Doug Valdez, 91, passed away early Friday morning in an attempt to beat the weekend rush into heaven.

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Bharathiraja, the Indian filmmaker whose rural dramas reshaped Tamil cinema across nearly five decades, died on Wednesday in Chennai from age-related illness. He was 84. Born Chinnasamy Periyamaya Theva on July 17, 1941, in Allinagaram in what is now Theni district of Tamil Nadu, Bharathiraja worked primarily in India’s Tamil-language film industry as a director, […]

Bill Cody, one of the nation’s most revered country radio personalities from his decades-long roles as an announcer for the Grand Ole Opry and WSM morning show host, died Tuesday in Nashville. He was 67. In recent days, much of Nashville’s country music community had sent out calls for prayer on behalf of Cody, after […]

William Hasley, a writer who worked on TV series including “The Smurfs” and co-wrote an inspirational book with Caitlyn Jenner, has been identified as the hiker who was found dead on Hollywood’s popular Runyon Canyon trail on Saturday evening. He was 78. Hasley was previously married to “The Bold and the Beautiful” actress Robin Riker. […]

Anthony Guidera, known for his work in “The Godfather Part III” and “Species,” died Saturday in a Los Angeles-area hospital. He was 65. He had suffered a cardiac arrest in May and was on life support for three weeks, his wife confirmed to TMZ. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing […]

The congregation broke ground in recognizing same-sex marriage within Conservative Jewry, and Kelman was instrumental in the creation of the nation's first environmentally focused Jewish cemetery, in Marin County.

Early on Saturday morning, comrade Anne Marie Forster lost her long struggle against cancer. An energetic and intelligent working-class woman, she was part of the small group who stayed loyal to the ideas of genuine Marxism throughout decades of difficulty.

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He was also a bodysurfer, spearfisher, water polo player, Navy lieutenant, civil rights lawyer in Mississippi, and Director of Legal aid for the Western United States. A film he saw in a Berkeley theater in the 1950s changed his life, he said.

Patrick Godfrey, an English actor who played Leonardo da Vinci in the 1998 fantasy film “Ever After: A Cinderella Story,” died on Thursday. He was 93. Godfrey’s death was announced on June 5 via a statement from his talent agency, Markham Froggatt & Irwin. The statement read, “It is with great sadness that we can […]

Her Dior gift to Princess Diana helped turn the house’s handbag into the Lady Dior.

The Argentine-born, Paris-based artist, who died at age 97, had been hoping to attend the opening of his retrospective at Tate Modern next week

Officers found the 81-year-old stabbed in the chest and unconscious outside his home Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

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Head achieved U.S. fame as librarian Rupert Giles, mentor to the title character in the cult-favorite supernatural series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” which ran from 1997 to 2003.

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Diana Yanko, 61, died on Tuesday after an AI incorrectly filed her charts, another AI denied her claim, and a third AI turned off her life support.

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Best known for her graphic novel Persepolis and its award-winning film adaption, Satrapi died in Paris on 4 June from “sadness” following her husband's recent death

James Handy, the actor who appeared in Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Jumanji (1995), The Verdict (1982) and Arachnophobia (1990), has died. He was 81. On Wednesday at around 9:30 a.m., the LAPD responded to a cryptic call in Tarzana, where Handy was discovered in the front yard of the residence, unconscious after being stabbed in […]

James Handy, a longtime actor who appeared as the bartender in “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Jumanji” and had guest roles on dozen of TV shows, was killed Wednesday in a stabbing in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles. He was 81. The LAPD said he was killed by his girlfriend’s son. “On Wednesday, June 3, […]

After moving to Berkeley, she taught English and math to deaf students, and ASL to hearing students, at community colleges including Laney and Vista.

France-based Iranian artist, animator and director Marjane Satrapi, best known for her Oscar-nominated 2007 biographical animated feature “Persepolis,” has died. She was 56. “Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,” said a statement “from close friends and family” sent […]

UPDATED with official cause of death: The Okanogan County Coroner’s Office has confirmed that Matt Brown, who appeared in Discovery’s Alaskan Bush People reality series, died by suicide. An autopsy completed today reveals Brown died from a “single penetrating gunshot wound to the head”, according to the coroner’s report obtained by Deadline. The report notes […]

Scientists officially know 0.0000000000000000001% of what’s on the ocean floor now that Ron Green, 36, drowned in one.

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Ernest Chambers, the writer and producer known for variety TV shows like “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” and “Click,” died on May 28 at home in Los Angeles following a brief illness. He was 97. Chambers produced, wrote and executive produced over 1,000 hours of TV over the course of his 50-year career, earning 11 […]

Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy-winning R&B singer and songwriter, died June 2. He was 75. He reportedly had suffered a stroke days prior. The artist was known for singing soul ballads, including “A Whole New World” from Aladdin with Regina Belle and the title song from from Beauty and the Beast, a duet with Celine Dion. […]

Ernest Chambers, a prolific TV writer-producer whose 60-year career working on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, My Three Sons, The Dick Van Dyke Show and dozens of specials and variety shows that landed him 11 Emmy nominations, has died. He was 97. A family representative told Deadline that Chambers died May 30 in Los Angeles […]

Owain Rhys Davies, a Welsh actor who appeared in “Twin Peaks: The Return” and “The OA,” died suddenly over the weekend, according to the BBC. He was 44. Davies was best known for playing FBI Agent Wilson in the 2017 revival of David Lynch’s iconic series “Twin Peaks,” appearing in three episodes alongside Lynch himself […]

Owain Rhys Davies, the Welsh actor best known for his work in Twin Peaks, has died suddenly. He was 44. Davies’ passing was confirmed by his brother, Rhodri Davies, in an Instagram post. He said questions remain unanswered about the cause of death. “It is with profound sadness that my father and I share the […]

Forthright, fearless, socially conscious and a committed Jewish humanist, she was among the first dancers in George Balanchine's New York City Ballet and a longtime activist in the circle of Barbara Dane, Malvina Reynolds and Jessica Mitford.

Widely known by her online alter ego Jerry Gogosian, Helphenstein had come to prominence through her memes and critiques of the art world

Remembering Wilson Riles Jr., who connected local and global struggles for peace and justice

The former city councilmember and activist for racial justice, nuclear disarmament, and economic rights most recently gave back to Oakland as a police commissioner.

Born in Tehran, he earned a Ph.D. in city planning and lived many years in Berkeley.