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Joanna “Jo” Bacon, the British actor who portrayed the mother of Martine McCutcheon’s Natalie in the 2003 film Love, Actually, died June 14 of cancer. She was 72. Her death was announced by the UK’s Harlow Theatre Company. Bacon’s funeral was held July 15. “It is with much sadness that we…

UPDATED with statement from American Idol: Robin Kaye, a longtime music supervisor with American Idol, and her husband, Thomas Deluca, were found shot to death Monday in their home in the Encino area of Los Angeles, Deadline has confirmed. Both were 70. Los Angeles police told Deadline that…

Andrea Gibson, the poet and performance artist whose four-year fight with ovarian cancer was chronicled in director Ryan White’s 2025 Sundance Film Festival documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, died Monday, July 14, at their home in Boulder, Colorado. They were 49. Gibson’s death was…

A celebration of life for Jason Constantine, the longtime Lionsgate executive who died last month of cancer at 55, is set for August 12. The service is open to the public and will begin at 10 a.m. at at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood. The event will honor, recognize and pay tribute to…

David Kaff, who portrayed keyboardist Viv Savage in hte classic 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, died July 11. He was 79. His death was announced by his band Mutual of Alameda’s Wild Kingdom on Facebook. A cause of death was not specified, but the band said he “passed away peacefully in his…

David L. Hamilton, who co-founded and played keyboards for the prog-rock group Pavlov’s Dog before pivoting to a composing career and earning an Emmy nom, has died. He was 74. A rep for the family said he died June 20 but not give provide a cause or place of death. Born on May 4, 1951…

The cause of death for actor Julian McMahon has been revealed. McMahon, known for his starring roles in Nip/Tuck, Charmed, FBI: Most Wanted and the 2000s Fantastic Four movies, died from lung metastasis as a result of head and neck metastatic cancer, according to a Cremation Approval Summary…

James Carter Cathcart, a prolific voice actor whose credits included the Pokémon franchise and TV’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, died July 8 of throat cancer at Calvary Hospital in New York City. He was 71. His death was announced in a Facebook post by his wife Martha Jacobi. “Thanks to all of…

Dave Flebotte, an Emmy-nominated TV writer who worked on dramas like Desperate Housewives and sitcoms such as The Bernie Mac Show, has died. He was 65. Flebotte served as a co-executive producer on Housewives from 2008-2012. His former DH colleague Sabrina Wind wrote on Facebook Tuesday that…

Theodore F. “Ted” Cordes, who spent more than 30 years at NBC including as its head of broadcast standards, has died at the age of 87. He died on Sunday, July 6, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications of Alzheimer's disease, according to his husband, William J…

French director Jean-Pierre Thorn, who was known for his socially engaged cinema and was also a co-founder of indie cinema org l’ACID, has died at the age of 78. French media reported that Thorn, who was born in January 24, 1947, in Paris, died unexpectedly on July 5. The director and activist…

Unimaginably sad post-holiday news. Langley Perer, a beloved manager and producer, died June 25 following a four-year battle with cancer. She was 44 and leaves behind writer-producer husband Scott Rosenberg and their two children. Perer, who produced the films I Am Number Four, Dude and Arthur…