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Vin Scully: the broadcaster who didn’t do soundbites

By Bob Merlotti Aug 7, 2022

“It’s time for Dodgers baseball!” That’s the line we’ve been hearing from people recalling Vin Scully, who died Tuesday. It was his signature greeting at the top of e...

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Omen and Titanic star David Warner dies at 80

By Reel 360 Jul 28, 2022

Emmy Award winner and sci-fi icon David Warner has passed away at age 80. Warner’s family said he died from a cancer-related illness on Sunday at Denville Hall, a retirement ...

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Goodfellas star Paul Sorvino passes at age 83

By Reel 360 Jul 26, 2022

Paul Sorvino, best known for his role as Paul “Big Paulie” Cicero in the Academy Award-nominated Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas, has passed away at age 83. News o...

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E. Gunnar Mortensen, camera assistant dies at 39

By Reel 360 Jul 8, 2022

The film community is mourning the loss of E. Gunnar Mortensen, camera assistant on Sons of Anarchy, Transparent, 90210, The Defenders, and The Morning Show who died on July 4t...

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Godfather and Brian’s Song star James Caan dies

By Reel 360 Jul 8, 2022

Academy Award and Primetime Emmy Award-nominated actor and star of The Godfather, Misery, Elf, Thief, and Brian's Song, James Caan has passed away at age 82. News of his pas...

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Joe Turkel, “Lloyd” in The Shining, dies at 94

By Reel 360 Jul 2, 2022

Joe Turkel, who played the bartender Lloyd in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 27, at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California, at...

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Former ABC CEO Tom Murphy remembered

By Reel 360 May 27, 2022

Thomas S. Murphy, who served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Cities/ABC for 30 years and oversaw its merger with The Walt Disney Company, died Wednesday, May...

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Goodfellas star Ray Liotta dead at 67

By Reel 360 May 27, 2022

Academy award-nominated and Primetime Emmy Award-winning iconic actor and star of Goodfellas, Ray Liotta has passed away at age 67. Deadline first reported that the actor d...

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Tremors star Fred Ward passes at 79

By Reel 360 May 17, 2022

Golden Globe-winning character actor and producer Fred Ward passed away at age 79 on Sunday May 8, 2022. Ward's passing was confirmed by his publicist, Ron Hoffmann. No cau...

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Iconic Comedian, Gilbert Gottfried passes away at 67

By Reel 360 Apr 12, 2022

Emmy Award-nominated actor and comedian Gilbert Gottfried has passed away at age 67 after suffering from Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia due to Myotonic Dystrophy type II, ac...

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Believe Media remembers Jeffrey Darling

By Reel 360 Apr 1, 2022

Believe Media joins the film community today to grieve the loss of acclaimed Director/DP Jeffrey Darling. Darling died Sunday while surfing in North Palm Beach in Sydney. ...

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New details about Taylor Hawkins’ death emerge from Colombia

By Reel 360 Mar 30, 2022

On Friday, March 25, 2022 The Foo Fighters shocked the world when they announced the passing of their drummer, Taylor Hawkins on Twitter: Hawkins had been the band’s drumm...

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Oscar-winner William Hurt passes at 71

By Reel 360 Mar 13, 2022

Somber news for a Sunday. Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt, star of the Oscar-winning star of Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Big Chill, and Lost in Space, has died. Hi...

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Academy Award-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr. passes at age 84

By Reel 360 Mar 4, 2022

Academy Award-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr, who was behind an array of iconic films, has passed away at age 84. Affectionately known as "Laddie", Alan Ladd Jr. was involv...

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Chicago-born actress Lindsey Pearlman found dead in LA

By Reel 360 Feb 18, 2022

TV actress, Lindsey Pearlman, who appeared on Chicago Justice and General Hospital, was found dead Friday, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Police have not revealed a c...

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Ghostbusters producer and director, Ivan Reitman passes at age 75

By Reel 360 Feb 15, 2022

Academy Award nominee and producer and director of huge films such as Ghostbusters, Animal House, and the 1979 Bill Murray cult classic Meatballs, Ivan Reitman passed away peac...

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Bob Saget’s cause of death revealed

By Reel 360 Feb 11, 2022

A month after Full House and Fuller House patriarch Bob Saget was found unresponsive and deceased at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida his official cause of death has been r...

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Visual Effects icon Douglas Trumbull passes at 79

By Reel 360 Feb 9, 2022

Three-time Academy Award nominee Douglas Trumbull, trailblazing special effects artist best known for 2001: A Space Odyssey Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Blade Runner and...

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Grammy-winner Meat Loaf dies of COVID-19

By Reel 360 Jan 23, 2022

Grammy award winner Meat Loaf passed away Thursday night with his wife Deborah and daughters Pearl and Amanda at his side. He was 74. The news was confirmed on his Facebook...

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Hollywood mourns Bob Saget’s sudden death

By Reel 360 Jan 11, 2022

On January 9, 2022, we reported that Grammy Award-nominated stand-up comedian, T.V. host, director, and beloved sit-com patriarch Danny Tanner from Full House, Bob Saget passed...