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Harry Belafonte, civil rights activist and trailblazing artist, dead at 96

Award-winning actor, singer and activist Harry Belafonte, a persistent and outspoken voice for justice and racial equality in the United States and around the world, died Tuesday at age 96. Belafonte...

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Acclaimed Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor dies at age 56

Acclaimed Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor, known for hits such as “Nothing Compares 2 U” and for shredding a photo of the pope while hosting “Saturday Night Live,” has died. She was 56. A cause of death...

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Bob Barker, ‘The Price Is Right’ host for 35 years, dies at 99

Longtime game show host and animal rights activist Bob Barker has died. He was 99. The former “The Price is Right” host died peacefully at home of natural causes on Saturday morning in L.A. his rep...

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AI-generated obituary for Brandon Hunter calls deceased NBA player ‘useless’

An obituary headline that appears to be the product of artificial intelligence referred to former NBA player Brandon Hunter as “useless.” The 42-year-old power forward died unexpectedly on Tuesday in...

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Tony Award-winning ‘Spamalot’ actor Michael McGrath dead at 65

Broadway actor Michael McGrath, who originated the role of Patsy in “Spamalot” and won a 2012 Tony Award for his featured role in the musical “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” has died at the age of 65....

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Buddy Teevens, Dartmouth’s winningest football coach, dies at 66

Buddy Teevens, the winningest head coach in Dartmouth football history, has died at the age of 66 from injuries he sustained in a bicycling accident in March. Throughout his career, Teevens strived to...

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Actor David McCallum, of ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ and ‘NCIS’ fame, dies at...

Scottish-born actor David McCallum, known for his turns as “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” and as Dr. “Ducky” Mallard on “NCIS,” died on Monday. He was 90. McCallum died of natural causes surrounded by...

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NYC mom mourns Israeli daughter killed by Hamas: ‘Part of me died with her’

A mourning Manhattan mother whose free-spirited 26-year-old Israeli daughter was killed in Hamas’ brutal weekend rampage said Wednesday that “part of me died with her.” “She had this smile that could...

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Peter S. Fischer, co-creator of ‘Murder, She Wrote,’ dies at age 88

Peter Fischer, co-creator of “Murder, She Wrote” and writer for a host of other beloved mystery shows, has died. He was 88. His death at a care facility in Pacific Grove, Calif., was confirmed by his...

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Who is Brianna Suggs? A look at the Adams fund-raiser targeted in FBI search

The campaign fund-raiser for Mayor Adams whose Brooklyn residence was searched by FBI agents probing Adams’ 2021 campaign is a 25-year-old with especially close ties to the mayor’s chief adviser....

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Tom Smothers, half of ‘The Smothers Brothers’ comedy duo, dies at age 86

Tom Smothers, half of the groundbreaking “Smothers Brothers” comedy duo whose envelope-pushing commentary on Vietnam and various social issues got them taken off the air in the 1960s, has died of...

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