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Soupy Sales, 83 (1926 - 2009)
DETROIT Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, died Thursday. He was 83. Sales died at Calvary Hospice in the Bronx, New York, said his former manager and longtime friend, Dave Usher. Sales had many health problems and entered the hospice last week,...
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Don Lane (2009)
By ROHAN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer SYDNEY Don Lane, an American song-and-dance man who became an enduring television celebrity in Australia known as "The Lanky Yank," died Thursday. He was 75. Lane was one of the best-known figures on Australian television for almost two decades until in 1983 he retired the "Tonight Show"-style program that bore his name. He had kept...
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Ashley "A.J." Jewell (2009)
ATLANTA (Associated Press) — The former fiance of a cast member from "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" died Friday night after a fight outside an Atlanta strip club, and police said they had charged a man in his death. Atlanta police spokesman James Polite said Fredrick Richardson was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the death of Ashley "A.J." Jewell, who died from massive head...
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Henry Gibson, 73 (1935 - 2009)
LOS ANGELES (Associated Press) - Henry Gibson, the veteran comic character actor best known for his role reciting offbeat poetry on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," has died. He was 73. Gibson's son, James, said Gibson died Monday at his home in Malibu after a brief battle with cancer. After serving in the Air Force and studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Gibson - born James...
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Keith Floyd, 65 (1943 - 2009)
LONDON (Associated Press) -- Keith Floyd, a flamboyant chef who shared his passion for good food and fine wine with a generation of British television viewers, has died, his ghostwriter said Tuesday. He was 65. James Steen said Floyd died Monday of a heart attack in Bridport, southwest England. He had been suffering from bowel cancer. Born in 1943, Floyd developed an interest in cooking...
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Paul Burke, 83 (1926 - 2009)
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (Associated Press)— Paul Burke, who was twice nominated for an Emmy for his role as Det. Adam Flint in the gritty crime hit "Naked City," died Sunday. He was 83. Burke,...
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Larry Gelbart, 81 (1928 - 2009)
By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES -- Larry Gelbart, the award-winning writer whose sly, sardonic wit helped create such hits as Broadway's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to...
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Mike Bongiorno, 85 (1924 - 2009)
ROME -- Mike Bongiorno, a TV host who popularized quiz shows for generations of Italians and became a symbol of national television, has died. He was 85. Bongiorno died of a heart attack at his...
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Ray Barrett (2009)
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- Veteran Australian actor Ray Barrett, who became a star of British television in the 1960s, died Tuesday. He was 82. His Sydney agent Jane Cameron said Barrett died...
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Dudu Topaz, 62 (1946 - 2009)
By GAVIN RABINOWITZ, Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM — Israeli entertainer Dudu Topaz—whose turbulent struggle to deal with his waning stardom enthralled the country—died Thursday after...
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Ed Reimers, 96 (1912 - 2009)
NEW YORK -- Ed Reimers, the actor who told television viewers "you're in good hands with Allstate" for decades, died Sunday in upstate New York. He was 96. Reimers, who also served as an...
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Valerio Lazarov (2009)
MADRID — Valerio Lazarov, a highly successful Romanian-born Spanish TV producer, died Tuesday, the private television channel Telecinco reported. He was 73. Lazarov died at his home in Madrid...
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Alexis Cohen (2009)
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. - Authorities say a 25-year-old former two-time "American Idol" contestant has been struck and killed by a car in a New Jersey shore town. The Asbury Park Press reports...
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Gidget the Chihuahua (2009)
Handlers say Gidget the Chihuahua, whose Taco Bell commercials made her a star, has died. She was 15. The owner of Studio Animal Services in Castaic says Gidget suffered a massive stroke late...
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Judi Ann Mason, 54 (1955 - 2009)
LOS ANGELES - Judi Ann Mason, who wrote for the TV sitcom "Good Times" and other shows, has died at 54. Her manager Phyllis Kelly says Mason died July 8 in Los Angeles from a ruptured aorta,...
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Mollie Sugden, 86 (1922 - 2009)
LONDON - British comic actress Mollie Sugden, who played the formidable saleswoman Mrs. Slocombe in the BBC's long running comedy series "Are You Being Served?", died July 1. She was 86. ...
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Anna Karen Morrow (2009)
ENCINO, Calif. - Anna Karen Morrow, an actress who had a regular role on the prime-time soap opera "Peyton Place" and also appeared on Broadway, in films and on numerous other television shows,...
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Billy Mays, 50 (1958 - 2009)
By MITCH STACY - Associated Press Writer TAMPA, Fla. - Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop...
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Gale Storm, 87 (1922 - 2009)
By BOB THOMAS - Associated Press Writer Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm...
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Ed McMahon, 86 (1923 - 2009)
Ed McMahon remembered for unflagging humor, spirit LOS ANGELES -- At a tribute to the late sidekick of "The Tonight Show," Ed McMahon was remembered as a rare individual in the entertainment...
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Joan Alexander, 94 (1915 - 2009)
NEW YORK - Actress Joan Alexander, who was the voice of Lois Lane in the 1940s radio "Superman" and in an animated television version in the 1960s, died May 21. She was 94. Alexander died at...
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John Furia (1929 - 2009)
LOS ANGELES - Prolific screen and television writer John Furia Jr., who penned popular series including "Bonanza," "The Waltons," and "Hawaii Five-O" among many others, has died. He was 79. ...
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Nora O'Brien (2009)
NEW YORK - NBC Universal says Nora O'Brien, its executive in charge of drama programming, has died. Spokesman Curt King says O'Brien died Wednesday after collapsing in Sausalito, Calif., on the...
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Beatrice Arthur, 86 (1922 - 2009)
Los Angeles, Ca - Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony...
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Andy Hallet, 33 (1975 - 2009)
LOS ANGELES - Andy Hallett, who made his mark playing green-skinned, good-guy demon Lorne on the TV series "Angel," has died of congestive heart disease. Hallett was 33. Hallett was taken by...
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Jade Goody, 27 (1981 - 2009)
By NANCY ZUCKERBROD Of The Associated Press London - Jade Goody, a dental assistant turned reality-TV star whose whirlwind journey from poverty to celebrity to tragedy became a national soap...
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Harry Harris, 86 (1922 - 2009)
LOS ANGELES - Harry Harris, the Emmy Award-winning television director whose expansive credits include episodes of "Fame," "7th Heaven" and "Bonanza," died March 19. He was 86. Harris died at...
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Doug Towey (2009)
NEW YORK - Doug Towey, the CBS Sports executive responsible for the playing of "One Shining Moment" after college basketball's championship game, died Wednesday. He was 61. He died in New York...
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Al Lewis, 84 (1924 - 2009)
CINCINNATI - Al Lewis, who was known as "Uncle Al" on a long-running children's television show that aired nationally in the 1950s, has died. He was 84. He died Saturday of natural causes at an...
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Wendy Richard, 65 (1943 - 2009)
LONDON -- British actress Wendy Richard, whose four-decade television career included roles as a sexy sitcom shop assistant and a working class matriarch on the soap opera "EastEnders," died...
