Donald Krim, a film distributor who brought a wide range of movies, foreign and domestic, contemporary and classic, to American audiences in theaters and on home video, died last Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 65.
Surrealist painter and sculptor Leonora Carrington has died aged 94, Mexico's National Arts Council has confirmed.
The artist, who lived most of her life in Mexico, first rose to prominence in 1947, when she showed her work at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York.
Jeff Conaway died today after a week in a drug-induced coma. He was 60.
Conaway was best known for his roles in Grease and Taxi, but in more recent times gained noteriety for his substance abuse problems, including a stint on Celebrity Rehab.
Margo Dydek, who was once said to be be the tallest active female basketball player in the world, died yesterday from complications of a heart attack. She was 37.