DeFeo, convicted killer in 'Amityville Horror' case, dies

Arthur Kopit, whose 1969 Braodway play Indians was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and later adapted as the film Buffalo Bill and the Indians starring Paul Newman, died Friday in New York. He was 83.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFor the second time in just over six months, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer stood at a nightclub in his home borough of Brooklyn and stumped for independent music venues.

NEW YORK -- Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary, whose characters Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins enthralled generations of youngsters, has died. She was 104.Cleary's publisher, HarperCollins, announced her death Friday.

Carmel Dagan Staff WriterLarry McMurtry, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer whose novels, such as “The Last Picture Show,” “Terms of Endearment” and “Lonesome Dove,” were turned into award-winning films and who won an Oscar for co-adapting “Brokeback Mountain,” has died, according to The New York Times. He was 84.A spokesperson for McMurtry’s family confirmed his death to The New York Times.

Jessica Walter has died aged 80. The Emmy Award-winning actress – who was best known for her roles in ‘Arrested Development’ and ‘Archer’ – passed away in her sleep at her New York home, her daughter Brooke Bowman has confirmed.

Jessica Walter, the sassy actress who excelled at portraying unhinged types, from the obsessed fan of a radio deejay in Clint Eastwood'sPlay Misty for Meto nutty matriarchs onArrested DevelopmentandArcher, has died. She was 80.

Jessica Walter, the Emmy Award-winning actress known for playing Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development, has died at her home in New York. The American actress died in her sleep on Wednesday, aged 80, a representative confirmed on Thursday.

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Carmel Dagan Staff WriterJessica Walter, an Emmy-winning actress known for her work as the stalker in Clint Eastwood’s “Play Misty for Me,” and for the TV series “Arrested Development” and “Archer,” died Wednesday in New York.

Beloved actress Jessica Walter, known for her work in Arrested Development and Archer, has died at the age of 80.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and in ABC sitcom The Goldbergs, died on Tuesday (23 March) in Santa Rosa, California. “The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery,” his wife Sonia Segal said in a statement.

Keith Cocozza, former executive VP for corporate marketing and communications at WarnerMedia, today launched Inwood Consulting, a communications strategy, public relations, publicity and crisis communications advisory firm based in the New York metro area.

Ronald DeFeo Jr., the Long Island man serving a life sentence for slaughtering his parents and four siblings in a 1974 crime that would inspire The Amityville Horror book and movie franchise, died March 12 at the Albany Medical Center in New York. He was 69.

Ronald DeFeo Jr. has died.

Charlie Amter The pandemic has been problematic for many touring musicians, but for Manhattan-based Blu DeTiger, the past year has been a lesson in how to make the best of a challenging situation.“The only thing you can kinda do right now as an artist is try to connect online, and I’m lucky that I found a way to do it,” says the bassist/singer, who has seen her career take off thanks to her savvy solo social media efforts and a wave of interest in bass playing — particularly from young fans