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The actress who gave strong, Southern women a good name in the television series, later enjoyed success as a cabaret singer.

John Forsythe, the suave actor with the silvery hair and mellifluous voice who was familiar to millions of TV viewers for starring roles in the popular television series "Bachelor Father," "Charlie's Angels" and "Dynasty," died Thursday.

Doctors who attended to the King of Pop at UCLA's Medical Center ran two EKGs on him, and one doc...

Robert Culp, the actor who rose to fame as secret agent Kelly Robinson on the groundbreaking 1960s TV series "I Spy" and later played Ray Romano's father-in-law on "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died. He was 79. Actor Robert Culp died after falling and hitting his head in a Los Angeles park Wednesday, his publicist said.

Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85....

Mr. Haim, an actor best known for his roles in 1980s coming-of-age comedies like "Lucas" and "License to Drive," was found dead on Wednesday. He was 38.

According to a source close to the family, the situation "doesn't look good" and the parents have been notified.

A spokesman for The Discovery Channel says the captain of the "Deadliest Catch" fishing vessel Cornelia Marie has died. Capt. Phil Harris suffered what his family described as a massive stroke on Jan. 29 while the boat was in port at St. Paul Island, Alaska. He was flown to Anchorage for surgery.

The doctor, Conrad Murray, provided Mr. Jackson with a powerful anesthetic that was ruled a major factor in his death.

A Los Angeles County coroner spokesman said the primary cause of Brittany Murphy's death was pneumonia, with secondary factors of iron-deficiency anemia and multiple drug intoxication, all of which were prescription medications.