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Peter Marshall, who hosted the popular game show The Hollywood Squares for more than 15 years and had a long career as an actor, singer and comic, died today of kidney failure at his Encino home. He was 98. His publicist Harlan Boll confirmed to news to Deadline. Related…

Greg Kihn, the singer and songwriter of behind 1980s hits “Jeopardy” and “The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em),” died Tuesday of Alzheimer’s complications. He was 75. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Greg Kihn, an iconic figure in the realm of rock music,” Kihn’s…

Grace Bentkowski, a creative producer for the NewsNation cable network, was killed last month while crossing ground-level tracks with a group of other commuters at Chicago’s Hegewisch South Shore station. Her death just came to public attention. "Grace Bentkowski was a rising star at NewsNation," the…

Gena Rowlands, a multiple Emmy winner whose captivating work in A Woman Under the Influence and as the elder and dementia-ridden Allie in The Notebook also moved moviegoers, died Wednesday surrounded by family at her home in Indian Wells, CA. She was 94. No cause of death was given, but the retired…

Winsome Sinclair, a veteran casting professional who worked on scores of films and TV shows — many as casting director — including Malcolm D. Lee’s The Best Man, Steven Spielberg’s Amistad, the Gabrielle Union series Being Mary Jane and a dozen Spike Lee movies, died August 12 of colon cancer on Long…

Peggy Moffitt, the iconic ’60s model who was also a contract player at Paramount and who appeared in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up, died at her Beverly Hills home on Saturday from complications of dementia. Her son, Christopher Claxton, confirmed the news to the New York Times. She was 86. Moffitt…

Yolanda “Londie” Favors, who appeared on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Porsha’s Family Matters, has died. She was 34. RHOA star Porsha Williams mourned the death of her baby cousin on August 7, sharing her thoughts on a social media post. “Londie – you were our best friend, our sister…

Deirdre “Didi” O’Hearn, an industry veteran who most recently head of programming and development for Food Network and Cooking Channel, died Monday after a long battle with lung cancer, her husband Richard Eckerstrom confirmed to Deadline. O’Hearn had recently entered hospice in Florida and passed away…

Rachael Lillis, voice actor for Pokémon’s Misty and Team Rocket’s Jessie, has died. She was 55. Lillis died on August 10 after being diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2024. Her Pokémon co-star, Veronica Taylor, shared a post on social media following Lillis’ death. Related…

Ángel Salazar, the actor best known as Al Pacino’s trusted sidekick Chi Chi in the 1983 film Scarface, has died. Salazar passed away in his sleep over the weekend, his representative Roger Paul confirmed to Deadline. He was 68. His rep and longtime friend Ann Wingsong told TMZ Salazar was found dead…

Bob Tischler, the writer and producer known for his work on Saturday Night Live, has died. He was 78. The former SNL head writer, who is largely credited with helping revive the NBC sketch comedy show after its infamously panned 1980-81 season, died on July 13 at his home in Bodega Bay…

Margaret Menegoz, who led iconic French film company Les Films du Losange for close to 50 years, producing the films of Éric Rohmer, Michael Haneke and Wim Wenders among others, has died at the age of 83. The German and French film producer was born in Hungary in 1941. Her family, which was of German…