LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maila Nurmi, whose “Vampira” TV persona pioneered the spooky-yet-sexy Goth aesthetic, has died, coroner’s officials said. She was 85. …
Among Nurmi’s scattered film appearances following her TV career was a cameo in Ed Wood’s 1959 cult classic, “Plan 9 From Outer Space.” Nurmi was played by Lisa Marie in “Ed Wood,” Tim Burton’s 1994 tribute to the B-movie director. … Read full obituary
LOS ANGELES — Roger M. King, the CBS and King World Productions executive who helped bring stars including Oprah Winfrey, Alex Trebek and Dr. Phil McGraw to television, died Saturday of a stroke, a CBS spokesman said. He was 63. … Read full obituary
Tony Holland, the co-creator of EastEnders and a host of other drama series, has died, aged 67. … Read full obituary
Dick Wilson, the character actor and pitchman who for 21 years played an uptight grocer begging customers “Please, don’t squeeze the Charmin,” died of natural causes Monday in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 91. … Read full obituary
Delbert Mann, who transformed Paddy Chayefsky’s classic teleplays “Marty” and “The Bachelor Party” into big-screen triumphs and helped bring TV techniques to the film world, died Sunday. He was 87. … Read full obituary
Joey Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found success in nightclubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack, has died at 89. He was the group’s last surviving member. Peter Lawford died in 1984, Sammy Davis Jr. in 1990, Dean Martin in 1995, and Sinatra in 1998. … Read full obituary
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Actress Carol Bruce, perhaps best known for her role as Mama Carlson on television’s “WKRP in Cincinnati,” has died. She was 87. … Read full obituary
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alice Ghostley, the Tony Award-winning actress best known on television for playing Esmeralda on “Bewitched” and Bernice on “Designing Women,” has died. She was 81. … Read full obituary
WESTPORT, Conn., Sept. 17 (AP) — Brett Somers, the actress and comedian who amused game show fans with her quips on “Match Game,” one of the most popular quiz shows of the 1970s, died on Saturday at her home here. She was 83. The cause was stomach and colon cancer, her son Adam Klugman said. …
Ms. Somers married Jack Klugman, the future star of the television shows “Quincy” and “The Odd Couple,” in 1953. They separated in 1974, but never divorced. She appeared on several episodes of “The Odd Couple,” playing the ex-wife of Mr. Klugman’s character. … Read full obituary
LICKING, Missouri (AP) — Actress Miyoshi Umeki, who won an Oscar for her performance as the doomed wife of an American serviceman in “Sayonara” and later starred in the Broadway musical “Flower Drum Song,” has died of cancer. She was 78. …
Umeki also portrayed Mrs. Livingston, the housekeeper, in the ABC series, “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” (1969-1972), which starred Bill Bixby and Brandon Cruz. … Read full obituary
Dr. Lewis O’Donnell, known as Mr. Trolley to many passed away on Tuesday. He was one of the stars of the popular children’s television series “The Magic Toyshop” that ran in Central New York from 1955 to 1982. The show was also one of the longest run children’s programs in the country. … Read full obituary
LOS ANGELES — Merv Griffin, the entertainer turned impresario who parlayed his “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune” game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, has died. He was 82. … Read full obituary
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Veteran talk show host Tom Snyder, whose idiosyncratic interviewing style bemused and annoyed late-night TV viewers during three decades, has died after a long battle with leukemia, associates said on Monday. He was 71. … Read full obituary
Former EastEnders actor Mike Reid has died at the age of 67 after suffering a suspected heart attack, his agent said. … Read full obituary
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Charles Lane, the prolific character actor whose name was little known but whose crotchety persona and roles in hundreds of films made him instantly recognizable to generations of moviegoers, has died. He was 102. … Read full obituary
Film critic Joel Siegel has died Friday in New York at the age of 63, WCBS-TV New York reports.
Siegel, best known as the resident movie critic on ABC’s “Good Morning America” for 25 years, was surrounded by family and friends as he passed away after a long battle with colon cancer. … Read full obituary
Frankie Abernathy, a cast member on The Real World: San Diego in 2004, died Saturday night at her mother’s Shorewood, Wisconsin, home.
An official cause of death is yet to be determined, but the 25-year-old had suffered from cystic fibrosis, a hereditary disease that causes a buildup of mucus in the lungs and pancreas and inhibits the body’s ability to move water and salt in and out of cells. … Read full obituary
Gretchen Wyler, a veteran Broadway actress who enjoyed a second career in films and television and went on to become a leading animal-rights activist, has died. She was 75. … Read full obituary
Charles Nelson Reilly, the Tony Award winner who later became known for his ribald appearances on the “Tonight Show” and various game shows, has died. He was 76.
Reilly died Friday in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia, his partner, Patrick Hughes, told the New York Times. … Read full obituary
Tom Poston, the tall, pasty-faced comic who found fame and fortune playing a clueless everyman on such hit television shows as “Newhart” and “Mork and Mindy,” has died. He was 85. … Read full obituary
Tommy Newsom, the former backup bandleader on “The Tonight Show” whose “Mr. Excitement” nickname was a running joke for Johnny Carson, has died. He was 78. … Read full obituary
NEW YORK — Kitty Carlisle Hart, whose long career spanned Broadway, opera, television and film, including the classic Marx Brothers movie “A Night at the Opera,” died after a battle with pneumonia, her son said Wednesday. She was 96. … Read full obituary
Actor Roscoe Lee Browne, whose rich voice and dignified bearing brought him an Emmy Award and a Tony nomination, has died. He was 81. … Read full obituary
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