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Jas Waters, TV writer and journalist, who was a writer on This Is Us and most recently on Kidding, has died. The news was confirmed Wednesday in a statement from the This Is Us writers Twitter account. No cause of death was given. She was 39. "The entire #ThisIsUs family was devastated to learn of Jas Waters passing,"…

Bonnie Pointer, a member of Grammy-winning vocal group The Pointer Sisters, died Monday. She was 69. No cause of death was given. "It is with great sadness that I have to announce to the fans of The Pointer Sisters that my sister, Bonnie died this morning, her sister and fellow singer Anita Pointer said in a statement…

Kurt Thomas, who became the first US athlete to win a gymnastics gold medal at the world championships, died Friday. He was 64 and died from complications caused by a basilar stroke last month. Wife Beckie Thomas confirmed the news to International Gymnast magazine. "Yesterday I lost my universe, my best friend and my…

British producer and songwriter Rupert Hine, who produced songs on Tina Turner’s 1984 comeback album Private Dancer and was instrumental in works by a host of other big names, has died. He was 72, but no details were given in the announcement by the Ivors Academy of Music Creators, where he was a board member. Hine…

Steve Priest, the bass player who co-founded the British glam group Sweet that had hits including “Ballroom Blitz,” “Fox on the Run” and “Love Is Like Oxygen,” died today, his bandmates said without providing details. He was 72. Priest had been living in the Los Angeles area for several years, and his band played…

George Floyd was remembered by family and friends at a memorial service on Thursday that mixed poignant memories and humorous moments of his life with calls for genuine social justice. In one of the most moving moments of the service, the Rev. Al Sharpton asked those in attendance to?stand in silence together for 8…

Bruce Jay Friedman, an author, playwright and Oscar-nominated screenplay writer for Tom Hanks’s 1984 film Splash, died today in New York City. He was 90 and no cause of death was given by his son, Kipp Friedman. In addition to screenplays, Friedman was known for his novels?Stern and About Harry Towns, and the plays Scu…

Chris Trousdale, a singer with boy band Dream Street and later an actor, died Tuesday at a Burbank, Calif. hospital from COVID-19 complications, according to a family member. He was 34. “It is with a heavy heart that we confirm the passing of Chris Trousdale on June, 2, 2020 from an undisclosed illness,” his rep for…

Mary Pat Gleason, a prolific character actress with more than 100 TV and film credits, including CBS’ sitcom Mom and A Cinderella Story, died of cancer June 2, according to a post on her Facebook page. She was 70. Born in Lake City, MN, Gleason began her decades-long career in 1982 with a role in NBC soap opera Texas…

Patricia Reed Scott, a pivotal figure in New York’s efforts to build its TV and film production industries, died May 23 in Neptune, N.J. of a subdural hematoma sustained in a fall. She was 86. Her death was reported by her son, Matthew Scott, to The New York Times. Scott served under two mayoral administrations…

Peggy Pope, who played a secretary in the 1980 movie?9 to 5, appeared in dozens of TV series and acted on Broadway, has died. She was 91. Her family said Pope died May 27 in Fort Collins, CO, but did not give a cause of death. Born Florence Pope on May 15, 1929, in Montclair, NJ, she began her long career on Broadway…

John McCormack, a longtime behind-the-scenes force in Off Broadway theater, died Monday, May 18, at his home in Queens, New York from complications related to COVID-19. He was 61. McCormack’s death was announced by Off Broadway’s INTAR Theatre, where he was executive director. During a nearly 40-year career, McCormack…