Timothy Graphenreed Dies: ‘The Wiz’ Song Composer Was 68

Paul Kagan, the pioneering media analyst who provided forecasting and financial data about the entertainment industry for nearly 50 years and was among the first to recognize the power and potential of cable television, has died. He was 82.

Peter Sova, the Czechoslovakian-born cinematographer who shot Diner and three other films for Barry Levinson and Lucky Number Slevin and four other movies for Paul McGuigan, has died. He was 75.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorPaul Kagan, who built his expertise in the budding cable television business into the longtime media consulting business Kagan and Associates, died Aug. 23 of kidney failure in Carmel, Calif.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsKevin Dobson, most known for his work on TV dramas Knots Landing, Days of Our Lives and Kojak, has died. He was 77.The United Veterans Council of San Joaquin County announced the actor’s death on Facebook.

United Veterans Council of San Joaquin County, of which the actor once served as Chairman.Born on March 18, 1943 in Jackson Heights, New York, Dobson worked as a trainmen, brakeman and conductor on the Long Island Railroad in New York followed by a few years as a waiter before he decided starting his acting career.Dobson got his start through a series of uncredited appearances on daytime drama “The Doctors” in 1969 and in the 1971 Jane Fonda film “Klute.” After a round of guest spots on dramas

Michael Stipe song has been shared as part of a New York art exhibition.An Introduction To Nameless Love, an installation from artist and past Stipe collaborator Jonathan Berger, features lyrics from a new song by the former R.E.M. frontman about designers Charles and Ray Eames.Partly inspired by late photojournalist Margaret Morton, who spent years telling the stories of the homeless people who lived in an New York subway tunnel, the exhibition opened at Participant Inc.

W. Russell Barry, a former president of 20th Century Fox Television and chairman of Turner Program Services, died Aug.

Eli Countryman Former New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver, who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992, died on Monday. He was 75.The Baseball Hall of Fame and ESPN reported that his death was due to Lewy body dementia and COVID-19 complications.“We are heartbroken to share that our beloved husband and father has passed away,” his wife Nancy and two daughters shared with the National Baseball Hall of Fame, who announced his death Wednesday.

Tom Seaver has sadly died at the age of 75, the National Baseball Hall of Fame has announced.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerTom Seaver, who was known as “The Franchise” during his time pitching for the New York Mets, has died. He was 75 and passed away in his sleep from complications of dementia and Lyme disease, according to the Mets.“We are heartbroken to share that our beloved husband and father has passed away,” wife Nancy Seaver and daughters Sarah and Anne told the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentLongtime media journalist and Variety alumnus Morrie Gelman died of heart failure on Aug. 26 in Palm Desert, Calif.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorWith the exhibition reopening of New York and Los Angeles still unclear, despite California Governor Gavin Newsom laying out a road map this afternoon, Paramount has opted to reschedule some of its fall releases, and date some new titles.After moving Top Gun: Maverick out of the Christmas corridor to July 2 next year, and the reported sale of Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse to Amazon, these leaves Paramount with only one theatrical release

Gail Sheehy, the journalist, commentator and pop sociologist whose best-selling Passages helped millions navigate their lives from early adulthood to middle age and beyond, has died. She was 83.

NEW YORK -- Gail Sheehy, the journalist, commentator and pop sociologist whose best-selling “Passages” helped millions navigate their lives from early adulthood to middle age and beyond, has died. She was 83.

Gail Sheehy, a journalist and author whose work examined racism, menopause, drug addiction, and whose profiles ranged from fading high society doyennes to power brokers, died Monday from complications from pneumonia. She was 83.As a reporter for New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, and other outlets, Sheehy profiled the likes of George W.