Michael Brecker, a versatile and influential tenor saxophonist who won 11 Grammys over a career that spanned more than three decades, died Saturday. He was 57.
Movie and soap actress,Darlene Conley, passed away Sunday, January 14, 2007 at the age of 72 from stomach cancer. She is best known as the feisty fashion mogul Sally Spectra on "The Bold and the Beautiful", which she played for almost two decades. Darlene Conley had small appearances in the movies "The Birds" and "Valley of the Dolls" and such television shows as "Murder, She Wrote," "Cagney & Lacey" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
Pulitzer Prize-winning humor writer Art Buchwald died Wednesday of kidney failure. He was 81.
Last year, Buchwald decided to stop undergoing dialysis. When he didn't die immediately, he returned to Martha's Vineyard and wrote what would be his last book, Too Soon to Say Goodbye".
According to L.A. Times, Ron Carey died at the age of 71 on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 from a stroke. He is best known as Officer Carl Levitt on Barney Miller among other roles.
According to The Post and Courier, Charleston, professional wrestler Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow was found dead early Friday (January 19, 2007) morning at age 45.
Ogata Hideo founder of Animage. From Animenewsnetwork.com:
Hideo Ogata, the founder of Animage, died Thursday of stomach cancer. He was 73. Ogata's funeral service was visited by Toshio Suzuki, Isao Takahata, and Hayao Miyazaki, who also spoke during the service.