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Coronavirus has taken another Hollywood star. Julie Bennett, known as the voice of Cindy Bear in “The Yogi Bear Show,” has died at the age of 88 from coronavirus complications, her talent agent Mark Scroggs confirmed to Fox News. Bennett passed away on Tuesday, March 31, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, having received her coronavirus diagnosis last week, …

Fountains of Wayne frontman Adam Schlesinger’s loved ones had been “optimistic” that he was on the mend before he succumbed Wednesday to coronavirus complications, according to longtime collaborators. “This came out of the blue,” said J.J. Sedelmaier, an animator who worked with the New Jersey native for over 20 years. The 52-year-old Grammy-winning songwriter had …

NEW ORLEANS — Ellis Marsalis, the jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical family that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford, has died. He was 85. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced Marsalis’ death in a news release Wednesday night. She did not specify a cause of death. He had continued …

The widow of “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll” writer Alan Merrill has written a harrowing account of his final hours before his death from coronavirus. Merrill, who co-wrote and sang the original version of the hit song, died on Sunday aged 69 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, which is so overrun with COVID-19 …

Slain rapper Nipsey Hussle was lovingly remembered by his fianceé Lauren London on the first anniversary of his death. The 35-year-old model and TV personality posted a snap of the couple accompanied by a poignant message in which she called Hussle her “greatest teacher.” “I promise I will make you proud,” London wrote, “I promise …

Kelly Ripa and Sarah Michelle Gellar led the online tributes over the weekend to late “All My Children” actor John Callahan, who died Saturday at the age of 66. Taking to Instagram on Saturday, Ripa — who portrayed Hayley Vaughan on the daytime series from 1990 to 2002 — expressed her sympathies to Callahan’s family, …

Alan Merrill, who co-wrote the smash-hit Joan Jett anthem “I Love Rock and Roll,” has died from coronavirus complications, his daughter said. The Bronx-born rocker, 69, died Sunday morning, daughter Laura Merrill posted to Facebook. “I was given 2 minutes to say my goodbyes before I was rushed out,” she wrote in a heartbreaking post. …

John Callahan who is best known for playing Edmound Grey in “All my Children” has died at the age of 66. Callahan, who was famous for his work on various soap operas such as “Days of Our Lives,” “Santa Barbara” and “Falcon Crest” passed away at his Palm Springs home Saturday night reports Variety. As …

The coronavirus continues to devastate Broadway. Two highly anticipated plays — “Hangmen” and the revival of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” — have been scuttled. Actors are sick, among them much of the cast of “Moulin Rouge!” The day Broadway announced it was closing down, a bunch of top producers and theater executives met at …

Actor Mark Blum, known for playing opposite Madonna in the legendary 1985 New York City film “Desperately Seeking Susan,” has passed away due to coronavirus complications. He was 69. A New Jersey native, Blum also had a role in 1986’s “Crocodile Dundee” and appearances on a string of TV series, including “NYPD Blue,” “The Sopranos,” …