Death

Usually, an obituary is a place to pay homage to the recently departed. But not always.

Very sad news to report, especially for fans of crime fiction and wonderful writers in general: Elmore Leonard, the author best known for books such as 'Get Shorty,' 'Out of Sight' and 'Jackie Brown' (all of which were adapted into fantastic films, of course), has died at the age of 87.

Police in Waltham, MA have arrested the son of famed Red Sox radio announcer Jerry Remy, and have accused him of murdering his girlfriend. Jared Remy was arraigned and ordered held without bail on a murder charge.

I fell in love with baseball in 1967. It was the 'Impossible Dream' season of the Boston Red Sox. One of the most memorable players on that team was their slugging first baseman (sometimes third baseman) George Scott. He died today (July 29) in Mississippi. He was 71.

Glee' star Cory Monteith has passed away at the age of 31 in Vancouver, Canada, due to unspecified causes.

Beloved character actor James Gandolfini, best known as Tony Soprano on HBO's classic mafia series 'The Sopranos,' has passed away suddenly at the age of 51 after a heart attack.

Allan Arbus, best known for his role on the hit 70's TV show 'M*A*S*H' has died. He portrayed psychiatrist Major Sidney Freedman on the long-running series. He passed away Friday (April 19) in Los Angeles. He was 95.

Richie Havens, the folk singer who famously opened the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, has died at the age of 72.

Pat Summerall, the voice of the NFL in the 1970s and 1980s and who announced 16 Super Bowls, died Tuesday, April 16. He was 82.

Veteran producer and engineer Andy Johns, whose resume boasted classic albums by a long list of rock bands that included Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne, Joe Satriani, and Van Halen, has passed away at the age of 61.

The first female prime minister of England, Margaret Thatcher, has passed away due to a stroke. She was 87 years old.

It is with a heavy heart and our thumbs way, way down that we report that film critic Roger Ebert has passed away at the age of 70 after a long public battle with cancer.

Yesterday brought the bizarre and tragic news that 21 year-old 'Buckwild' star Shain Gandee had been found dead after 31 hours missing, along with his uncle and a third unidentified male inside an off-road truck. The truck's position within the muddy woods initially made the bodies difficult to retrieve, but the circumstance and autopsy results have conclusively revealed the three died of carbon m

The death of producer Phil Ramone today (March 30) has shaken the music industry. As the news of his loss broke, many musicians rushed to Twitter to express their thoughts on him.

Phil Ramone, one of the music industry's most famous producers, died today (March 30) at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He was 72. Last month, he was hospitalized for an aortic aneurysm.

Reid Flair, son of wrestling legend Ric Flair, passed away today at the age of 24. Reid Flair was found this morning in Charlotte, North Carolina and had just returned from working for All Japan. Few details are known at the time of this writing.