Richard Roat, Veteran Character Actor From ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Friends,’ Dies at 89

Marva Hicks, the singer and actor who made her Broadway debut in 1981’s Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music and most recently appeared in 2013’s Motown The Musical, died in New York City on Sept. 16.

Richard Avedon. Between 1964 and 1980, Lewin was the late American photographer’s right-hand man – the “nerve centre” of his midtown Manhattan studio. “Sometimes we have a conversation about work… sometimes he just guides me,” Lewin says.

Carmel Dagan Staff Writer Henry Silva, an actor with a striking look who often played villains and had credits in hundreds of films including “Ocean’s Eleven” and “The Manchurian Candidate,” died of natural causes Wednesday at the Motion Picture Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif., his son Scott confirmed. He was 94. One of Silva’s most memorable roles came in John Frankenheimer’s classic thriller “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962), in which he played Chunjin, the Korean houseboy for Laurence Harvey’s Raymond Shaw — and an agent for the Communists — who engages in a thrilling, well-choreographed martial arts battle with Frank Sinatra’s Major Bennett Marco in Shaw’s New York apartment.

Tim Gray Senior Vice President Richard Setlowe, a longtime entertainment journalist who transitioned from his Variety staff job to become a network exec and later a prolific novelist, died Aug. 25 at Kaiser Permanente in Panorama City, Calif. after long-term health issues. He was 89. Setlowe worked as a writer and editor at the San Francisco Examiner and contributed to Time, Life and TV Guide. He also wrote for Variety on film, music and drama, from 1962 through 1998. He was Variety‘s Bay Area correspondent for several years and became a full-time staffer in September 1969, including a stint as lead film reviewer. He left journalism to become VP of creative affairs at ABC Pictures in March 1971.

Marsha Hunt, a veteran actress of the Golden Age of film, radio and Broadway who later saw her career wither over her protests against the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), died of natural causes on Sept. 7 in Los Angeles.

Anne Garrels, longtime foreign correspondent for NPR, died of lung caner on Wednesday, the network announced.

Well, good luck with that. Consummate New York Mets fan Jerry Seinfeld is blaming Timmy Trumpet’s live performance of the song “Narco” at Citi Field last week for the Mets recent swoon.

Jerry Seinfeld is giving modelling a go.

Jerry Seinfeld has returned to the world of fashion as the new face of streetwear brand Kith. The Seinfeld actor and comedian, 68, was chosen as the star of the brand’s Fall 2022 campaign, with photos showing Seinfeld posing in various trendy Kith ensembles.

Seinfeld and Friends actor Richard Roat has died at the age of 89.Roat’s wife confirmed the news to Variety, and his obituary said he died “suddenly”. No cause of death has been shared.The actor played over 135 roles across a career which spanned almost 50 years, in film, television and on Broadway.On Friends, Roat starred as a professor at Ross’s university in ‘The One Where Ross Dates A Student’.Roat played a doctor on Seinfeld, who describes Elaine as “difficult”.

and roles on  and, has died. He was 89.According to multiple reports, the beloved actor died on Aug. 5 in Orange County, California.

Mable John, who recorded for Motown and Stax and later worked with Ray Charles, died Aug. 25 at her home in Los Angeles. Her nephew, Kevin John, confirmed the death, but did not give a cause. She was 91.

Richard Simmons is speaking out for the first time in six years following the release of a new documentary that looked into his sudden disappearance from Hollywood — and the public eye in general.