• Recent Obituaries - Movies



  • Nick Counter (2009)

    Nick   Counter

    Nick Counter, a longtime negotiator for Hollywood producers who led the studios through two grueling writers' strikes last year and in 1988, has died. He was 69. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers says Counter died at a Los Angeles hospital on Friday. Counter served as the group's president for 27 years and negotiated more than 300 collective bargaining agreements...

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  • Lou Jacobi, 95 (1913 - 2009)

    Lou  Jacobi

    NEW YORK (AP) - Actor Lou Jacobi, who was known for comic roles and won praise in dramatic ones over a long career in the theater and movies, has died. He was 95. The Canadian-born actor died Friday at his home in Manhattan. The death was confirmed by Leonie Nowitz, a social worker who had been overseeing his care. Jacobi made his Broadway debut in 1955 in "The Diary of Anne Frank,"...

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  • Joseph Wiseman, 91 (1918 - 2009)

    Joseph  Wiseman

    NEW YORK Joseph Wiseman, an actor who played the sinister scientist and title character of Dr. No in the first James Bond feature film, has died. He was 91. Wiseman, who had been in declining health, died Monday at his home in Manhattan, his daughter, Martha Graham Wiseman, told The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. A screen and stage actor, Wiseman's film credits include ...

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  • Daniel Melnick, 77 (1932 - 2009)

    Daniel  Melnick

    LOS ANGELES (Associated Press) - Daniel Melnick, the producer who brought gutsy, smart movies like "Straw Dogs," "Network" and "Midnight Express" to the big screen, has died at his home in Los Angeles. He was 77. His son, Peter, tells the Los Angeles Times that Melnick died Tuesday of multiple ailments. He had recently undergone surgery for lung cancer. Melnick was head of production at...

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  • Collin Wilcox-Paxton (2009)

    Collin  Wilcox-Paxton

    HIGHLANDS, N.C. Actress Collin Wilcox-Paxton, who portrayed the false accuser in the movie classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," died of brain cancer just months after the diagnosis. She was 74. Her husband, Scott Paxton, confirmed Thursday that she died Oct. 14 in Highlands in the southwest part of the state. No funeral was held. Instead, the family held a service before her death. "It's...

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