YOU ARE HERE: WDW > Sections > News > Celebrity Death News > Page 3

Content Menu

Celebrity Death News

The celebrity news section is managed by Queenoftab

« Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next »

George Jones, Country Superstar, Dies at 81

Category: Celebrity Death

Posted 3 weeks ago by eviltwins

Credit: people.com

George Jones, Country Superstar, Dies at 81

By Stephen M. Silverman

04/26/2013 at 10:20 AM EDT

George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today," has died. He was 81.

Publicist Kirt Webster says Jones died Friday at ...

Legendary Indian singer Shamshad Begum dies at 94

Category: Celebrity Death

Posted 3 weeks ago by vlad1369

Credit: music.msn.com

NEW DELHI (AP) — Legendary Indian singer Shamshad Begum has died. She was 94.

The singer had been unwell for some time, her daughter Usha Ratra told the Press Trust of India news agency Wednesday. She died late Tuesday in Mumbai. No independent confirmation was immediately possible.

Begum's funeral, held early Wednesday, was attended by close family members and a few ...

'MAS*H' actor Allan Arbus dies

Category: Celebrity Death

Posted 4 weeks ago by vlad1369

Credit: tv.msn.com

"M*A*S*H" star Allan Arbus has passed away at the age of 95. The actor died on Friday at his Los Angeles home, according to the New York Times.

Born in New York, Arbus became a photographer for the U.S. Army and teamed up with his future wife, Diane Arbus (née Nemerov), to shoot advertising spreads for magazines such as Vogue and Glamour.

After the couple divorced in 1969 ...

Related Links: Bette Davis, Robert Downey Sr., Allan Arbus, Greaser's Palace (1972), Law and Order (1976), Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973), M*A*S*H (1972)

Rate this story

(1 vote)

Marvin Hamlisch's widow questioning his cause of death

Category: Celebrity Death

Posted 4 weeks ago by vlad1369

Credit: wonderwall.msn.com

The widow of composer Marvin Hamlisch has filed court papers in New York raising questions about the cause of the legendary musician's death.

The Oscar and Grammy winner died on Aug. 6, 2012, after a brief illness, and coroners listed respiratory arrest, hypertension and brain damage from a lack of oxygen as the reason for the 68-year-old's passing.

However, his TV br ...

Rate this story

(0 votes)

Actor Huang Wenyong loses cancer battle

Category: Celebrity Death

Posted 4 weeks ago by vlad1369

Credit: movies.msn.com

Veteran TV actor Huang Wenyong has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 60. The Malaysian-born star passed away on Saturday (20Apr13), a week after he was hospitalised in Singapore following complications from lymphoma. Wenyong began his acting career in the 1980s and appeared in more than 100 Chinese-language TV shows, including popular series Don't Worry, Be Happy, and its spin-off Lobang ...

Chrissy Amphlett, Divinyls Lead Singer, Dies at 53

Category: Celebrity Death

Posted 4 weeks ago by eviltwins

Credit: people.com

Chrissy Amphlett, Divinyls Lead Singer, Dies at 53

04/22/2013 at 10:05 AM EDT

Chrissy Amphlett, the lead singer of the Divinyls, whose hit song "I Touch Myself" made the group an international success, died at her New York City home on Sunday. She was 53 years old.

"Christine Joy Amphlett succumbed to the effects of breast cancer and multiple sclerosis ...

Woodstock singer Richie Havens, 72, dies of heart attack

Category: Celebrity Death

Posted 4 weeks ago by vlad1369

Credit: cbsnews.com

NEW YORK Richie Havens, who sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, has died of a heart attack Monday, his family said in a statement. He was 72.

Havens, a folk singer and guitarist, was the first performer at the three-day 1969 Woodstock Festival. He returned to the site during the 40th anniversary in 2009.

"Everything in my life, and so many others, is attached ...

Related Links: Richie Havens, Woodstock (1970)

Rate this story

(0 votes)

Storm Thorgerson, Dead at 69

Category: Celebrity Death

Posted 1 month ago by eviltwins

Credit: ultimateclassicrock.com

Storm Thorgerson, Who Designed Album Covers For Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, Dead at 69

by Sterling Whitaker

April 18, 2013 5:15 PM

Artist Storm Thorgerson, who created some of the most iconic album covers in rock music history, has died. The designer — whose creations included the prism artwork on the cover of Pink Floyd‘s ‘The Dark Side ...

Pat Summerall Dies at 82

Category: Celebrity Death

Posted 1 month ago by Queenoftab

Credit: people.com

Pat Summerall was the calm alongside John Madden's storm.

Over four decades, Summerall described some of the biggest games in America in his deep, resonant voice. Simple, spare, he delivered the details on 16 Super Bowls, the Masters and the U.S. Open tennis tournament with a simple, understated style that was the perfect complement for the "booms!" and "bangs!" of ...

Related Links: Adam Vinatieri, Pat Summerall, John Madden, Super Bowl XXXVI (2002)

Rate this story

(1 vote)

Rory Bushfield Tells of Losing Wife Sarah Burke in a Ski Accident

Category: Sports, Celebrity Death

Posted 1 month ago by Svetlana122

Credit: people.com

Splash contestant Rory Bushfield projects fearlessness on the diving board and on the slopes, but on the show this week the professional extreme skier exposes his vulnerable side as he opens up about the death of his wife, acclaimed freestyle skier Sarah Burke.

Burke, 29, died last January after a crash at the bottom of a superpipe during a training run in Park City, Utah. The couple had ...

Related Links: Sarah Burke, Splash (2013), Rory Bushfield, Sarah Burke and Rory Bushfield

Rate this story

(3 votes)

« Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next »

Who's Dated Who? content is contributed and edited by our readers. You are most welcome to update, correct or add information to this page. Update Information