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Actor Jay Benedict, who appeared in “Aliens” and “The Dark Knight Rises,” is the latest celebrity to die from the coronavirus. He was 68. “It is with profound sorrow that we must announce Jay’s death on the 4th of April due to complications arising from a COVID-19 infection,” his official website announced. His agency, TSG, …

Shirley Douglas, the impassioned Canadian activist and veteran actress who was mother to actor Kiefer Sutherland and daughter of Canada medicare founder Tommy Douglas, died Sunday. She was 86. Sutherland announced his mother’s death on Twitter, saying she succumbed to complications surrounding pneumonia. He said it was not related COVID-19. “My mother was an extraordinary …

View this post on Instagram A post shared by TERESA GIUDICE ® (@teresagiudice) on Apr 5, 2020 at 10:29am PDT Teresa Giudice paid tribute Sunday to her late father Giacinto Gorga, who died Friday at the age of 76. Taking to Instagram, the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star, 47, shared a handful of family …

Dear John: Thank you! You have provided our church with some good news in the midst of this pandemic. I cannot adequately put into words our gratitude to you. One week ago today, I wrote you a brief email outlining the $60,000 fraud our church experienced on our US Bank checking account. Within six hours …

Dear John: I would like to get your advice on an issue. My daughter works in Flushing in a non-essential job for a non-essential business. The business owner is requiring her to work in the office with co-workers, one of whom recently returned to work after testing positive for the virus. They are making her …

Readers: As I mentioned a few weeks back, Nano Hearing Aids — nanohearingaids.com — was giving away 24 pairs of hearing aids through this column. The company is in the process of contacting the people it picked for this giveaway based on their need and their inability to pay for hearing aids on their own. …

Benjamin Gibbard — the frontman for Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service, who’s also the ex-husband of Zooey Deschanel — gave a moving tribute to late Fountains of Wayne rocker Adam Schlesinger on his “Live From Home” show. Gibbard’s been performing the streaming sets during the coronavirus quarantine. He said of Schlesinger, who …

Bill O’Brien offered more spin than a Clayton Kershaw curveball, describing the DeAndre Hopkins trade as in the “best interest of our team” in the Texans coach’s first public comments since Hopkins was moved to the Cardinals for running back David Johnson and two draft picks, a light return for a three-time All-Pro. “I would …

It seems like Bill Withers has been in my ear my entire life. Growing up in a household where ‘70s soul was the soundtrack of our lives, he was right up there with Marvin, Stevie, Diana, Chaka, Teddy P. and other R&B legends — the artists who made me fall in love with music while …

Actor Logan Williams, who played a young Barry Allen in the CW’s “The Flash,” died suddenly Thursday at age 16. No cause of death was given. The show’s star, Grant Gustin, expressed his anguish on Instagram Friday, posting a photo with Williams and actor Jesse L. Martin taken during the filming of the series pilot …