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Former “Dukes of Hazzard” star, John Schneider, announced through social media that his wife, Alicia Ann Allain Schneider, 53, has passed away. “My beautiful Smile is pain free, living in her new body alongside Jesus,” Schneider said on Instagram, with a picture of his wife. “Smile” is the nickname he used for his wife. The…

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Richard Belzer, the actor and comedian best known for his role as Detective Munch across numerous NBC crime shows, including “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” for over 20 years, died at 78. According to his longtime manager, Eric Gardner, Belzer “passed away peacefully” at his home in France. Belzer’s longtime friend, writer Bill Scheft,…

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Hollywood actress Raquel Welch peacefully passed away at the age of 82 after a brief illness, confirmed by her representative, Steve Sauer. “Raquel Welch, the legendary bombshell actress of film, television and stage, passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness,” said Sauer in the statement. The statement continued by saying, “Her career…

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Burt Bacharach, an award-winning composer, has passed away at the age of 94. His publicist Tina Brausam confirmed that Bacharach died of natural causes in his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The composer was best known for his songs such as “Walk On By,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” and “Raindrops…

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Melinda Dillon, the two-time Academy Award nominee who starred in “A Christmas Story” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” died at 83. The actress’ obituary noted that people could share “fond memories and expressions of sympathy” for the Dillon family on the Neptune Society’s Long Beach location website. Dillon received a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for her role…

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Cindy Williams, who starred in “Laverne & Shirley,” died at 75 following a brief illness, according to her family. Williams portrayed Shirley alongside Penny Marshall’s Laverne on the popular sitcom. The family’s spokesperson, Liza Cranis, released a statement on behalf of Williams’ children. The statement reads, “The passing of our kind, hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought us…

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Annie Wersching, the actress best known for her roles in television series such as “Star Trek: Picard,” “24,” “The Vampire Diaries,” and “Bosch,” passed away at the age of 45 after a quiet battle with cancer. She was diagnosed with cancer during the summer of 2020, but continued her work through it. In a GoFundMe…

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Lloyd Morrisett, co-founder of Sesame Workshop and who famously founded the idea of “Sesame Street” has passed away at age 93. The Sesame Workshop Instagram account shared the news by saying in a statement, “Sesame Workshop mourns the passing of our esteemed and beloved co-founder Lloyd N. Morrisett, PhD, who died at the age of…

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Singer-songwriter-guitarist David Crosby, a founding member of two popular and extremely influential ’60s rock units, the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash (later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), has died. He was 81 years old. His wife released a statement to Variety, writing, “It is with great sadness after a long illness that our beloved David (Croz)…

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Singer Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of the late Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, died Thursday, hours after being hospitalized following an apparent cardiac arrest, her mother said. She was 54. “Priscilla Presley and the Presley family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Lisa Marie,” Priscilla Presley said in the…
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