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Fat Boys’ Prince Markie Dee passes at 52

By Reel 360 Feb 19, 2021

Prince Markie Dee, aka Mark Morales, best known as one of the original three founding members of the pioneering hip-hop group The Fat Boys, died suddenly Thursday at age 52. Hi...

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Rush Limbaugh died and here’s why I’ll miss him…

By Colin Costello Feb 17, 2021

Conservative media icon broadcaster, Rush Limbaugh, passed away today after losing his fight with brain cancer. He was 70-years-old. And while I realize there are those who wil...

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Casting Director, Lynn Stalmaster passes at 93

By Reel 360 Feb 14, 2021

He was called, "The Master Caster." 93 year old Academy Award-winning casting director, Lynn Stalmaster, died on February 13, 2021 at home in Los Angeles. His death was con...

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Academy Award winner Christopher Plummer, 91

By Reel 360 Feb 5, 2021

Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Christopher Plummer, who starred in The Sound of Music, died peacefully today at his home in Connecticut, at age 91, his family confirmed....

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Hal “Mark Twain” Holbrook passes at 95

By Reel 360 Feb 5, 2021

Five-time Emmy-winning actor, Hal Holbrook, who was famed for portraying Mark Twain for decades, has died at age 95. Holbrook died on January 23 at his home in Beverly Hills, h...

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Jamie Tarses, first woman to run network passes at 56

By Reel 360 Feb 1, 2021

Jamie Tarses, the first woman to run a network entertainment division, passed away this morning from complications stemming from a cardiac event she suffered in early fall. She...

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Dustin “Screech” Diamond loses battle to lung cancer

By Reel 360 Feb 1, 2021

One of the 90's most beloved geeky sidekicks, Dustin Diamond, died today, just weeks after revealing he was battling stage 4 brain cancer. He was 44 years old. Diamond gained y...

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The world mourns the loss of iconic actress Cicely Tyson

By Reel 360 Jan 28, 2021

Honorary Oscar winner Cicely Tyson passed away today at the age of 96. She was well known for her starring role in Sounder, which earned her an Academy Award nomination as well...

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Academy Award winner Cloris Leachman passes

By Reel 360 Jan 28, 2021

Academy Award winner, and eight-time Emmy Award winner Cloris Leachman, died Tuesday from natural causes at her home in Encinitas, CA. She starred in six television shows and e...

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Hammerin’ Hank Aaron passes at 86

By Reel 360 Jan 24, 2021

He is considered by many to have been the greatest to play the game o baseball. Henry Louis "Hafnk" Aaron, the Hall of Fame slugger whose 755 career home runs long stood as bas...

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Legendary broadcaster Larry King passes at 87

By Reel 360 Jan 24, 2021

Larry King, the highly respected, multi-award winning U.S. television and radio host, has died at the age of 87. King’s death was announced on his Twitter page on Saturday...

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Gregory Sierra of ‘Barney Miller’ dies of cancer

By Reel 360 Jan 24, 2021

70's sitcom actor Gregory Sierra died at age 83 from cancer on January 4, 2021 according to a family spokesman, however his death was just made public today. He was notabl...

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Sweet’N Low founder jumps from apartment to death

By Reel 360 Jan 15, 2021

Donald Tober, the 89-year-old artificial CEO and co-owner of the New York-based Sugar Foods, whose flagship brand was the iconic Sweet'N Low, jumped to his death from his Park ...

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Gilligan’s Island Dawn “Mary Ann” Wells dies at 82

By Reel 360 Dec 30, 2020

Dawn Wells, the girl-next-door actress and former beauty queen who played the sweet Mary Ann Summers on the iconic CBS sitcom Gilligan's Island, died Wednesday morning. She was...

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Whodini’s John “Ectasy” Fletcher passes at 56

By Reel 360 Dec 23, 2020

Sad news from the OG hip hop world. John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, co-founder of the group Whodini, died Dec. 23. He was 56 years old. So far, no cause of death has been announce...

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Jeremy Bulloch, actor who played Boba Fett, dies

By The Geek Dec 18, 2020

Sigh, first Darth Vader. Now we have lost Boba Fett. Reel 360 is sad to report that actor Jeremy Bulloch, who embodied the character of Boba Fett in Star Wars: The Empire Strik...

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Charley Pride dies from Covid-19 complications

By Reel 360 Dec 16, 2020

Country music’s first Black vocalist, Charley Pride has died. He was 86. Public relations firm 2911 Media confirmed that Pride died on Dec. 12 in Dallas, Texas from complicat...

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Chicago Broadway star and muse, Ann Reinking dies

By Reel 360 Dec 16, 2020

Chicago Broadway star Ann Reinking, died Saturday at the age of 71. Ann got her big break in the late 1970s when she was cast as the replacement Roxie Hart in the original p...

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David Prowse, Darth Vader dies from COVID

By Reel 360 Nov 29, 2020

UPDATED: While acclaimed actor James Earl Jones will alway be synonymous with injecting iconic Star Wars villain Darth Vader with his malevolent personality and voice, it will ...

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Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek dies of Pancreatic Cancer

By Reel 360 Nov 8, 2020

2020 has taken another icon from us. Beloved Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, whose witty demeanor made the game show a must-see since 1984, has succumbed to his ongoing battle with...