Eddie Adams died she was 81

Edie Adams (April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American singer, Broadway, television and film actress and comedienne. Adams, a Tony Award winner, "both embodied and winked at the stereotypes of fetching chanteuse and sexpot blonde
Adams was born Elizabeth Edith Enke in Kingston, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey.

Adams married Ernie Kovacs on September 12, 1954, in what was Kovacs' second marriage; they remained together until his death in a car accident on January 13, 1962, after which she won a "nasty custody battle" over her stepdaughters, Betty and Kippie.[2] She also worked for years to pay off Kovacs' massive back-taxes debt to the IRS.

Adams had two later marriages, briefly to photographer Martin Mills and then to trumpeter Pete Candoli. She gave birth to two children: a daughter, Mia Kovacs, who was born in 1959 and killed in an automobile accident in 1982, and a son, Joshua Mills.[2]

Edie Adams died in Los Angeles, California at age 81. According to her son, the causes were cancer and pneumonia.[1][2]

Christian Brando died he was 49

Christian Brando (May 11, 1958 – January 26, 2008) was the eldest child of actor Marlon Brando. He pled guilty to manslaughter in the death of the boyfriend of his half-sister Cheyenne. On May 16, 1990, Christian Brando shot Dag Drollet to death at Marlon Brando's residence on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. He was released from prison in 1996. In 2005, he pled guilty to spousal abuse of his wife, Deborah Presley, and was given probation.

Brando died of pneumonia on January 26, 2008[21][22] at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 49 years old. He was admitted into Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center on January 11, 2008. Although Brando's attorney, Benjamin Brin, announced he was hospitalized with pneumonia, the prognosis was said to be a complete recovery.[23] However, an unnamed friend confirmed that Brando was in grave condition.[23].
Brando was buried on February 17, 2008 at the Kalama Oddfellows Cemetery in Kalama, Washington,[24]. Christian, who had lived in Kalama for about 14 years was well-liked by locals who remembered him as "a regular guy". Chaplain Timothy Berg, who performed the service, said, "I guess as a society, we've made it really hard for people who are famous," Berg said. "God, he had a hard life, he really did, and I guess that's really true of a lot of people who are born into fame."
According to former girlfriend Donna Goen (as quoted in the Feb 11, 2008 edition of People magazine), at the time of his death Brando had been attempting to turn his life around. "He was trying so hard to finally have a life,"

Robert Prosky died he was 78

Prosky, a Polish American,[1] was born Robert Joseph Porzuczek in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Helen and Joseph Porzuczek, a grocer and butcher.[2][3][4] He was raised in a working-class neighborhood and studied at the American Theatre Wing, later graduating from Temple University.[5]
Prosky appeared in such films as Thief, Christine, The Natural, Broadcast News, Green Card, Hoffa, Rudy, and Dead Man Walking. In addition to appearing in numerous films, Prosky appeared as a regular on the television shows Hill Street Blues and Veronica's Closet. Prior to his film and television career, Prosky appeared in numerous productions at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC, most notably as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. He was considered for the role of Martin Crane in Frasier and later made a guest appearance in the show as a reclusive writer. He also played Rebecca Howe's father on Cheers.
Prosky often performed at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, with over 100 stage credits to his name at that theatre alone. He also originated the role of Shelly Levene in David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross.
Two of his sons, Andy and John Prosky, are also film, TV, and stage actors. The three have starred together in two productions of Arthur Miller's play The Price, in which the brothers' characters are brothers.
Prosky died on December 8, 2008, five days short of his 78th birthday, of complications following a heart procedure.[6] At the time of his death, he lived on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

De'Angelo Wilson's '8 MILE' ACTOR FOUND HANGED:body discovered in a room in Los Angeles.

*Actor De'Angelo Wilson, an up-and-coming actor whose biggest role was as DJ Iz in the 2002 Eminim film "8 Mile," has been found dead in an apparent suicide, according to AllHipHop.com.


The actor's body was discovered in a room inside of a commercial building in Los Angeles. It is believed he had hanged himself on Nov. 26.

According to AllHipHop.com, Wilson’s mother could not afford the fee to transport his body to his Dayton, Ohio hometown - so friends donated money to help out.


Wilson also starred in an episode of CBS's "CSI: NY" and in several other movies, including "Antwone Fisher," "The Salon" and "Mercy Street."

Beverly Garland 'My Three Sons' actress dies at 82

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Beverly Garland, the B-movie actress who starred in 1950s cult hits like "Swamp Women" and "Not of This Earth" and who went on to play Fred MacMurray's TV wife on "My Three Sons," has died. She was 82.

Garland died Friday at her Hollywood Hills home after a lengthy illness, her son-in-law Packy Smith told the Los Angeles Times.

Garland made her film debut in the 1950 noir classic "D.O.A.," launching a 50-year career that included 40 movies and dozens of television shows.

She gained cult status for playing gutsy women in low-budget exploitation films such as "The Alligator People" and a number of Roger Corman movies including "Gunslinger,""It Conquered the World" and "Naked Paradise."


"I never considered myself very much of a passive kind of actress," she said in a 1985 interview with Fangoria magazine. "I was never very comfortable in love scenes, never comfortable playing a sweet, lovable lady."

Garland showed her comedic chops as Bing Crosby's wife in the short-lived sitcom "The Bing Crosby Show" in the mid-'60s.

She went on to be cast in "My Three Sons" as the second wife of MacMurray's widower Steve Douglas during the last three seasons of the popular series that aired from 1960 to 1972.

Her television credits also include "Remington Steele,""Scarecrow and Mrs. King,""Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,""Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" and "7th Heaven."

Garland was born Beverly Fessenden in Santa Cruz, Calif., in 1926, and grew up in Glendale. She became Beverly Garland when she married actor Richard Garland. They were divorced in 1953 after less than four years of marriage.

In 1960, she married real estate developer Fillmore Crank, and the couple built a mission-style hotel in North Hollywood, now called Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn. Garland, whose husband died in 1999, remained involved in running the North Hollywood hotel.

She was the honorary mayor of North Hollywood and served on the boards of the California Tourism Corp. and the Greater Los Angeles Visitors and Convention Bureau.

Al Wilson died he was 68

Al Wilson, the soul singer and songwriter who had a number of 1970s hits including “Show and Tell,” has died. He was 68. June 19, 1939-April 21, 2008

Wilson died Monday of kidney failure at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana, according to his son, Tony Wilson of Yucaipa.

“He was always singing,” his son said. “He would call me in the middle of the night with a new song that he had written.”

Wilson was born on June 19, 1939, in Meridian, Miss. He sang in the church choir as a boy and had his own spiritual singing quartet. His family moved to San Bernardino in 1958 and he found work as a mail carrier, office clerk and janitor.

He toured for four years with the group Johnny "Legs" Harris and the Statesmen before joining the Navy. Following a two-year stint, he moved to Los Angeles and played with the Jewels and their successor group, the Rollers. A drummer, he also worked with the instrumental group the Souls.


In 1966, he was spotted by manager Marc Gordon, who introduced him to singer Johnny Rivers, who signed him to his Soul City label. Wilson’s first single, “The Snake” in 1968, was a hit and was followed by “Do What You Gotta Do.”

“Show and Tell” was released in 1973 and the next year was No. 1 on the Billboard Top 100 chart.

Wilson charted with several other 1970s singles, including “La La Peace Song,” “I’ve Got a Feeling (We’ll Be Seeing Each Other Again)” and “Count the Days.”

In later years he continued to tour clubs in Los Angeles and elsewhere.

In addition to his son, Wilson is survived by his wife, Patricia; daughters Alene Harris and Sharon Burley; a brother, Eddie Wilson; sisters Lottie Ross, Ruby Conyers and Maebell Cole, and 13 grandchildren.

Charlton Heston died he was 84

Charlton Heston was born John Charles Carter. He died he was 84(October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008). Heston was an American actor of film, theater and television.[3]
he is known for having played heroic roles, such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar in El Cid, and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. In the 1950s and 1960s he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors to speak openly against racism and was an active supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Initially a moderate Democrat, he later supported conservative politics and was president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003.

Heston died on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at his home in Beverly Hills, California, with Lydia, his wife of 64 years, by his side. He was also survived by his son, Fraser Clarke Heston, and an adopted daughter, Holly Ann Heston. The cause of death was pneumonia.[41][42][43] Heston's family released a statement, reading, "Charlton Heston was seen by the world as larger than life. He was known for his chiselled jaw, broad shoulders and resonating voice, and, of course, for the roles he played. No one could ask for a fuller life than his. No man could have given more to his family, to his profession and to his country."[44] Early tributes came in from leading figures; President George W. Bush called Heston "man of character and integrity, with a big heart", adding, "He served his country during World War II, marched in the civil rights movement, led a labor union and vigorously defended Americans’ Second Amendment rights [to bear arms]."[44] Former First Lady Nancy Reagan, wife of former President Ronald Reagan (who died in 2004 from complications of Alzheimer's disease) said that she was "heartbroken" over Heston's death and released a statement, reading, "I will never forget Chuck as a hero on the big screen in the roles he played, but more importantly I considered him a hero in life for the many times that he stepped up to support Ronnie in whatever he was doing."[44]
Heston's funeral was held a week later on April 12, 2008 in a ceremony which was attended by 250 people including Nancy Reagan and Hollywood stars such as California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Olivia de Havilland, Keith Carradine, Pat Boone, Tom Selleck, Oliver Stone and Rob Reiner.[45][46] He was cremated.