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Spencer Milligan, who starred in the 1970s Saturday morning series Land of the Lost from Sid & Marty Krofft and was a regular guest star on TV into the late 1980s, has died. He was 86. An obituary on the Huehns Funeral Home website said he died April 18 but did not provide details. Born on…

Tom Van Amburg died Monday in Los Angeles after a short illness. He was 83. Van Amburg is remembered as a trailblazing Los Angeles TV executive whose innovations drove KABC to the top and launched Regis Philbin as a morning talk show fixture. He also is the father of Apple TV+ head of worldwide…

Al Schultz, a top CBS makeup artist for The Carol Burnett Show and several groundbreaking Norman Lear sitcoms including All in the Family and Good Times and was married to Vicki Lawrence for nearly 50 years, has died. He was 82. His publicist said today that Schultz died June 19 at his home in Long…

Shifty Shellshock aka Seth Binzer, the lead singer of Crazy Town, whose 2000 song “Butterfly” became an anthem, died Monday. He was 49. The Los Angeles Medical Examiner said he died Monday, but no cause of death was given. The nu-metal star founded American rap-rock group Crazy Town in 1995 in…

Jonathan Morano, a Peabody Award-winning writer of CBS’ The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, died peacefully June 20 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles following a 15-month battle with Glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor. He was 56. His death was announced by his wife…

Russell Morash, who created long-running WGBH series This Old House and was a frequent Julia Child collaborator, has died. Morash died June 20 at 88. Born on February 11, 1936, in Lexington, MA, he originally was hired as a camera operator at public broadcaster GBH in 1958 before becoming a…

Pirates of the Caribbean actor Tamayo Perry has died after a shark attack while surfing in Hawaii. He was 49. Perry, who was also a lifeguard and professional surfer, was attacked on Sunday afternoon, Honolulu’s emergency services confirmed in a press conference. Paramedics on Malaekahana Beach…

Sarah Becker, best known for appearing in MTV’s The Real World Season 5, has died. She was 52. Becker appeared in the fifth season of the reality series set in Miami. According to TMZ, Becker died by suicide earlier this week at her home in Illinois, her family confirmed. Related…

Jamie Kellner, an extremely well-respected TV executive who helped launch Fox and The WB broadcast networks, has died at the age of 77. At Fox, Kellner developed The Simpsons, Married…With Children, In Living Color, Beverly Hills 90210 and Cops. While at The WB, he developed Dawson's Creek, Buffy the…

Ryan Hadley, the tattoo artist known for his appearance on Ink Master, has died. He was 46. The Indiana gallery owner, who competed on Season 6 of the Paramount competition series, died on Thursday, two months after he shared that his cancer had become “non-treatable” and had spread to his liver and…

Taylor Wily, the sumo wrestler-turned-Hawaii Five-0 actor, died Thursday, June 20, according to local Hawaii TV outlet KITV. He was 56. Although specifics regarding the death — where, and a cause — were not immediately known, his passing was confirmed by Peter M. Lenkov, executive producer of the…

Jane Fonda is speaking out about the passing of Donald Sutherland, her co-star from the Alan J. Pakula crime drama Klute. In an Instagram post on Thursday, Fonda recalled how much she enjoyed working with Sutherland and the many adventures they ended up taking together. “I am stunned to hear…