Veteran actor Allen Garfield dies at 80

Fountains of Wayne reunited for their first live performance in seven years to remember Adam Schlesinger, their co-founding group member who died on April 1 due to complications from coronavirus.  Musicians Chris Collingwood, Jody Porter, Brian Young and Sharon Van Etten were among dozens to participate in Wednesday's Jersey 4 Jersey concert special to benefit the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund.

Tom Lester, the gawky Mississippi native who starred as the friendly Hooterville farmhand Eb Dawson on the madcap CBS sitcomGreen Acres, has died. He was 81.

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Timmy Brown, a star running back and return man for the Philadelphia Eagles who went on to act inNashvilleand in the film and television versions ofM*A*S*H, has died. He was 82.

On Tuesday, influential country folk singer John Prine died at 73 years old while hospitalized at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He passed away from complications due to coronavirus, his family confirmed to Rolling Stone.

Allen Garfield, the New Jersey character actor who specialized in playing nervous types while appearing in such films asThe Conversation, The Candidate,The Stunt ManandNashville, has died. He was 80.

Actor Allen Garfield, known for his roles in films like “The Conversation,” “The Candidate,” “The Stunt Man” and “Nashville,” died at age 80 due to complications from the coronavirus, according to multiple reports. Actress Ronee Blakely, who played Garfield’s on-screen wife in “Nashville,” shared the news of the actor’s death in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

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He was hospitalised last month

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Radio veteran John Shomby has departed from Cumulus Media after four years with the company, a source tells Billboard.

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