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Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, died Thursday. He was 93. Schifrin’s son, Ryan Schifrin, confirmed the death to CBS News in a statement, saying his father “succumbed to complications from pneumonia.” “His family was at his side,…
Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world’s most influential recording artists, has died, his family said in a statement posted to his website and social media. He was 82….
Jonathan Joss, who voiced the role of John Redcorn in the animated TV show “King of the Hill,” died Sunday after he was shot and killed at a home in San Antonio, Texas, police confirmed to CBS News. He was 55. San Antonio police officers were called to a report of a shooting in progress…
Devin Harjes, the actor who appeared in the TV shows “Boardwalk Empire” and “Manifest,” has died due to complications from a battle with cancer, his representative confirmed to CBS News on Sunday. He was 41. Harjes was diagnosed with cancer last winter, according to this rep, David Williams. He died Tuesday morning after being hospitalized…
CBS News Live CBS News 24/7 Live Loretta Swit, who played Maj. Margaret Houlihan on the TV series “M*A*S*H,” has died, a representative for her confirmed to CBS News. She was 87. Swit died at her home in New York City, her rep, B. Harlan Boll, said in a statement to CBS News on Friday….
Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded “Hang On Sloopy,” had a hit with “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” and earned a Grammy Award for producing “Weird Al ” Yankovic’s debut album, has died. He was 77. Derringer died Monday in Ormond Beach, Florida, according…
Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules in Hollywood as the co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and later received mainstream validation as the writer-director of “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Places in the Heart,” has died at age 92. Benton’s son, John Benton, said that he died Sunday at his home in Manhattan…
Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and made over 200 television appearances during a 45-year career, has died, her agent confirmed to CBS News on Friday. She was 88. Buzzi died Thursday at her home in Texas, her…
Val Kilmer, the acclaimed, brooding actor who starred in a string of blockbuster hits in the 1980s and 1990s, has died at the age of 65. Kilmer died Tuesday night in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and friends, his daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, said in an email to The Associated Press. Val Kilmer died from pneumonia….
David Lynch, the groundbreaking director of films and shows including “Twin Peaks” and “Blue Velvet,” has died at the age of 78, his family announced Thursday. “It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch,” a statement posted to Lynch’s social media reads. “We…