Bob Biggs Dies: Founder Of Influential Slash Records Label Was 74

the murder last year of rapper Nipsey Hussle was one of the main things that prompted him to get healthy.Just before attending Nipsey's funeral in Los Angeles, the "Protect Ya Neck" rapper had a procedure to treat throat polyps. Then, while mourning Nipsey, Busta realized he needed a change in his life. "I said, 'If this is not the sign to get yourself together, I don't know what else will be,'" he said, according to the New York Post.

Cheryl Tiano, an agent for the Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency who represented composers for film, television and video games, died Monday in Los Angeles of complications from heart surgery, a publicist announced. She was 59.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerElsa Raven, a character actress whose memorable turns were highlighted by her role as the “Save The Clock Tower” lady in the original Back to the Future, died Tuesday at home in Los Angeles. Her death was confirmed by her agent, David Shaul.Raven, whose real name was Elsa Rabinowitz, was born September 21, 1929, in Charleston, SC, the fourth child of Louis and Rosalie Rabinowitz.

told The Los Angeles Times that he is “thrilled” with ticket sales — despite the fact that the film starring Robert Pattinson has grossed just $53.8 million since it hit theaters in the US on Sept.

LOS ANGELES -- Carol Arthur DeLuise, an actor who appeared in several Mel Brooks films and was the widow of Dom DeLuise, has died. She was 85.A family statement said DeLuise died Sunday in Los Angeles after an 11-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease.One of her most memorable roles was in Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles,” as Harriet Johnson, a schoolmarm who is among the residents of a Western town offended when a Black sheriff is appointed.

Marge Champion, who served as the real-life model for Snow White, then teamed with her husband and dance partner, Gower Champion, for Broadway musicals, television shows and movies, has died. She was 101.

LOS ANGELES – There are only three days left until the election on Tuesday, November 3. This year marks what is arguably the most critical election cycle at all levels of the American Republic, local, state, federal- but significantly in the race for the White House.

LOS ANGELES -- Kevin Hart says hosting a re-imagined online fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association is “a major level-up for me.”“It’s different from anything that you’ve really seen me do.

LOS ANGELES -- James Redford, a filmmaker, activist and son of actor Robert Redford, has died.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticSpencer Davis, the Welsh rhythm guitarist and songwriter who lent his name to one of the most popular and influential British Invasion groups of the 1960s with hits including “Gimme Some Lovin’” and “I’m a Man”, died Monday of pneumonia in Los Angeles.

Dana Baratta, a writer and producer on such shows as Dawson's Creek, Private Practice and Jessica Jones, died Sunday at her Los Angeles home after a long battle with ovarian cancer, her family announced. She was 59.

LOS ANGELES -- Father Bill Moore, a Catholic priest and prominent abstract expressionist who spent decades spreading spiritualism through his paintings, has died at age 71.Moore died Sunday at a Southern California hospice, his longtime friend and art representative, Tom Irwin, told The Associated Press on Monday.