Obituaries
‘Euphoria’ Star Angus Cloud Cause of Death Revealed as Accidental Overdose
Angus Cloud, the Euphoria actor who passed away at age 25, died of an accidental overdose, a spokesperson for the Alameda County Coroner confirmed. The actor’s cause of death was cited as the result of intoxication due to the combined effects of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and benzodiazepines. Cloud’s family announced the news on July 31, […]
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Rose Gregorio, Tony Nominee for ‘The Shadow Box’ and Actress on ‘ER,’ Dies at 97
Rose Gregorio, who received a Tony nomination for her performance as the browbeaten daughter of Geraldine Fitzgerald’s declining old woman in the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Shadow Box, has died. She was 97. Gregorio died Aug. 17 of natural causes in her Greenwich Village home, her nephew Robert Grosbard told The Hollywood Reporter. Gregorio was […]
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Fred Gallo, Lauded Assistant Director Turned Paramount Production President, Dies at 78
Fred Gallo, who served as an assistant director on films including the Oscar best picture winners The Godfather, Rocky and Annie Hall before becoming a top production executive at Paramount Pictures, has died. He was 78. Gallo died Sept. 7 after a long illness at his home in the Santa Ynez Valley, his family announced. […]
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Billy Miller, ‘Young and the Restless’ Daytime Emmy Winner, Dies at 43
Billy Miller, the three-time Emmy winner for The Young and the Restless who also had long-running roles in All My Children and General Hospital, has died. He was 43. The actor died Friday in Austin and was struggling with manic depression at the time, his manager told The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday, which would have […]
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Pete Kozachik, Oscar-Nominated ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ VFX Artist, Dies at 72
Pete Kozachik, the Oscar-nominated visual effects artist who contributed his stop-motion expertise to such films as The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, Corpse Bride and Coraline, has died. He was 72. Kozachik died peacefully Tuesday in hospice care in his Northern California home of complications from primary progressive aphasia, a rare form […]
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Singer Irish Grinstead of the Girl Group 702 Dies at 43
Irish Grinstead, a member of the girl group 702, known for hit songs like “Where My Girls At,” has died. She was 43. Grinstead’s sister and fellow group member, LeMisha Grinstead, announced the news in an Instagram post Saturday. “It is with great sadness that I have to let you know that my beautiful sister […]
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Michael McGrath, Tony-Winning Actor, Dies at 65
Michael McGrath, the veteran stage actor who received a Tony Award for his performance in the musical Nice Work If You Can Get It, has died. He was 65. McGrath died unexpectedly in his sleep Thursday at his home in Bloomfield, New Jersey, his publicist told The Hollywood Reporter. No cause of death has been […]
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Jean Boht, Star of the BBC Sitcom ‘Bread,’ Dies at 91?
Jean Boht, who played the iron-fisted matriarch Nellie Boswell on every episode of the 1986-91 BBC sitcom Bread, has died. She was 91. Boht died Tuesday, her family announced, saying that she “had been battling vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease with the indefatigable spirit for which she was both beloved and renowned.” She had been […]
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Eddie Marks, Longtime Western Costume Company President, Dies at 76
Eddie Marks, a member of the costume department on such films as The Breakfast Club, The Witches of Eastwick and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and the president of the Western Costume Company since 1992, has died. He was 76. Marks died Monday of natural causes during a visit to Prague, a spokesman for […]
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Country Singer-Songwriter Charlie Robison Dies at 59
Charlie Robison, the Texas singer-songwriter whose rootsy anthems made the country charts until he was forced to retire after complications from a medical procedure left him unable to sing, died Sunday. He was 59. Robison died at a hospital in San Antonio after suffering cardiac arrest and other complications, according to a family representative. Robison […]
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Giuliano Montaldo, Italian Director of ‘Sacco & Vanzetti’ and ‘Machine Gun McCain,’ Dies at 93?
Giuliano Montaldo, the admired Italian filmmaker who wrote and directed Sacco & Vanzetti, the John Cassavetes-starring Machine Gun McCain and every episode of the big-budget 1982 miniseries Marco Polo, has died. He was 93. Montaldo died Wednesday at his home in Rome, his family announced. His big-screen résumé also included The Reckless (1965), starring Renato […]
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Marcia DeRousse, ‘True Blood’ Actress, Dies at 70
Marcia DeRousse, who came to the aid of the supernatural as Dr. Patricia Ludwig on the HBO drama True Blood, died Saturday in Altadena after a long illness, a publicist announced. She was 70. She wrote on Facebook in April that a fall in her doctor’s office was going to “lead to my death,” adding […]
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