Actor and producer Mark Blum, known for his television and Off-Broadway roles, has died due to complications from COVID-19, according to SAG-AFTRA. He was 69. “With love and heavy hearts, Playwrights Horizons pays tribute to Mark Blum, a dear longtime friend and a consummate artist who passed this week,” the off-Broadway theater Playwrights Horizons shared […]
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Jack Bannon, who is remembered for his role as assistant city editor Art Donovan on 1977-82 CBS drama “Lou Grant,” died Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, according to a report in The Spokesman-Review. He had lived in the town with his wife, actress Ellen Travolta — the older sister of John Travolta — since 1995. […]
Stephen Furst, who is remembered for playing Flounder in 1978 theatrical “Animal House” and Elliot Axelrod on NBC medical drama “St. Elsewhere,” has died from complications from diabetes. He was 63. Born in Norfolk, Virginia as Stephen Nelson Feuerstein, Furst reprised his role from “Animal House” in 1979 spin-off sitcom “Delta House.” He also appeared […]
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Mary Tyler Moore, who “made it after all” in two classic sitcoms, “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” died in a Connecticut hospital today. “Today, beloved icon, Mary Tyler Moore, passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, […]
Grant Tinker, who combined the rare combination of quality and patience to program NBC in primetime, died Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 90. Born Jan. 11, 1926 in Stamford, Connecticut, Tinker married actress Mary Tyler Moore in 1962, and in 1969 they formed the television production company MTM Enterprises. While creating […]
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Doris Roberts, who is fondly remembered for four-time Emmy Award winning role as interfering matriarch Marie Barone on CBS sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond,” died Sunday in Los Angeles. She was 90. Born Doris May Green on November 4, 1925 in St. Louis, Roberts’ acting career began in 1951 with an appearance on CBS dramatic anthology […]
