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Don Meredith, one of the most recognizable figures of the early Dallas Cowboys before jumping into the broadcast booth with Howard Cosell, dies of a brain hemorrhage at 72.

Ron Santo, one of the greatest players in Chicago Cubs history and a longtime WGN radio announcer whose devotion to the perennial losers was made obvious night after night by his excited shouts or dejected laments, has died. He was 70.

Mr. Kershner’s “The Empire Strikes Back,” part of the “Star Wars” chronology, earned mixed reviews but, eventually, critical praise.

Mr. De Laurentiis produced more than 500 films in his career, including “Serpico” and “Three Days of the Condor.”

Actor Tony Curtis died today, his family says. He was 85. "My father leaves behind a legacy of great performances," actress Jamie Lee Curtis said.

Gloria Stuart, a 1930s Hollywood leading lady whose first significant role in nearly 60 years -- as the centenarian survivor of the Titanic in James Cameron's 1997 Oscar-winning film about the ill-fated ocean liner -- earned her an Academy Award nomination, has died.

A former cellist with the rock group Electric Light Orchestra was killed in southwestern England on Monday in a car crash involving a large bale of hay, local police said.

Standup comic Robert Schimmel, a frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show, has died after suffering serious injuries in a car accident. He was 60. Schimmel's spokesman, Howard Bragman, says Schimmel died Friday evening in a Phoenix ...

Mr. Steinbrenner bought a declining Yankees team in 1973, and then, in an often tumultuous reign, placed his stamp on seven World Series championship teams.

Mr. Pekar was best known for his on-again, off-again comics series "American Splendor," whose title deliberately contrasted with the everyday people it documented (often the author himself).