Walter Coblenz, ‘All the President’s Men’ Producer, Dies at 93

Cynthia Albritton, better known as “Cynthia Plaster Caster” for the plaster casts she made of rock star private parts, died today after what her representatives said was a long illness. She was 74.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCynthia Albritton, a.k.a. Cynthia Plaster Caster, the legendary artist and “recovering groupie” renowned for the plaster casts she took of many top musicians’ erect penises and other body parts, has died after a long illness, her rep confirms to Variety. She was 74.Her collection included Jimi Hendrix, Wayne Kramer of MC5, Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks, Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys as well as female breasts from the likes of Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab, Sally Timms of the Mekons, Peaches, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and many others.

Robert Morse, the impish actor and singer who found early fame and success as the Tony Award-winning star of Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and enjoyed a late-career second act as an eccentric elder statesman of advertising in AMC’s Mad Men, died yesterday. He was 90.

J. Kim Murphy Mercedes Angelica LeAnza, a film and television producer who had been serving as a lead creative producer at Amazon Studios and Prime Video, died on April 10 of bile duct cancer.

LOS ANGELES -- A man who admitted supplying the dealer who sold Mac Miller the drugs that killed the rapper has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.Ryan Michael Reavis, 39, pleaded guilty last year to a single count of distribution of fentanyl.Reavis knowingly supplied counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to co-defendant Cameron James Pettit, 30, of Los Angeles, according to a plea agreement. Pettit sold the pills and other drugs to Miller, who two days later suffered a fatal overdose, according to prosecutors.Another co-defendant, Stephen Andrew Walter, 48, of Los Angeles, also agreed to plead guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl.

Christopher Coover, a longtime Antiques Roadshow appraiser of rare books, manuscripts and printed ephemera, died April 3 at a hospital in Livingston, New Jersey. He was 72.

Austrian avant-garde artist known among other things for works in which he used blood and animal entrails, has died. He was 83.Nitsch's wife, Rita Nitsch, told the Austria Press Agency on Tuesday that Nitsch died at a hospital in the Austrian town of Mistelbach on Monday after a serious illness.Nitsch, born in Vienna on Aug.

Ryan Reavis was sentenced today to 131 months behind bars for his role in supplying the fentanyl-laced pills that led to rapper Mac Miller’s fatal overdose four years ago.

Rio Hackford, an actor whose credits include The Mandalorian, Swingers and Treme who also owned a popular club in New Orleans and was Taylor Hackford’s son, has died. He was 51.

Patrick Carlin, author, actor, podcaster, comedy writer and brother of stand-up legend George Carlin, has died. He was 90.

Patrick Carlin, a comedy writer and performer who was a major influence on his younger brother George Carlin, died April 16 at Kaiser Permanente hospital in Hollywood. He was 90.Carlin’s death was confirmed by Kelly Carlin, his niece and daughter of George Carlin.

Sam Cooke and Little Richard, has died aged 104.Rupe, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, died on Friday (April 15) at his home in Santa Barbara, California, according to the Arthur N Rupe Foundation. A cause of death has not been disclosed.Born Arthur Goldberg, Rupe was raised outside the Pittsburgh area.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorArt Rupe, an early rock ‘n’ roll music mogul and founder of the influential Specialty Records, died April 15 at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 104.Specialty championed such indelible artists as Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Lloyd Price and Percy Mayfield after its launch in Los Angeles in 1946.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorActor and club owner Rio Del Valle Hackford, who appeared in films and TV shows including “Jonah Hex,” “Swingers,” “Treme” and “The Mandalorian,” died Thursday in Huntington Beach, Calif. He was 52.His brother Alex Hackford said he died after an illness.Rio Hackford, who was the son of director Taylor Hackford, was remembered by friends for being a “connector of all sorts of people,” said his friend, screenwriter D.V.

LOS ANGELES -- Liz Sheridan, who played doting mom to Jerry Seinfeld on his hit sitcom, died early Friday. She was 93.Sheridan died in her sleep from natural causes, five days after her April 10 birthday, said Amanda Hendon, her longtime representative and friend.

Wilson Chapman editorLiz Sheridan, the actor best know for her role as Jerry Seinfeld’s mother Helen in the classic sitcom “Seinfeld,” died on Friday, a representative confirmed to Variety. She was 93.Born in 1929, Sheridan got her start as a nightclub act, earning a living by dancing and playing in both New York City and Caribbean clubs.

LOS ANGELES -- Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, has died. He was 67.Gottfried died from a rare genetic muscle disease that can trigger a dangerously abnormal heartbeat.

Deadline: ‘Kathy will be missed by her family and friends and left an impact on all she encountered during her life on this Earth. ’Lamkin featured in a scene opposite Javier Bardem’s antagonist character Anton Chigurh in the American western No Country For Old Men – which won outstanding cast In a motion picture at the 2008 SAG Awards. The Texas native appeared in a number of TV shows and films in the 90s – from Miller & Mueller to Fools Gold – but it was her spectacular performance as The Tea Lady in the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw massacre that caught everybody’s attention.

‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ star Kathy Lamkin has died, aged 74. The ‘No Country For Old Men’ star passed away after dealing with a short illness. Her family told Deadline: “Kathy will be missed by her family and friends and left an impact on all she encountered during her life on this Earth.