Norm Crosby Dies: Stand-Up Comedian & “Master Of Malaprop” Was 93

Dave McNary Film ReporterDorothea G. Petrie, who won Emmys for producing “Love Is Never Silent” and ‘Caroline?,” died peacefully at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, her family announced.

Dorothea G. Petrie, who won an Emmy award for the Hallmark drama Love is Never Silent, died at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 24 at age 95. Her family confirmed the death, but no cause was given.

pic.twitter.com/YT5r8tVA9y— i_o (@i_oofficial) November 24, 2020As Pitchfork reports, Lockhart was originally based in Washington, DC, and moved to Los Angeles where he became an established face on the city’s local electronic music scene.He released three EPs over the last two years that comprised an album titled ‘444’.

Malcolm Marmorstein, the screenwriter of the 1970s Disney hits Pete’s Dragon and Return From Witch Mountain and who, a decade earlier, was a key element of the Dark Shadows writing staff when ABC’s Gothic soap opera famously introduced vampire character Barnabas Collins, died Saturday Nov. 21 in Los Angeles. He was 92.

Dena Dietrich, a character actress who appeared in numerous TV shows and on Broadway but was instantly recognizable as the face of Mother Nature from a popular, long-running commercial campaign for Chiffon margarine, died Saturday, Nov. 21 of natural causes in a Los Angeles health care facility. She was 91.

Dena Dietrich, the veteran actress who gained pop-culture renown for her turn as a hoodwinked Mother Nature in a decade-long series of margarine commercials, has died. She was 91.

LOS ANGELES -- Bruce Swedien, a five-time Grammy-winning audio engineer who collaborated with Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, has died. He was 86.His daughter, musician Roberta Swedien, said her father died Nov.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticCharlie Hauck, a writer-producer who penned scripts for some of TV’s most iconic sitcoms – Maude, Frasier, Home Improvement, One Day At A Time and, under a pseudonym as a favor to Larry Gelbert, one episode of M*A*S*H – died at his Los Angeles home on Saturday, Nov. 14, of complications from pancreatic cancer.

Rest in peace, Bobby Brown Jr. The 28-year-old son of Bobby Brown died on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. ET has reached out to Bobby’s rep for comment.

Bobby Brown died on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. ET has reached out to Bobby's rep for comment. Bobby Jr.

Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix shared a release date for “Kevin Hart: No F**ks Given,” and CBS announced the premiere date for new seasons of “MacGyver,” “Magnum P.I.” and “Blue Bloods.”Netflix revealed that “Kevin Hart: Zero F**ks Given,” a comedy special by titular comedian Kevin Hart, will premiere on the streaming site on Nov. 17.

“The Law of Innocence,” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)After celebrating his latest trial victory at a local pub, Los Angeles criminal lawyer Mickey Haller gets behind the wheel of his Lincoln, drives a hundred yards or so down the street, and gets pulled over by the LAPD.At first, Mickey thinks it’s just a DUI check, but the officer spots what appears to be blood dripping from the back of the car and asks Mickey to open the trunk.