Son Rob Reiner, the actor, writer, director and Oscar-nominated producer, said in a tweet Tuesday morning: "Last night my dad passed away. The influential writer, director, actor, author and multiple Emmy Award-winner died at his Beverly Hills home of natural causes. Image Credit: Photo Credit: Warner Bros./PhotofestĬarl Reiner, the quintessential straight man for Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks who based the beloved sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show on his own life and jump-started Steve Martin’s big-screen career, died June 29. Dame Diana was a much loved and admired member of her profession, a force of nature who loved her work and her fellow actors. She was the recipient of BAFTA, Emmy, Tony and Evening Standard Awards for her work on stage and screen. “Dame Diana was an icon of theatre, film, and television. She was at home with her family who have asked for privacy at this difficult time,” added her agent Simon Beresford. “It is with tremendous sadness that we announce that Dame Diana Rigg died peacefully early this morning.
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Rigg was diagnosed with cancer in March, according to her daughter Rachael Stirling, who said she had “spent her last months joyfully reflecting on her extraordinary life, full of love, laughter and a deep pride in her profession. Image Credit: Photo Credit: ABC/Photofestĭiana Rigg, the Emmy- and Tony-winning British actress who vaulted to international fame in the 1960s with her performance as the seductive spy Emma Peel on The Avengers, then gained a new following decades later as the cunning Lady Olenna Tyrell on Game of Thrones, died Sept.
It was the honor of his career to bring King T’Challa to life in Black Panther.” “From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and several more - all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy.
“A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much,” his family said in the statement. He had never spoken publicly about his diagnosis. Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, his family revealed in a statement. He was 43.īoseman died at his home in the Los Angeles area with his wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, and family by his side.
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesĬhadwick Boseman, the electric young actor who projected so much vitality as the star of such films as Black Panther, Get on Up and 42, died Aug. He hosted in the vicinity of a Guinness World Record 8,000 episodes - all from the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City since 1994 - taping multiple installments two days a week for about 45 weeks a year. Presiding over a glossy rebooted version of Jeopardy! since fall 1984, the good-natured Trebek collected seven Daytime Emmys from 34 nominations and a Peabody Award for his work on the show. He said he lost his hair during cancer treatments and wore a hairpiece on the air.
In the weeks following his stunning announcement, hundreds of thousands of messages were sent to the host - all of which he read, according to a second video in which he thanked those folks for their support and encouragement. On March 6, 2019, the game show icon revealed that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, but he vowed to beat it “because under the terms of my contract, I have to host Jeopardy! for three more years.” In November 2018, he had extended his deal through 2022. That role earned him his Oscar.Īlex Trebek, the polished host of Jeopardy! who for nearly four decades was the man with the answers - all in the form of a question, of course - died Nov. Connery always resisted becoming a one-note actor and starred in a wide array of films, often playing a no-nonsense, man of action - like the tough, Irish cop who mentors Kevin Costner’s Eliot Ness in The Untouchables (1987), directed by Brian De Palma. No (1962), From Russia With Love (1963) - said to be the actor’s personal favorite - Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965) and You Only Live Twice (1967). “A sad day for all who knew and loved my dad and a sad loss for all people around the world who enjoyed the wonderful gift he had as an actor,” his son Jason told the BBC.Ī man with the Midas touch when it came to Agent 007, Connery laid down the Bond blueprint by starring in the first five United Artists movies to feature Ian Fleming’s British superspy: Dr. Sean Connery, the rugged, sardonically assured Scotsman who won an Academy Award and portrayed James Bond seven times, proving to the world that nobody could do it better, died Oct.
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