Dame Hilary Mantel dies aged 70 leaving behind unfinished novel

American Idol star Willie Spence has died aged 23 in a car crash in Tennessee, according to reports. He starred on the American talent show just last year, and came in second place behind Chayce Beckham in the final. News of his tragic death was reported by local news publication Douglas Now.

Award-winning movie and stage actor and gay icon, Angela Lansbury, has passed away at the age of 96, five days before her 97th birthday. She is best known for playing crime-solving mystery writer Jessica Fletcher in the crime mystery series Murder, She Wrote, for which she received 11 Emmy nominations.Lansbury also starred in numerous films such as The Portrait of Dorian Gray and The Manchurian Candidate, winning Golden Globes for both. In 1971 she starred in Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks endearing herself to a generation of children. Lansbury’s breakout role came at the age of 19 when she acted in the psychological thriller, Gaslight, for which she received her first Oscar nomination.She made her Broadway debut in 1957 and over the course of her stage career was awarded five Tony Awards for roles in such plays as Mame and Blithe Spirit.  In 1945, Lansbury married actor Richard Cromwell. The marriage only lasted a year on the account of Cromwell being gay.In a 2017 interview with Radio Times, Lansbury recalled, “I had no idea that I was marrying a gay man,”“I found him such an attractive individual, a very glamorous person – he knew everybody, he was a friend of Joan Crawford’s, these people who I was fascinated by as a young actress.

We’ve all had THOSE sort of Saturday nights when we’ve ended up helping out a friend with some emergency clothing adjustments. And we now know that something rather similar went down at this weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing, thanks to a hilariously candid video of Amy Dowden’s wardrobe struggles – which were all caused by her makeup. Viewers of the hit BBC1 show saw Amy and her professional partner James Bye take on a Cha Cha Cha for Movie Week, dressed as Gamora and Peter Quill from Guardians Of The Galaxy.To get fully into her character, Amy had swapped the usual liberal layers of fake tan for a thick coating of green face and body paint, a beauty transformation that caused chaos away from the cameras.

Lawrence Morningstar, an OnlyFans model and gay adult film star has passed away at the age of 31. Morningstar, a resident of Hollywood, passed away on September 28, while in Wailea Maui Hawaii.In a post to , Morningstar’s friend and college Damien Cruz wrote, “It gives me the utmost sadness to have to tell you all, my soulmate, my brother, and my best friend @xxx_morningstar has passed away this morning.It gives me the utmost sadness to have to tell you all, my soulmate, my brother, and my best friend @xxx_morningstar has passed away this morning

Coolio - real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr - “touched the world” with his talent and will be “missed profoundly” following his death aged 59, his management have said. The US rapper, responsible for 1990s hit song Gangsta’s Paradise, died on Wednesday afternoon. Coolio’s manager at Trinity Artists International, Sheila Finegan, confirmed the death to the PA news agency.

Netflix star Robert Cormier has died aged 33, his family have confirmed. Robert starred in the hit streaming service's American Gods and Slasher, in addition to Canada's long-running TV series Heartland where he played Finn Cotter. He also landed a guest spot on Designated Survivor in 2016.

Prison Break and Netflix’s Lost In Space – has died, aged 51.The writer-producer died in Hermosa Beach, California, on Friday September 23, confirmed by his talent agency, WME.Circumstances surrounding Estrin’s death are not currently clear. Estrin is suspected of dying from a cardiac arrest after collapsing while jogging, through an exact cause of death is still pending an autopsy.In a statement per Variety, Estrin’s family called him “the best husband, father, son and friend. “Zack Estrin was our everything,” the statement read.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, has died aged 88.In a statement shared with Deadline, Fletcher’s family revealed that she died in her sleep at her home in Montdurausse, France.After being born in Birmingham, Alabama, Fletcher’s first roles came in TV Westerns including Lawman and Maverick in the 1950s.Her most famous role came in the 1975 film adaptation of , which saw her star as Nurse Ratched alongside Jack Nicholson.For the role, she won an Academy Award, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe, becoming only the third woman to do so.In her acceptance speech at the Oscars, she gave a nod to her deaf parents by giving the speech in sign language.

Pharoah Sanders has died at the age of 81.The news was revealed in a statement yesterday (September 24) from the musician’s label, Luaka Bop, who wrote: “We are devastated to share that Pharoah Sanders has passed away.“He died peacefully surrounded by loving family and friends in Los Angeles earlier this morning. Always and forever the most beautiful human being, may he rest in peace.”Across a career spanning six decades, Sanders – who was born Farrell Sanders but nicknamed Pharoah by Sun Ra – collaborated with a host of cutting-edge artists, including joining John Coltrane‘s band and being a part of the ensemble until Coltrane’s death in 1967.More recently, Sanders was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2021 for ‘Promises’, his collaborative album with Floating Points and the London Symphony Orchestra.Leading tributes to Sanders, Floating Points – aka Sam Shepherd – said: “My beautiful friend passed away this morning.

The Associated Press. The cause of death was a stroke, The New York Times reported, citing her literary agent Bill Hamilton.

K.J. Yossman The worlds of publishing and screen have paid tribute to author Hilary Mantel, who died on Thursday (Sept. 22) at the age of 70. Peter Kosminsky, who directed the BBC adaptation of Mantel’s novel “Wolf Hall,” told Variety: “A great light has gone out. The word ‘great’ is used very easily these days but nobody could dispute that it’s an appropriate epithet for Dame Hilary Mantel. If you look at the scale of her achievements, the impact she’s had, the breadth of her knowledge and reading… She’s someone whom people went to for thoughts and opinions on a variety of different novels ad nonfiction works. People recognized her for the massive intellect as she was. It’s hard to imagine a world without her.”

Manori Ravindran International Editor At the time of her untimely death, British author Hilary Mantel was consulting on the TV adaptation of her most recent novel, “The Mirror and the Light” — the conclusion to her critically acclaimed Tudor trilogy that began with “Wolf Hall.” The two-time Booker Prize-winning author’s sudden death at 70 was announced on Friday by her publishers, sending shockwaves among her fans and the literary and TV industries — but especially her inner circle of collaborators who were in constant touch with Mantel. Peter Kosminsky, the BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated director and screenwriter, has known Mantel for “many, many years,” he told Variety over the phone on Friday. Kosminsky directed the Golden Globe-winning BBC and PBS drama “Wolf Hall,” and the pair have been collaborating more recently on a BBC adaptation of “The Mirror and the Light,” which covers the last four years of the life of Thomas Cromwell (played by Mark Rylance), before his fall from grace and death by execution in 1540.

the Booker Prize-winning author who turned Tudor power politics into page-turning fiction in the acclaimed “Wolf Hall” trilogy of historical novels, has died. She was 70.Mantel died “suddenly yet peacefully” surrounded by close family and friends, publisher HarperCollins said Friday.Mantel is credited with reenergizing historical fiction with “Wolf Hall” and two sequels about the 16th-century English powerbroker Thomas Cromwell, right-hand man to King Henry VIII.The publisher said Mantel was “one of the greatest English novelists of this century.”“Her beloved works are considered modern classics.

Manori Ravindran International Editor Hilary Mantel, the two-time Booker Prize-winning British novelist best known for the books “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies,” has died. She was 70. Her death was confirmed by her publishers 4th Estate Books and HarperCollins U.K. on Friday afternoon local time. A cause of death has not yet been shared. In an identical statement posted on social media, 4th Estate Books and HarperCollins wrote: “We are heartbroken at the death of our beloved author, Dame Hilary Mantel, and our thoughts are with her friends and family, especially her husband, Gerald. This is a devastating loss and we can only be grateful she left us with such a magnificent body of work.”