NY movie critic Joel Siegel dead at 63
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Joel Siegel, a longtime movie critic for WABC-TV and "Good Morning America" who racked up five New York Emmy Awards for his insightful work, died Friday, the television station said. He was 63.
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New York lost one of its signature artists Tuesday night when Broadway, movie and TV actor Jerry Orbach, who played hard-bitten Detective Lenny Briscoe in the NBC series &quot;Law and Order,&quot; died
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Jerry Orbach, the actor best known for his role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in the police drama series &#39;Law &amp; Order&#39;, has died from cancer.
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George Melly, a flamboyant, gravel-voiced jazz singer, critic and raconteur, died Thursday, his wife said. He was 80 years old.
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Author and social critic Susan Sontag, one of the strongest voices of intellectual opposition to US policies after the September 11 attacks, has died at the age of 71.
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Coley Wallace, who knocked out Rocky Marciano in an amateur bout and played Joe Louis in two movies has died. He was 77.
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LOS ANGELES  - Elmer Bernstein, whose  eclectic film music ranged from the rousing theme of "The  Magnificent Seven" to the lighthearted score for "Thoroughly  Modern Millie," for which he won an Oscar, died Wednesday at  his home in Ojai, Calif. He was 82.
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A happy, healthy birthday to Roger Ebert, America's movie critic
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LOS ANGELES  - Scott Muni, one of the  legendary voices of New York radio, died Tuesday. He was 74.
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Jerry Orbach, acclaimed as a  quintessential New York actor for his work on Broadway, in  films and as the star of television's "Law & Order," has died  from cancer. He was 69.
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Susan Sontag, the author, human rights activist and social critic, has died in a New York cancer hospital, aged 71. Ms Sontag, who had suffered from leukemia for some time, was known for interests that ranged
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Oscar-winning filmmaker Sven Nykvist, who was legendary director Ingmar Bergman's cinematographer of choice, died Wednesday after a long illness, his son said. He was 83.
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New York Times journalist R.W. Apple, a lead writer on war and politics for decades before he returned to the noodle shops of Saigon and restaurants of Paris to write about the food and wine he loved, died on Wednesday. He was 71.
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Marvin Mitchelson, the Hollywood  divorce lawyer who pioneered the concept of "palimony," died on  Saturday in Beverly Hills, a hospital spokeswoman said. He was  76.
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Robert Altman, a five-time Academy Award nominee for best director whose vast, eclectic filmography ranged from the dark war comedy "M-A-S-H" to the Hollywood farce "The Player" to the British murder mystery "Gosford Park," has died of complications from cancer. He was 81.
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Joel Siegel, the upbeat and often  joyous film critic for ABC television&#39;s &quot;Good Morning America&quot;  for 26 years, died on Friday at age 63 after a long battle  against colon cancer, the network said.
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Marvin Mitchelson, the Hollywood divorce lawyer who pioneered the concept of "palimony," died on Saturday in Beverly Hills, a hospital spokeswoman said. He was 76.