Celebrity Obituaries

Groundbreaking director Joan Micklin Silver was known for her affectionate depictions of messy lives in 'Between the Lines' and 'Chilly Scenes of Winter.'

Paul Westphal, the player from Aviation High in Redondo who became an All-American at USC before a professional career as a player and coach,...

Hip-hop dancer Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quiñones, star of "Breakin'" and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo," worked with singers including Madonna and Lionel Richie.

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The longtime Claremont Graduate University professor was known for vivid paintings and tiny, dollhouse-like dioramas of human drama.

The East L.A. guitar hero came of age during the great upheaval of the 1970s — and helped design the signature sound of the...

Daniel Dumile, the acclaimed indie rapper and producer best known as MF Doom, died on Oct. 31, according to an Instagram post today from...

Dawn Wells, who starred as girl-next-door Mary Ann in the 1960s hit TV show "Gilligan's Island," died of complications from COVID-19. She was 82.

Vic Lepisto, the tenacious captain of the 1967 UCLA football team that was ranked No. 1 in the country, died on Monday from complications...

The man known as the godfather of California's organic farming died of cancer at the farm where he loved to work.