Emmy winning actress Kathryn Joosten, who played Mrs. McCluskey on Desparate Housewives, and Mrs. Landingham on The West Wing, has died of lung cancer. She was 72.
Herb Reed, the last of the founding members of 1950s R&B crooners The Platters, known for hits such as "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and "Twilight Time," has died at the age of 83.
Caribbean-American writer-activist Rosa Guy dies at 89
ACCLAIMED Caribbean-American novelist and activist Rosa Guy, a co-founder of the Harlem Writers Guild, died *last* Sunday afternoon after a six-year battle with cancer.