Browsing: Celebrity Deaths

Legendary actress Della Reese died Sunday

Tom Petty died Monday night after he was removed from life support, a spokeswoman announced.

Hugh Hefner died of cardiac arrest and respiratory failure.

Hugh Hefner, the man who founded Playboy magazine and, in doing so, created an iconic brand, has died of natural causes at 91.

The judge overseeing the estate of the late rock superstar Prince decided correctly when he rejected five people who claimed to be half-siblings and heirs of the late rock superstar Prince, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

Dick Gregory, the comedian and activist and who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutritional health, has died. He was 84.

Jerry Lewis, the brash slapstick comic who teamed with Dean Martin in the 1950s and later starred in “The Nutty Professor” and “The Bellboy” before launching the Muscular Dystrophy telethon, has died in Las Vegas. He was 91.

The son of the late singer Natalie Cole has passed away.

Joan Lee, the wife of Marvel Comics mastermind Stan Lee who co-created superheroes from Spider-Man to the X-Men, has died. She was 93.

One of Prince‘s drummers, 43-year-old John Blackwell Jr., has died in Florida.