Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2021 (Photos)
A look at all the stars in movies, TV, music, sports and media we’ve lost so far this yearSamson Amore, Margeaux Sippell and Andrea Towers | March 29, 2021 @ 2:22 PM Last Updated: April 9, 2021 @ 7:28 PM
A look at all the stars in movies, TV, music, sports and media we ve lost this year
Mike Fenton • The E.T. and Back to the Future casting director died Jan. 1. He was 85 years old.
Joan Micklin Silver • The director best known for the films Hester Street and Crossing Delancey died Jan. 1 due to vascular dementia. She was 85.
Gerry Marsden • Gerry Marsden, lead singer of the British pop band Gerry and the Pacemakers, died Jan. 3 after an infection of the heart. He was 78.
David Richardson, ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Two and a Half Men’ Writer-Producer, Dies at 65
Veteran showrunner recently wrapped the fifth and final season of Netflix’s “F Is for Family”Rosemary Rossi | January 18, 2021 @ 6:14 PM Last Updated: January 19, 2021 @ 6:20 AM
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David Richardson, the veteran writer and showrunner of such television comedies as “The Simpsons,” “Two and a Half Men” and “Malcolm in the Middle,” died Monday from heart failure. He was 65.
Richardson, who was a cancer survivor for almost 30 years, began his three-decade career as a comedy writer on Michael Leeson/Carsey-Werner’s NBC series “Grand” starring Bonnie Hunt, as well as the family-friendly “Zoobilee Zoo” with Ben Vereen and “The Pat Sajak Show” (yes, the “Wheel of Fortune” host once had a late-night talk show).
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KT Oslin, ’80s Ladies’ Country Singer, Dies at 78 After COVID Diagnosis
The singer was a three-time Grammy winnerThom Geier | December 22, 2020 @ 7:02 AM Last Updated: December 22, 2020 @ 7:11 AM
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K.T. Oslin, the Grammy-winning country singer best known for her 1987 hit “’80s Ladies,” died Monday in Nashville at age 78.
The cause of death was not immediately known, but friend Robert Oermann told the Associated Press that she had tested positive for COVID-19 last week. She had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease and lived in an assisted-living facility since 2016.
Oslin was a late bloomer to the country scene, debuting in her 40s as a singer-songwriter with a distinctly female perspective. In 1988 and 1989, she won back-to-back Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for “’80s Ladies” and for “Hold Me” the latter also won Best Country Song.