Celebrity Life
DMX, Rapper Who Blended Aggressive Menace With Emotional Sincerity, Dead at 50
The influential MC's chart-topping career included five Number One albums, but was beset by drug and legal issues. He died following a heart attack
Anne Beatts, Original ‘SNL’ Writer, Dead at 74
Emmy-winning writer also created sitcom Square Pegs, edited Titters: The First Collection of Humor by Women
Howard Weitzman, Hollywood Lawyer Who Repped Michael Jackson Estate, Dead at 81
Celebrity attorney also briefly represented O.J. Simpson prior to 1994 murder trial
Malcolm Cecil, Producer for Stevie Wonder and Co-Creator of Revolutionary TONTO Synth, Dead at 84
Massive module was also used by Isley Brothers, Quincy Jones, Gil Scott-Heron, Diana Ross and Harry Nilsson
Larry McMurtry, ‘Lonesome Dove’ Novelist, Dead at 84
Chronicler of the American West also won an Academy Award for his screenplay to the film 'Brokeback Mountain'
George Segal, ‘The Goldbergs’ Star, Dead at 87
Beloved dramatic and comedic actor earned an Oscar nomination for role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Matt ‘Money’ Miller, Titus Andronicus Founding Keyboardist, Dead at 34
News was revealed by frontman Patrick Stickles
Ronald DeFeo, Killer Who Inspired ‘The Amityville Horror,’ Dead at 69
DeFeo confessed to murdering six family members at their Long Island home in 1974
Yaphet Kotto, Star of ‘Alien’ and ‘Homicide: Life on the Street,’ Dead at 81
Actor also known for playing Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big in the James Bond flick Live and Let Die
Lou Ottens, Inventor of the Audio Cassette Tape, Dead at 94
Engineer at Philips also involved in developing compact disc technology
‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ Author Norton Juster Dead at 91
Children's book writer — and professional architect — also wrote The Dot and the Line, As: A Surfeit of Similes, and more
LG Petrov, Frontman for Swedish Metal Favorites Entombed, Dead at 49
Singer revealed bile duct cancer diagnosis last year