Harry Anderson, the actor, comedian and magician best known for playing Judge Harry Stone on the sitcom Night Court, died Monday at his home in Asheville, North Carolina. He was 65. “This morning at 6:41 a.m. the Asheville Police Department responded to the home of actor Harry Anderson where he …
Read More »Anticon Rapper-Producer Alias Dead at 41
Influential rapper, producer and Anticon record label co-founder Brendon “Alias” Whitney died Friday at the age of 41. Anticon confirmed Whitney’s death in a statement Saturday. “Just received news of a major loss – the passing of our dear friend and Anticon co-founder @AliasAnticon,” the Los Angeles-based hip-hop label tweeted. …
Read More »John Mahoney, 'Frasier' Actor, Dead at 77
John Mahoney, the actor who played the role of Martin Crane on Frasier for 11 seasons,died in Chicago on Sunday while in hospice care, his manager confirmed to Variety. He was 77. The British-born Mahoney, who moved to the Chicago area at the age of 19, didn’t fully enter acting …
Read More »SHINee Singer, K-Pop Star Jonghyun Dead at 27 of Possible Suicide
UPDATE: Hundreds lined up outside the Asan Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, watching for a hearse bearing the coffin of their pop idol, Kim Jong-hyun. His SHINee bandmates and members of the pop group Super Junior carried his coffin from the hospital to the waiting car, according …
Read More »'King of the Hill' Creator Mike Judge on Tom Petty: 'Such a Funny Guy'
Between 2004 and 2009, Tom Petty supplemented his rock and roll career with a surprising side gig, voicing the character Lucky on Mike Judge‘s beloved animated show, King of the Hill. In a short tribute shared with Rolling Stone, Judge remembers Petty as “the nicest, most humble and unassuming rock …
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