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Ryan Dunn, one of the stars of MTV's "Jackass" films and TV series, was killed Monday in a car wreck, close friends of his family told CNN.

US writer and producer Leonard Stern, who was behind hit shows including Get Smart and The Honeymooners, dies aged 87.

James Arness is best known for his role as Marshal Matt Dillon in 'Gunsmoke,' one of the longest-running prime-time series in network TV history. He was a towering symbol of frontier justice in the series that broke the mold for TV westerns.

Mark Haines, co-anchor of CNBC's morning "Squawk on the Street" show and one of the business news network's most recognized faces, died unexpectedly on Tuesday evening, the network said. He was 65.

Burt Reinhardt, a television pioneer who helped lead the evolution of 24-hour news coverage as president of CNN, died Tuesday at 91, according to family members.

Veteran actor Len Lesser died in his sleep Wednesday morning in Burbank, California, of complications from pneumonia.

David Nelson, who starred on his parents' popular television show "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," has died, a family spokesman said. He was 74.

Olympic filmmaker Bud Greenspan, who presented his subjects 'as people first and athletes second,' won eight Emmys and a Peabody, as well as the International Olympic Committee's Olympic Order.Bud Greenspan, award-winning filmmaker, writer, character and, arguably, the world's No. 1 fan of the Olympics, has died.

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.

Pioneering TV cartoon artist Alexander Anderson Jr., who created Rocky the flying squirrel and Bullwinkle the moose, has died. He was 90.