NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Michael K. Williams, who as the rogue robber of drug dealers Omar Little on “The Wire” created one of the most popular characters in television in recent decades, died Monday.

Sarah Harding has died at the age of 39 just a year after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The talented Girls Aloud singer slipped away just weeks after revealing the disease was terminal and telling fans that Christmas 2020 was likely to have been her last. Her mum broke the news today on Instagram.

The seven-time Emmy winner was funny on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and serious on his own newspaper drama, then delighted movie audiences with 'Up.'

Seven-time Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant on both sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and hourlong drama “Lou Grant” before a late-career rejuvenation through his poignant voicework in 2009 animated film “Up,” has died. He was 91.

The music world pays tribute to "one of the greatest drummers of his generation".

From the album "From One Charlie" released in 1992 - Composed by Charlie Parker. -- Musicians: Charlie Watts - Drums -- Peter King - Alto Sax -- Gerard Presencer - Trumpet -- Brian Lemon - Piano -- David Green - Bass

Don Everly, the surviving member of the rock 'n' roll duo The Everly Brothers, has died at the age of 84. A family spokesperson confirmed Everly's death to the Los Angeles Times, but did not disclose the cause. Everly and his brother, Phil, had hits worldwide in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including Bye Bye Love and All I Have To Do Is Dream.

Actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba passed away at a hospital in Kimitsu City in Chiba prefecture on Thursday at 5:26 p.m. due to pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). He was 82. Chiba's agency reported on Thursday that he had gone to the hospital on August 8 because his pneumonia from COVID-19 had worsened. He was on supplemental oxygen, but he was unable to recover before his death.

TOKYO (AP) — Maki Kaji, the creator of the popular numbers puzzle Sudoku whose life's work was spreading the joy of puzzles, has died, his Japanese company said Tuesday. He was 69 and had bile duct cancer.

Actress Una Stubbs, who appeared in some of the best-loved shows on British TV from the 1960s to the 2010s, has died at the age of 84. She found fame in Cliff Richard's 1963 film Summer Holiday before starring in hit sitcom Till Death Us Do Part. The actress went on to appear in shows like Worzel Gummidge, The Worst Witch, EastEnders and Sherlock.

Trevor Moore, a comedian, actor, producer, and co-founder of the sketch comedy group The Whitest Kids U Know, died Friday evening at 41 from an accident.

Actor Jay Pickett, best known for his roles on “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives,” died suddenly Friday while on location shooting the film “Treasure Valley” in Idaho. He was 60. The news of his passing was announced on his Facebook page.

Saginaw Grant, the Native American actor known for his performance as Chief Big Bear in “The Lone Ranger” and for featured roles in “Breaking Bad” and other popular series and films, died Wednesday…

Mr. Popeil became a well-known presence on TV, hawking products that people didn’t know they needed, including the Veg-O-Matic and the Inside-the-Shell Egg Scrambler.

Robby Steinhardt, the violinist and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Kansas, died Saturday several months after seeming to recover from acute septic shock at a Tampa hospital following a case of p…

Actor was best known for playing Mac on the NBC sitcom

BERLIN (AP) — Esther Bejarano, a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp who devoted much of her life to the fight against antisemitism and racism — often through through the power of music — has died.

Iconic filmmaker and actor Robert Downey Sr. has died at the age of 85. Downey passed away early Wednesday morning in his sleep at his home in New York City following a more than five-year-long battle with Parkinson's disease. His wife confirmed his passing to the NY Daily News. Downey is the father of actor Robert Downey Jr. The Iron Man actor has not yet commented on his father's passing.

US actor Ned Beatty, known for his roles in Deliverance, Superman and many other films, has died at the age of 83. According to his manager, he died on Sunday from natural causes "surrounded by his family and loved ones". Born in Kentucky in 1937, Beatty was Oscar-nominated in 1977 for playing a corporate CEO in Network, a role he filmed in a single day.

Robert Hogan, the familiar New York actor who made a six-decade career out of popping up on television shows including Hogan’s Heroes, whose main character was named after him, has died.