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The star, also known for appearances on "Spitting Image," suffered a fatal heart attack at his home in South London on Monday.

Luis was a runner-up in the show in 2014.

Carol Arthur, the wife of Dom DeLuise and actress known for roles in Mel Brooks’ "Blazing Saddles" and "Hot Stuff," had died. She was 85.

McKibbin finished third on the first season of "American Idol."

James Bond may have been the ultimate British adventurer-rogue, but when I think of great Sean Connery portrayals, my mind goes right to Danny Dravot, aka “The Man Who Would be King.” Connery and

FAIRHOPE, Ala. — Winston Groom, the writer whose novel “Forrest Gump” was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon, has died at age 77. Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, Alabama, said in a message on social media that Groom had died in that south Alabama town. A local …

Just over two months after his death, Nick Cordero’s widow Amanda Kloots is honoring her late husband on what would have been his 42nd birthday. The Broadway actor died at 41 in early July after a months-long battle with coronavirus complications. He suffered from several maladies after his hospitalization that included mini-strokes, the amputation of …

Stanley Crouch, a contentious and influential critic, columnist and self-taught Renaissance man who in fiction and nonfiction was inspired by his knowledge and love of blues and jazz and his impulse to step over the line, died Wednesday at age 74. His wife, Gloria Nixon-Crouch, told The Associated Press that he died at a hospice …

Alien Huang, the Taiwanese actor, singer and fashion designer also known as Huang Hong-Shen, has died. He was 36. Police confirmed that Huang’s body was discovered on Wednesday morning at his home in the Beitou district of Taipei, Variety reported. The official cause of death has not yet been announced, but Huang’s management team is …

Samuel L. Jackson and Chris Evans are both grieving the loss of their friend Chadwick Boseman. “It was sudden to all of us,” Jackson, 71, said on the “Tamron Hall Show” Tuesday. “It’s gut-wrenching to lose someone with such an important part of the culture in terms of what he became to the world in …