Dame Angela Lansbury, three-time Oscar nominee with a career spanning eight decades and star of the US TV crime series Murder She Wrote had died in her sleep five days before her 97th birthday. Born in London, in 1925, Dame Angela Lansbury, moved to New York and attended the foreign School of Dramatic Art, was…
London born and educated at Corona Theatre School, Actor Dennis Waterman (74), of Minder, the Sweeny, and New Tricks fame has died on Sunday afternoon with his wife Pam on his side, his family has said in a statement “ We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved Dennis passed away very…
Actress June Muriel Brown, who played Dot Cotton on BBC’s EastEnders for more than three decades had died at the age of 95. Brown first appeared in the series in 1985, the year EastEnders was created. She stayed until 1993, returning to play the same character from 1987 until 2020. Her private life was touched…
Stephen Galloway’s Truly, Madly is the biography of a marriage, a love affair that still captivates millions, is “the romance of the century”. The golden couple whose admirers were enthralled by their private lives as by their stage and screen performances. They received over 1, 000 fan letters a week. Vivien and Larry were two…
Lata Mangeshkar (92), “ Nightingale of Bollywood” and Indian national icon, one of India’s most venerated singers who singing era reigned for half a century during her lifetime sang thirty thousand songs has died. She had been admitted to Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai in January after testing positive for Covid-19 and died of multi-organ…
The US rock star Dallas-born Michael Lee Aday, the singer of Meat Loaf whose Bat Out of Hell trilogy album which sold 100 million albums worldwide is one of the best-selling of all time has died at the age of 74. Bat Out Of Hell remains one of the top 10 best selling albums of…
II Divo singer Carlos Marin had died aged 53, after the star was rushed to hospital this week to Intensive care. The group said in Twitter “ It is with heavy hearts that we are letting you know that our friend and partner, Carlos Marin has passed away. He will be missed by his…
Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, best known for his role as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music has died peacefully at his home in Connecticut at the age of 91, with his wife Elaine Taylor at his side. He was nominated for the film The Last Station in 2010, and All the Money in…
Oscar-nominated actor, Hal Holbrook, noted for playing Deep Throat in All the President’s Men has died aged 95. Holbrook, also appeared in Wall Street, Into The Wild and Lincoln, died on 23 January, according to his assistant. Holbrook was born in Cleveland on 17 February 1925, and his mother was a Vaudeville dancer. He…
Actress Dame Barbara Windsor noted for her roles in EastEnders and the Carry On films has died aged 83. Scott Mitchell said she had died peacefully from Alzheimer’s at a London care home on Thursday evening. He said she would be remembered for the “love, fun, friendship and brightness she brought to all our lives”.…