BOB THOMAS

AP Entertainment Writer
Actor Richard Chamberlain waves during a news conference in Berlin, Oct. 10, 1995. (AP Photo/ Jan Bauer, file)
Richard Chamberlain, TV actor who starred in ‘Dr. Kildare,’ dies at 90
Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series “Dr. Kildare” who found a second career as “king of the miniseries,” has died at age 90. Chamberlain died Saturday night in Waimanalo, Hawaii of complications following a stroke.
March 30
FILE - American actress Teri Garr is seen in this April 1987 photo in Los Angeles, California. (AP Photo/Mark Terrill, File)
Teri Garr, the offbeat comic actor of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ has died
The quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star of such favorites as “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” Teri Garr has died. She was 79.
October 29, 2024
FILE - Actress Mitzi Gaynor poses in her apartment Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Gaynor, among the last survivors of the so-called golden age of the Hollywood musical, died of natural causes in Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. She was 93. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Mitzi Gaynor, star of ‘South Pacific,’ dies at 93
Actor-dancer Mitzi Gaynor has died at age 93. Gaynor starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film “South Pacific” and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly in the 1950s and early 1960s.
October 17, 2024
FILE - James Darren — left, one of the stars of the film For Those Who Think Young — chats with Nancy Sinatra, centre, and Claudia Martin about their film debuts, August 13, 1963. (AP Photo, File)
James Darren, ‘Gidget’ teen idol, singer and director, dies at 88
The teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s surfing craze as a handsome beach boy in the “Gidget” movies, James Darren has died at 88.
September 3, 2024
FILE - Roger Corman addresses the audience during the awards ceremony of the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 27, 2023. Corman, the Oscar-winning “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood's most famous actors and directors an early break, died Thursday, May 9, 2024. He was 98. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)
Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and ‘King of the Bs,’ dies at 98
Roger Corman, Hollywood’s “King of the Bs,” has died. He was 98. Corman produced such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors their first breaks in some of the hundreds of B-movies he helped creat
May 13, 2024
FILE - Barbara Rush appears at the 2019 TCM Classic Film Festival - Opening Night Gala of "When Harry Met Sally" in Los Angeles on April 11, 2019. Rush, who co-starred in films with Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman and other leading men of the 1950s and 1960s and had a thriving TV career later in life, died Sunday, March 31, 2024 at age 97. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Barbara Rush, actor who co-starred with Frank Sinatra and Paul Newman among others, dies at 97
Barbara Rush, who co-starred in films with Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman and other leading men of the 1950s and 1960s and had a thriving TV career later in life, has died. She was 97.
April 1, 2024
FILE - Actress Piper Laurie arrives at the Women in Film Crystal Lucy Awards, Friday June 12, 2009, in Los Angeles. Laurie, the strong-willed, Oscar-nominated actor who performed in acclaimed roles despite at one point abandoning acting altogether in search of a “more meaningful” life, died early Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at her home in Los Angeles. She was 91. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
Piper Laurie, 3-time Oscar nominee with film credits such as ‘The Hustler’ and ‘Carrie,’ dies at 91
Piper Laurie, the strong-willed, Oscar-nominated actor who performed in acclaimed roles despite at one point abandoning acting altogether in search of a “more meaningful” life, has died. She was 91.
October 15, 2023
FILE - David McCallum, star of the NBC-TV series "The Invisible Man," is shown during an interview with Jay Sharbutt at NBC studios in New York, Aug. 28, 1975. McCallum, who became a teen heartthrob in the hit series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." in the 1960s and was the eccentric medical examiner in the popular "NCIS" 40 years later, died on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. He was 90. He died of natural causes surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian Hospital, CBS said in a statement. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
David McCallum, star of hit TV series ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ and ‘NCIS’
Sep 18, 1933 - Sep 25, 2023 Age 90
September 25, 2023
FILE - Alan Arkin poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, file)
Alan Arkin, Oscar-winning ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ actor, dies at 89
Oscar winner Alan Arkin has died at age 89. The popular character actor was nominated three times for Academy Awards and finally won in 2007 as the foul-mouthed grandfather in the surprise hit “Little Miss Sunshine.”
June 30, 2023