Freddy Beras Goico, an actor and comedian considered the most influential television figure in his native Dominican Republic, died Thursday in New York. He was 69.
Beras died at Mount Sinai Medical Center from complications of pancreatic cancer, according to Giancarlo Beras, his son.
Beras was hospitalized in the Dominican Republic on Nov. 2 and flown to New York two days later. He underwent surgery at Mount Sinai earlier this year.
Silent film child star Marie Osborne Yeats, who was known as Baby MarieOsborne in films such as "Little Mary Sunshine," has died in California. She was 99.
Pat Burns, the former Montreal police officer who led New Jersey to the Stanley Cup and was the first three-time winner of the Jack Adams award as the NHL's top coach, died yesterday of cancer. He was 58.