Hymes, who began his career at NBC in 1951, worked on more than 500 episodes of the iconic late-night program until his most recent episode in January 2018. He was nominated for 10 Emmy Awards over the course of his career, winning twice 53 years apart, the first for Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Magnificent Yankee in 1965, and just this past September for the Kevin Hart-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live.

Having covered welfare for the Daily News, she’d heard poor women in Chicago ‘had no access to birth control services as part of their medical care.’ That led to the first honor, in 1963.

Cosmo Genovese, a veteran script supervisor whose credits include Perry Mason, The A-Team and two Star Trek series, died Tuesday, his family said. He was 95. His first job in Hollywood was on William Wyler's Oscar best-picture nominee Friendly Persuasion (1956), starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire and Anthony Perkins.

Boxer Hugo Alfredo "Dinamita" Santillan, a super lightweight for Argentina, died of cardiac arrest resulting from injuries suffered in the ring Saturday in Buenos Aires. He was 23.

Voice actor and Disney Legend Russi Taylor, the official voice of Minnie Mouse for many years, died in Glendale, Calif. Friday. She was 75 years old and her death was announced by the Walt Disney C…

Stephanie Niznik, an actress who appeared on “Everwood” and in “Star Trek: Insurrection,” died unexpectedly in Encino, Calif. on June 23. She was 52.

Her poetry — some of it stashed in a drawer for years — was tempered by years of being a single mother and her Roman Catholic faith.

Eddie Jones, who played Jonathan "Pa" Kent on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, has passed away. He was 82. The actor, who also appeared in Trading Places and A League of Their Own, began his screen career in earnest in 1978, and has worked consistently ever since, amassing over 75 credits according to the Internet Movie Database.

‘All he wanted was to be with us and to play with his granddaughter,’ says musician’s daughter

A former New York City police officer, he developed cancer 16 years after spending three months seeking survivors and victims’ remains in Lower Manhattan in 2001.

Today, police confirmed the death of Desmond “Etika” Amofah, a well-known gaming YouTuber, after discovering him in Manhattan’s East River yesterday evening. Amofah’s body was found two days after police recovered his belongings on the Manhattan Bridge. Last week, he had published a video that appeared like a suicide note.

Roky Erickson — lead vocalist and principal songwriter for the psychedelic band the 13th Floor Elevators and one of the leading lights of Texas rock — died Friday in Austin. He was 71.

Singer-songwriter Leon Redbone, who specialized in old-school vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley-style music, died Thursday, his family confirmed.

Murray Gell-Mann, the Nobel-winning physicist who brought order to the universe by helping discover and classify subatomic particles, has died. He was 89. Gell-Mann died on Friday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His death was confirmed by the Santa Fe Institute, where he held the title of distinguished fellow, and the California Institute of Technology, where he taught for decades. The cause was not disclosed.

The great Austrian driver won two F1 titles for Ferrari and one for McLaren and came back from an horrific accident that left him severely burned and injured in 1976

Herman Wouk, the versatile, Pulitzer Prize winning author of such million-selling novels as “The Caine Mutiny” and “The Winds of War” whose steady Jewish faith inspired his stories of religious values and secular success, died on Friday at 103.

Some very sad news. Grumpy Cat, the Internet’s most famous feline with a perpetually grouchy mug, has died. Grumpy Cat, whose real name was Tardar Sauce, died on Tuesday...

During his influential career, the Pritzker-winning architect designed everything from schools to skyscrapers. Known for spare geometric forms, Pei said the goal was to "eliminate the inessential."

She was only 39.

Isaac Kappy, the actor who starred in Terminator: Salvation, has died at the age of 42. Tragically, the actor died on Monday after reports suggest that he had jumped from the Transwestern Bridge in Bellmont, Arizona. Having fallen from the bridge, the Arizona Department of Public Safety confirmed that Kappy was then hit by a vehicle after he fell.