By Ellise Shafer
14.04.2020 - 01:11 / deadline.com
By Greg Evans
Associate Editor/Broadway Critic
Danny Goldman, the actor who voiced “Brainy Smurf” and played the persistent medical student whose prying questions drove Gene Wilder’s irate doctor to stab his own leg with a scalpel in the opening scene of Young Frankenstein, died Sunday, April 12, at his home in Los Angeles from complications of two recent strokes. He was 80.
His family made the announcement. The cause of death was not related to COVID-19.
A casting director of television
By Ellise Shafer
Sam Lloyd, best known for his role as New Sacred Heart lawyer Ted Buckland on the long-running NBC-ABC medical comedy Scrubs, died Thursday night in Los Angeles, his rep, Kevin Turner, toldThe Hollywood Reporter. He was 56.
Seattle duo Odesza has been relatively quiet since wrappong their massive A Moment Apart world tour in Los Angeles last July. It was a well-earned break, given the heavy touring Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight had been doing since the 2017 release of their Grammy-nominated third LP, A Moment Apart.Today, Odesza break the silence with their first music as Bronson, a collaboration with Australian producer Golden Features.
By Leo Barraclough
Actor Jason Davis' cause of death has been revealed, more than two months after he died. According to Los Angeles Medical Examiner records obtained by ET, Davis died from the effects of fentanyl. His death was ruled an accident.
By Dave McNary
Danny Goldman, the actor who voiced Brainy Smurf and played the persistent medical student whose prying questions drove Gene Wilder’s irate doctor to stab his own leg with a scalpel in the opening scene of Young Frankenstein, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles from complications of two recent strokes. He was 80.
By J. Kim Murphy
By Bruce Haring
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – AXS TV will bring Farm Aid to market this Saturday in the way to which all performers have had to become accustomed: at home.
Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “ Lean On Me”, “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine”, has died from heart complications, his family said in a statement to The Associated Press. He was 81.
LOS ANGELES -- Actor John Callahan, known for playing Edmund Grey on “All My Children” and also starring on other soaps including “Days of Our Lives,” “Santa Barbara” and “Falcon Crest,” has died. He was 66.