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Actress Royana Black has passed away after a battle with leukemia, her family announced. She was 47 years old. The sister of Black’s husband, John Hubbell, shared on a GoFundMe page that Black died “very suddenly” of acute myeloid leukemia on July 14. “Royana’s incredible energy and spirit will be a part of our lives …

Regis Philbin will be buried on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, his beloved alma mater, according to reports. There will be a funeral service for the TV talk-show legend at the famed Catholic school’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart outside South Bend, Ind., followed by his burial in the university’s Cedar Grove …

“True Life” star Charlie Balducci has died. He was 44. Balducci passed away unexpectedly, his mother told TMZ, as he wasn’t sick. Law enforcement sources told the outlet that they discovered Balducci unresponsive in his bed Saturday night. The New York City Medical Examiner’s Office told Page Six on Monday that his cause of death …

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, known for his avant-garde and colorful work that included flamboyant costumes of the late rock icon David Bowie, has died of leukemia, his company said Monday. He was 76. Yamamoto developed leukemia in February and was determined to recover and come back with renewed energy, said the …

Hollywood icon Olivia de Havilland — the Oscar-winning star of classics including “Gone With the Wind” and “The Adventures of Robin Hood” — died Sunday, according to her rep. She was 104. The two-time Academy Award-winning actress died peacefully from natural causes at the home in her home in Paris, France where she had lived …

Naya Rivera’s heartbroken ex broke his silence over the “Glee” star’s drowning death in a California lake, writing “there’s not enough words to express the hole left in everyone’s hearts.” “This is so unfair,” Ryan Dorsey wrote Saturday on Instagram. “I can’t believe this is life now. I don’t know if I’ll ever believe it.” …

This one really hurts. The death of Regis Philbin, who passed away at the age of 88 — a month before his 89th birthday — resonates deeply with me. Reege meant so much to my career at The New York Post, particularly when, in 1999, I started writing a gossipy daily TV column called “The …

Regis Philbin has died at the age of 88. “We are deeply saddened to share that our beloved Regis Philbin passed away last night of natural causes, one month shy of his 89th birthday,” his family shared with People in a statement Saturday. “His family and friends are forever grateful for the time we got …

The son of late “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” actor Brian Tarantina is set to inherit his dad’s $209,000 estate, court records show. Tarantina — who died Nov. 2 from an accidental overdose — didn’t leave behind a will and so his only son and “sole distributee,” Sean Tarantina, is set to inherit the estate, court papers …

Chris Colfer penned an emotional tribute to his former “Glee” co-star Naya Rivera, musing over whether she was even real, or just a dream. “How could a human being be that talented, that hilarious and that beautiful at once? How could one person be responsible for so much joy and be the subject of so …