Category Archives: Obituaries

Art Evans, a film and television actor known for his roles in "Die Hard 2" and "Fright Night," died Dec. 21. He was 82. Evans' death was confirmed to Variety by publicist Erica Huntzinger. The cause o...

Aziza “Z” Barnes, a poet and writer for the FX drama “Snowfall” and Netflix’s “Teenage Bounty Hunters” has died. They were 32. Their family confirmed via a re...

Victoria Preminger, daughter of director Otto Preminger, died Feb. 7 in Studio City, Calif. following a fall at home. She was 63. Her mother was actress Hope Bryce Preminger and her uncle was film pro...

Marisa Paredes, a grand dame of Spanish cinema, died on Tuesday in Madrid from heart failure. She was 78. While she acted in 75 movies, she will be best remembered for the five films she starred in di...

Zakir Hussain, virtuoso of the tabla instrument and a towering figure in Indian classical music, died on Dec. 15 of chronic lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at a hospital in San Francisco....

Jill Jacobson, a film and television actress known for her work on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the primetime soap opera "Falcon Crest," died Dec. 8 in Los Angeles. She was 70 years old. Jacob...

Carol Goldwasser, a casting director known for her work shaping young talent on shows like "Hannah Montana," died Dec. 5 at her home in Palm Springs after surgery. She was 67. Goldwasser's death was c...

Martha Luttrell, a talent agent who represented a notable array of directors, actors, writers and musicians, died on Dec. 9 in Calabasas, Calif. She was 80. Luttrell's death was confirmed to Variety b...

Michael Cole, who played Pete Cochran, one of the three hip young cops on “The Mod Squad,” died Tuesday. He was 84. Cole’s reps said he died “peacefully this morning, surrounde...

Paul Maslansky, a producer behind films such as “Police Academy”and “Return to Oz,” died on Monday of natural causes at a hospital in Los Robles, Calif. He was 91. Maslansky co...