … Read full obituary

Could be another false alarm, folks, but it’s breaking all over the TV news, and just starting to hit the wires…

Iraqi PM: Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi Killed

00:48 PDT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaida-linked militant who led a bloody campaign of suicide bombings, kidnappings and hostage beheadings in Iraq, has been killed in a U.S. air raid north of Baghdad, Iraq’s prime minister said Thursday. … Read full story

Dr. Harley Rutledge, 80, former chairman of the physics department at Southeast Missouri State University and UFO expert, died Monday at the Missouri Veterans Home. … Read full obituary

Eric Gregg, who umpired in the major leagues for more than two decades while battling a craving for food and drink that spotlighted health concerns surrounding overweight umpires, died yesterday in Philadelphia. He was 55. … Read full obituary

PHOENIX — Billy Preston, the exuberant keyboardist who landed dream gigs with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and enjoyed his own hit singles including “Outta Space” and “Nothing From Nothing,” died Tuesday at 59. … Read full obituary

Arthur Widmer, who developed some of the most widely used special effects technology in films and earned an Academy Award last year for lifetime achievement, has died. He was 92. …

Working for Warner Bros. in the 1950s, Widmer developed the Ultra Violet Traveling Matte process, an early version of what would become known as blue screen, in which two different images shot at different times and places could be combined into one. … Read full obituary

Vince Welnick, the Grateful Dead’s last keyboard player and a veteran of several other bands, including the Tubes and Missing Man Formation, has died at age 51, the Grateful Dead’s longtime publicist confirmed Saturday. … Read full obituary