Henry Gibson, one of television’s all-time greatest comic character actors died Wednesday from cancer at the age of 73. You may not know the name, but I’m certain you know the face. And the long list of acting credits. A regular on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In Haven Hamilton in Robert Altman’s Nashville Neo-Nazi in The Blues Brothers The voice of Wilbur in the original Charlotte’s Web film Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia A... 

Mary Travers, one third of the 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, lost her battle with leukemia Wednesday night in Connecticut; she was 72. With songs like “If I Had a Hammer,” “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” and “Blowin’ in the Wind,” Peter, Paul and Mary were the harmonious voice of the 1960s peace movement. Ms. Travers brought a powerful voice and an unfeigned urgency to music that resonated with mainstream listeners.... 

Sad, sad news to report. After a public and painful battle with pancreatic cancer, actor Patrick Swayze has died. His publicist Annett Wolf confirms that the 57-year-old Dirty Dancing star died Monday surrounded by family. I’ve always felt a connection to Patrick Swayze because we share a birthday; this is especially sad for me. Image Source Last spring Patrick Swayze announced he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but he continued... 

Celebrity deaths come in threes….. First it was Dominic Dunn then Army Archerd, and now it’s Larry Gelbart. Three Hollywood writing legends sent to Heaven in the last three weeks. Dominic Dunn died on August 26, 2009 at the age of 83 from bladder cancer. Army Archerd died on September 8, 2009 at the age of 87 from mesothelioma. Larry Gelbart the award-winning writer of such classics as Broadway’s “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way... 

The brilliant Hollywood true-crime writer and TV personality Dominick Dunne died today at the age of 83 from bladder cancer. Dunne’s son, actor Griffin Dunne, said his father died at home in New York. Vanity Fair – where Dominick Dunne worked for over twenty years serving as contributing editor then special correspondent – was the first to report the legend’s passing. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Dominick Dunne started off his... 

Farrah Fawcett’s funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Although the cathedral can seat 3,000 people the private service was by invite-only. Among the first to arrive were Ryan O’Neal and Alana Stewart, both of whom were with Farrah when she died. Lee Majors, Farrah’s ex-husband was there too, as were Fawcett’s Charlie’s Angels costars Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd. Also in attendance... 

Farrah Fawcett died this morning. From E! Online: Fawcett, the feather-haired founding member of TV’s Charlie’s Angels and pinup icon whose second act was marked by bids to showcase her acting chops and whose third act was marred by on- and offscreen problems, died this morning at a Los Angeles-area hospital, some two-and-a-half years after being diagnosed with anal cancer. She was 62. The actress passed away at 9:28 a.m. Ryan... 

The one and only Ed McMahon passed away in a Los Angeles hospital early Tuesday morning at the age of 86. Although no official cause of death was given, it has been reported that McMahon suffered from bone cancer and other unknown ailments in recent months. Perhaps best known as Johnny Carson’s straight man, whose bellowing “H-e-e-e-e-e-ere’s Johnny!” opened NBC’s Tonight Show, McMahon had dreamed of being a... 

Sad news tonight…..actress Beatrice Arthur has died at the age of 86. I know Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak on NBC’s Golden Girls from 1985 to 1992, but older generations know her most as Maude, a spinoff of All in the Family. PEOPLE reports: Dan Watt, a spokesman for Arthur’s family, told the Associated Press that the star had been suffering with cancer, though he did not specify what kind. She died peacefully at her Los Angeles... 

British reality star Jade Goody died early this morning, Mother’s Day in England, at the age of 27 after her courageous battle with cervical cancer. Her mother was by her side. Jade’s death was inevitable, but it’s still sad to report; she had so much more life to live. From what I understand, cervical cancer is a pretty brutal way to die. Jade Goody rose to infamy in 2002 during her appearance on the British version of Big Brother,...