Robert Sklar, who taught generations of New York University film students how the medium reflected and shaped American culture and society, died on Saturday in Barcelona after a bicycle accident, according to the New York Times. He was 74. Sklar’s seminal work, Movie-Made American: A History of American Movies, was published in 1975, and it’s never gone out of print.
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Jul 7
2011
09:57 AM ET
Jul 4
2011
11:45 AM ET
British actress Anna Massey dies
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British actress Anna Massey, a staple of British television who also appeared in more than 40 films, including Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy, died yesterday. She was 73. Her agent confirmed the news in a statement, “Actress, Anna Massey CBE passed away peacefully on Sunday 3 July, with her husband and son by her side. She will be remembered as a loving wife and mother, a cherished grandmother, a generous colleague and, always, a consummate professional. She will be greatly missed.” READ FULL STORY »
Jun 30
2011
11:08 PM ET
Randy 'Macho Man' Savage died of heart disease, according to autopsy
A medical examiner’s autopsy released on Thursday revealed that former pro wrestling star Randy “Macho Man” Savage died last month of heart disease, the AP reports. On May 20, the 58-year-old Savage — whose real name was Randall Poffo — lost consciousness and crashed his Jeep into a tree while driving on Route 694 in Pinellas County, Florida; he was pronounced dead at the hospital. The Tampa Bay area medical examiner determined that Savage suffered from an enlarged heart and blocked coronary arteries, and that his injuries from the accident were not significant enough to have caused his death. His wife, Lynn, suffered minor injuries in the crash.
Jun 25
2011
11:43 AM ET
Comic book artist Gene Colan has passed away
Artist Gene Colan, a prolific comic book illustrator whose work included Batman and Daredevil, died on Thursday in New York at 84 after battling cancer and liver disease. One of Colan’s most famous projects was the 1970s comic The Tomb of Dracula which first showcased the character of Blade, later played by Wesley Snipes in a series of films.
Jun 25
2011
11:36 AM ET
Nick Charles, CNN's first sports anchor, dies at 64
CNN sports anchor Nick Charles has passed away at the age of 64 after battling bladder cancer. Charles was the network’s first sports broadcaster and co-hosted Sports Tonight with Fred Hickman for years. He also was one of the few anchors to be immortalized by Topps on a bubble gum trading card.
Jun 23
2011
01:15 PM ET
Friends and family mourn Ryan Dunn at funeral
Ryan Dunn was remembered yesterday in West Chester, Pa., as his family and many of his famous friends paid their respects to the actor after his sudden death early Monday morning. Jackass co-stars Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera attended, as did Knoxville’s wife Melissa, Margera’s parents Phil and April, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia actors Glenn Howerton and Rob McElhenney.
Overseas, Caleb Followill and his fellow band mates in Kings of Leon paid tribute to Dunn at their concert in London’s Hyde Park last night, urging fans to raise a glass to “a friend of ours who’s passed away.” Followill added, “This is for Ryan” before playing the Kings’ song “McFearless.” READ FULL STORY »
Jun 21
2011
04:33 PM ET
Coroner's office confirms Ryan Dunn's cause of death
The Chester County Coroner’s Office has confirmed to EW that Jackass star Ryan Dunn, 34, and his friend Zachary Hartwell — a production assistant on Jackass Number Two — died of accidental “blunt and thermal trauma” due to yesterday’s early morning accident, in which Dunn’s 2007 Porsche careened into a patch of trees in the Pennsylvania town, then burst into flames. A toxicology report, however, is not yet complete, so questions over Dunn’s blood alcohol level will not be resolved until the full autopsy report is released likely within six weeks. Dunn tweeted a picture of himself drinking just hours before the accident.
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Jun 13
2011
12:54 AM ET
'Spider-Man' movie franchise producer Laura Ziskin dies at 61
Laura Ziskin, one of the most successful female movie producers in history, died Sunday at her home in Santa Monica, Calif., after a seven-year battle with breast cancer, Variety reported. She was 61. In addition to overseeing Sony’s Spider-Man franchise, whose three films have grossed nearly $1.2 billion domestically, Ziskin produced or exec produced such movies as Pretty Woman, To Die For, and As Good As It Gets. The president of Fox 2000 from 1994 to 2000, Ziskin also exec produced the Academy Awards in 2002 and 2007.
“Laura was my closest friend,” Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, said in a statement. “She was an inspiring warrior who fought every battle, whether it was business or personal, with her trademark brains, guts, and class. She was the creative guiding light for all of us who loved and worked with her. She was also a frustrating perfectionist and that’s why she was simply the best. We are heartbroken and miss her terribly already — as a producer, as an advocate for cancer research, but most importantly, as an irreplaceable friend.”
Jun 12
2011
02:13 PM ET
QVC mainstay Jeanne Bice dies at 71
Sweater queen and home-shopping doyenne Jeanne Bice died on Friday at age 71. Bice was known for her Quacker Factory clothing line, which she sold on her QVC show of the same name, usually while wearing her trademark headband. There wasn’t an article of clothing in the world she couldn’t spruce up with a cascade of sequins, beads, fabric Christmas trees, and cartoon ducks. Her personality was often as colorful as her products, which led to her being often featured on E!’s The Soup.
QVC posted a eulogy on its website that reads, in part, “Jeanne chose to love. She loved what she did — creating Quacker Factory clothes, with ‘sparkle and shine’. Clothes that made people Happy. She loved QVC. Everything about it. She loved the people: the executives who ran it, and the production people who worked so hard to make every show perfect. She loved the famous stars who appeared there, and had to pinch herself when others considered her one.”
Jun 9
2011
02:42 PM ET
Leonard Stern, Mad Libs creator and TV writer, dies at 88
Leonard Stern, an [adjective] writer best known for writing [number] episodes of classic TV shows like “The Honeymooners” and “Get Smart,” [verb ending in "ing] [adverb ending in "ly"], and creating the fill-in-the-blanks party game Mad Libs along with partner Roger Price, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 88. Stern got his start in show business at the tender age of 16, when he began writing jokes for Milton Berle. He and Price came up with the idea for their popular game in 1953, according to The L.A. Times.
At the time, Stern was working on a “Honeymooners” script and struggling to come up with the best word to describe how Ralph Kramden’s new boss’s nose looked. “I asked Roger for an idea for an adjective, and before I could tell him what it was describing, he threw out ‘clumsy’ and ‘naked.’ We both started laughing,” Stern told Publishers Weekly in 2008. “We sat down and wrote a bunch of stories with blanks in them. That night we took them to a cocktail party and they were a great success.” The pair would go on to self-publish the first Mad Libs in 1958. Today, more than 110 million copies of various volumes of the game have been sold.
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