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By Patrick Frater
Asia Bureau Chief
Thai film maker Thanakorn Pongsuwan, best known for 2009 film “Fireball,” died on Friday. He was 46.
His death was not caused by the coronavirus outbreak, though his last rites will be affected. Rather he died following an unsuccessful battle with cancer of the blood (lymphoma.) The news was announced by his sister Manussanun Pongsuwan, who is also his producer.
Also known as “Un,” Pongsuwan was responsible for writing and directing five completed and
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By Marc Malkin
South Bronx rapper Fred The Godson is dead at the age of 35 after a battle with COVID-19, according to his many friends and celebrities who are mourning the rapper’s unexpected passing.Fred, born Fredrick Thomas, revealed to his Instagram followers on April 6 that he had been admitted to the hospital after contracting the coronavirus. The photo, which you can see below, showed Fred lying in a hospital bed while using a ventilator.
Senator Elizabeth Warren has lost her oldest brother, Donald Reed Herring, to the novel coronavirus. He was 86 years old.
Don Reed, who is Elizabeth Warren‘s older brother, has passed away due to the Coronavirus.
By Dave McNary
Following on from this weekend’s stream of The Phantom Of The Opera, The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel will premiere the musical’s follow-up, Love Never Dies from this Friday evening. This will be the 2012 version starring Ben Lewis and Anna O’Byrne.
Fans are mourning the loss of Ashley Mattingly, a former Playboy playmate who reportedly died at just 33 years old. The model was found unresponsive in her home in Austin, Texas on April 17, after a friend requested a wellness check from the Austin Police Department, according to TMZ.
American Oscar-winning illustrator, animator, film director and producer, Gene Deitch, has died at the age of 95.
Offset is mourning the loss of a relative who has died from complications of COVID-19."Smfh this corona shit done killed my great uncle," he wrote in an Instagram story Sunday (April 19).
Baldassare "Barney" Ales, the charismatic sales chief who helped turn Motown Records into a music industry powerhouse as Berry Gordy's right-hand man, died of natural causes Friday in Malibu, Calif. He was 85.Born in Detroit on May 13, 1934, Ales attended the city's Cooley High, where he met his future wife, Eileen "Mitzi" Cauley.
Ranjit Chowdhry has sadly passed away at the age of 64, TMZ is reporting.
Actor Brian Dennehy, known for his work on the stage and screen, has passed away at his home in Connecticut at the age of 81.
Giving back! After Michael Che’s grandmother died from the novel coronavirus, the comedian decided to cover one month of rent for New York City tenants who reside within the same housing project as his late relative.