Cuba Gooding Sr., a popular soul singer and father to the Oscar winner, was found dead Thursday in the San Fernando Valley ... TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us Cuba Gooding Jr. 's dad was slumped over in his silver Jaguar, parked on Ventura Blvd in Woodland Hills, CA.
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2016 was a tough year, as we said goodbye to some of our best known and well-loved figures - from George Michael and Carrie Fisher to Prince and David Bowie. And the losses have continued into 2017 with the sad news that Bill Paxton had passed away, following the deaths of stars such as Gorden Kaye, John Hurt and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.
To answer the first question, here we use a simple definition of fame that we can implement using data. We define someone as famous if we can read about them in many languages. How many languages? 20 or more to be exact.
04 - Robert Stigwood, Entertainment Manager - managed the Bee Gees and Cream - age 81 06 - Pat Harrington Jr., Actor - Schneider on "One Day at a Time" - age 86 07 - Troy Shondell, Singer - only big hit was "This Time (We're Really Breaking Up)" -
Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 - January 25, 2017) was an American actress, known for her roles in the television sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a single woman working as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966), in which she played Laura Petrie, a former dancer turned Westchester homemaker, wife and mother.
New Yorker writers including Matthew Trammell and Ben Greenman pay tribute to Prince, who died today, accompanied by a photo slide show of the singer.
Fred Thompson, a former U.S. senator for Tennessee and actor who starred on "Law & Order" from 2002-2007, died Sunday of lymphoma in Nashville, his family said in a statement. He was 73.
This is a chronology of deaths in 2015. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by family name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here if they first have their own Wikipedia article.
Catherine E. Coulson was an actress best known for her role as Log Lady on the show Twin Peaks. Besides that and the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, her filmography includes The Amputee, Femme Fatale, Another You, The Four Diamonds, and the shows Psych and Portlandia.