Alan Merrill Dies Of Coronavirus: ‘I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll’ Songwriter Was 69

By Tom Tapp

Rihanna, Jay-Z and Twitter's Jack Dorsey are adding to their seven-figure efforts to aid coronavirus relief efforts, this time with a focus on marginalized communities in cities that have been hit hard during the current pandemic.

Hank Steinbrenner has sadly died after a lengthy illness at the age of 63, People reports.

Larry David isn’t convinced Woody Allen committed any transgressions after reading the 84-year-old film director’s memoir. The “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” mastermind said in an interview with the New York Times that after reading Allen’s book, “Apropos of Nothing,” which was released by Arcade Publishing on March 23 after it was dropped by Hachette Book Company, that he enjoyed the read and had some pretty stout praise for Allen’s effort.

Woody Allen's memoir may have received widespread criticism, but it has found a fan in Larry David. The Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm star revealed in a New York Times profile posted Saturday that he's been reading Allen's 400-page memoir Apropos of Nothing while quarantined at home amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Many people and even publishers have boycotted Woody Allen’s new memoir but the director can count Larry David on his side.

The novel coronavirus has claimed yet another life.

The widow of Alan Merrill, who died at age 69 on Sunday in New York City due to complications from the coronavirus, shared her harrowing experience of trying to get him treatment within the city’s overstretched health care system.

The first nurse known to die due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City is Kious Kelly, a gay man who lacked proper protective equipment (PPE). He was 48.

David Schramm, the veteran stage actor who portrayed the airline owner Roy Biggins for eight seasons on the 1990s NBC comedy Wings, has died. He was 73.

Alan Merill, known for co-writing the Joan Jett hit song "I Love Rock and Roll," died on March 29 in New York due to complications from the coronavirus. He was 69.

When it comes to providing for those in need, Bethenny Frankel knows how to get the job done.The former "Real Housewives of New York" star has championed global relief efforts through her BStrong organization, which aims to provide real-time emergency assistance to people in crisis. The television personality and entrepreneur first made waves in disaster relief efforts in 2017, when BStrong chartered several planes to Puerto Rico after it was ravaged by Hurricane Maria.

By Greg Evans

NEW YORK -- Excerpts from Woody Allen's new memoir, “Apropos of Nothing,” which was released Monday after a delay because the original publisher backed out of releasing the book.

NEW YORK -- Woody Allen's memoir, dropped by its original publisher after widespread criticism, has found a new home.

In the words of Legally Blonde's Elle Woods, "Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy." During a time of social distancing and in light of new executive orders in Los Angeles to stay "Safer at Home" and New York Governor Cuomo issuing the "New York state on pause" directive,stars are using their social media platforms to foster community during this difficult time - by busting a move.