Celebrity Gossip

Macaulay Culkin’s sister, Dakota, was struck and killed by a car in Los Angeles this week, police confirm.
The 29-year-old stepped in front of a car in West L.A. just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday and was rushed to UCLA hospital with massive head trauma, according to LAPD spokesman Richard French. She died the following day.
“The […]

A public memorial service for Jennifer Hudson’s slain mother, brother and nephew is planned for Sunday at the South Side Chicago church where the Oscar-winner grew up singing.
“The Hudson family welcomes anyone who wishes to attend and pay their respects to these three beloved members of the Chicago community,” reads a statement from Hudson’s rep.
Neither […]

Richard Blackwell – the self-important bad boy of fashion whose nearly five decades’ worth of annual Worst-Dressed Lists could be counted upon to provide some of the meanest laughs of every new year – died Sunday of complications from an intestinal infection, said publicist Harlan Boll. Blackwell was 86.
Snide, sardonic and unrepentantly punny, Blackwell’s Lists […]

DJ AM is among the mourners who attended a memorial service in Los Angeles Monday for Chris “Lil’ Chris” Baker, who died in the Learjet crash that killed four and wounded two on Sept. 20 in Columbia, South Carolina.
DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, arrived in a limousine to pay respects to Baker, […]

Paul Newman, a screen hero for more than half a century and the head of a philanthropic food empire for the past 25 years, has died, it was announced Saturday. He was 83.
Surrounded by his family and close friends at his farmhouse near Westport, Conn., Newman succumbed Friday after a long battle with cancer, according […]

Country guitarist, songwriter, singer and Smokey and the Bandit sidekick Jerry Reed died Monday of emphysema. He was 71.
The Atlanta-born Grammy winner, who never lost his Georgia drawl, backed Elvis Presley and Waylon Jennings on guitar before emerging on his own in the late ’60s.
Within a decade, he had a string of radio hits such […]

The son of hip-hop producer Dr. Dre died over the weekend, the music star’s rep confirmed.
Andre Young Jr., 20, was discovered “unresponsive” by his mother at his home in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Saturday morning, according to the L.A. County Coroner’s office.
“Dr. Dre is mourning the loss of his son,” his rep Lori Earl says […]

When Bernie Mac was admitted last month into a Chicago hospital with a fever and trouble breathing, his wife, Rhonda, thought he’d get treatment and would be home in a week. But after no signs of improvement, she faced her biggest fear.
“He didn’t look good to me and I knew this could be it,” Rhonda, […]

Soul music pioneer Isaac Hayes – whose 1971 “Theme from Shaft” won the Oscar and Grammys – died Sunday in Memphis, where he lived. He was 65.
A releative discovered an unresponsive Hayes near an exercise machine in their home at midday, and Hayes was pronounced dead at 2:10 p.m. when he arrived at Baptist East […]

Bernie Mac, who for the past 30 years made the public laugh with an over-sized comic persona in film, television and comedy clubs, has died of pneumonia. He was 50.
“[He] passed away this morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital,” his rep, Danica Smith, said. “No other details are available at […]

Estelle Getty, who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe as the tart-tongued Sophia Petrillo – mother of Bea Arthur’s character – on TV’s The Golden Girls, has died. She was 84.
Getty’s longtime manager, Alan Siegel, said on Tuesday: “As of 5:35 this morning, surrounded by her family in her Hollywood Hills home, Estelle Getty […]

Former White House press secretary Tony Snow died Saturday after a second battle with cancer. He was 53.
“The Snow family has lost a beloved husband and father. And America has lost a devoted public servant and a man of character,” President Bush said Saturday in a statement. “It was a joy to watch Tony at […]

Christina Applegate’s ex-boyfriend Lee Grivas, 26, was found dead from an apparent drug overdose in his Hollywood apartment on Tuesday.
“Grivas did have a history of drug abuse, and our investigator found a syringe at the scene,” said Lt. Fred Corral of the L.A. Department of Coroner. “But we’re not making any preliminary conclusions until a […]

Tim Russert, host of Meet the Press and Washington bureau chief of NBC, died of a coronary embolism at age 58, NBC confirmed.
“It is my sad duty to report this afternoon that my friend and colleague Tim Russert … collapsed and died while at work in the NBC news bureau in Washington, D.C.,” Tom Brokaw […]

Yves Saint Laurent, the most influential designer in French couture in the last 50 years, died Sunday evening in Paris at the age of 71.
Sources say that the designer fell ill and entered a Paris hospital last week, reportedly slipping into a coma Wednesday evening. The reclusive designer has been in worsening health for months. […]

Cameron Diaz got some friendly support from her exes Justin Timberlake and John Mayer as her family held a memorial service for her late father Sunday.
Emilio Diaz, 58, died of pneumonia Tuesday morning. On Wednesday, Cameron, 35, thanked everyone for their condolences in a message that read: “His humor and spirit will always live on […]

Cameron Diaz’s father, Emilio Diaz, died Tuesday morning, it is being reported.
Emilio Diaz, 58, had been suffering from a flu, which turned in to pneumonia, according to TMZ.com, which first reported the news.
On Tuesday, filming of Diaz’s current film, My Sister’s Keeper, was halted, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Emilio Diaz had a small part in […]

Oscar winner Charlton Heston died Saturday night at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 84 years old.
Lydia, his wife of 64 years, was at his side, the Heston family said in a statement.
“Charlton had made an announcement of his Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2002 and had very much retired from public life,” a family spokesperson […]

Heidi Montag’s 24-year-old stepbrother, Eric O’Hara, a veteran of several combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, has lost his life in a bizarre accident at the Colorado hotel where he worked, the Rocky Mountain News reports.
O’Hara died Thursday at the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel in Steamboat Springs, after he slipped off a sloped roof while […]

Federal investigators have cleared two doctors in California and Texas of any wrongdoing in the death of actor Heath Ledger.
The Drug Enforcement Agency interviewed the doctors earlier this week about prescriptions found in Ledger’s apartment and determined they did not prescribe him the two most powerful drugs – Oxycontin and Vicodin, the New York Post […]

Brad Renfro’s girlfriend told a 911 operator that she thought the 25-year-old actor “might have taken a couple pills,” according to a recording of the call released Wednesday.
The woman, who found his body on Jan. 15, tells the operator: “We’re not sure if he’s breathing or not. His nose is bleeding. … We can’t tell […]

Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee who played the alarmist police chief who famously saves a beach resort in the 1975 blockbuster Jaws and its sequel, died Sunday. He was 75.
Scheider had been battling multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells, for the past few years. He died at the University of Arkansas for […]

What started out as a subdued wake after Heath Ledger’s funeral ended in an emotional goodbye by mourners including Michelle Williams, who all took a plunge into the ocean as the sun began to set.
“It’s exactly what Heath would have wanted,” one mourner said, dripping wet in his underwear as he made his way out […]

Actor Brad Renfro’s death has been attributed to “acute heroin/morphine intoxication,” according to a statement from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office.
“The final manner of death has been ruled an accident,” the coroner’s office said, adding that the drugs were injected.
The 25-year-old actor, who starred in 1994’s The Client and, later, Apt Pupil, had recently […]

Heath Ledger’s death on Jan. 22 was due to an accidental mixture of prescription drugs, New York City’s Chief Medical Examiner has concluded.
“Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Diazepam, Temazepam, Alprazolam, and Doxylamine,” said an announcement released Wednesday morning by office spokeswoman Ellen Borakove.
“We […]

Heath Ledger’s father, Kim, has released the below statement following the news of the late actor’s cause of death:

We remain humble as parents and a family, among millions of people worldwide who may have suffered the tragic loss of a child. Few can understand the hollow, wrenching, and enduring agony parents silently suffer when a […]

Michelle Williams and her two-year-old daughter arrived in Perth, Australia, Wednesday afternoon local time for Heath Ledger’s funeral.
Williams, wearing a black dress and black sunglasses, held Matilda in her arms as they exited the plane under heavy security. Matilda clung to a stuffed rabbit as more than five police officers and airport security escorted them […]

Heath Ledger’s toxicology test results are now expected to be released Wednesday morning, a source in the New York City Medical Examiner’s office confirmed.
“They definitely will not be released” Tuesday, said the source. “They were supposed to be released [Tuesday] but they will instead be released Wednesday morning.” The source did not specify the reason […]

Heath Ledger’s family has departed from Los Angeles back to Perth, Australia, for what is expected to be a funeral in the actor’s hometown.
The group of about 15 people, including the actor’s father Kim, mother Sally and elder sister Kate, left LAX for Tullamarine Airport, on Sunday night, reports Perth Now, which described the exit […]

Michelle Williams has broken her silence following the death of Heath Ledger, saying in a statement, “My heart is broken.”
“Please respect our need to grieve privately,” Williams says in the statement released by her rep Friday. “My heart is broken.”
Adds Williams, mother of Ledger’s 2-year-old daughter Matilda: “I am the mother of the most tender-hearted, […]

An intimate memorial for Heath Ledger, attended by immediate family and close friends including former girlfriend Naomi Watts, was held in Los Angeles on Saturday night just hours after the actor’s death was marked at a New York event.
A discreet 30-minute service was held at Westwood Village Memorial Park, Australia’s Channel 7 reports, during which […]

The day before he died, Heath Ledger had a quiet breakfast alone, then bought groceries and made plans for the following day.
Monday Morning
Ledger spent Monday morning having a light meal at Le Pain Quotidien near his apartment. “He wasn’t chatty – he looked like he wanted to be left alone,” an observer said, noting that […]

Heath Ledger’s family members bared their grief in an Australian newspaper, writing of the heart-wrenching loss of the Hollywood actor – who to them was always a brother or a son.
In one of several messages in the death notices section of the West Australian on Friday, his mother Sally wrote:
Our darling boy, special in so […]

Heath Ledger’s rep called the actor’s death an “accident” and asked for privacy for his family.
“We are deeply saddened and shocked by this accident,” said publicist Mara Buxbaum in a statement. “This is an extremely difficult time for his loved ones. We’re asking the media to please respect the family’s privacy and avoid speculation until […]

Heath Ledger was found dead at his Manhattan residence, a police spokesman confirms to the Associated Press. He was 28.
Police say the death may be drug-related. The NYPD spokesman tells AP that Ledger had a massage appointment at his Soho apartment. When the housekeeper went to alert Ledger the masseuse was there, she found him […]

Suzanne Pleshette, best-known for her role as Bob Newhart’s wisecracking wife on the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show, died at her home in Los Angeles Saturday. She was 70.
The throaty-voiced actress, who also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and on Broadway in The Miracle Worker, passed away from respiratory failure, said her lawyer […]

All in the Family star Allan Melvin, who played Archie Bunker’s neighbor on the seminal 1970s sitcom, died in Los Angeles Thursday. He was 84.
Melvin, who also starred on The Phil Silvers Show, The Brady Bunch, and The Andy Griffith Show, passed away from cancer, said his wife, Amalia, the LA Times reports.
Melvin was a […]

Actor Brad Renfro has died at age 25.
Renfro died Tuesday at a Los Angeles apartment where he spent the night with friends, Craig Harvey, chief investigator for the Los Angeles county coroner, said.
Renfro was heard snoring overnight, but found not breathing later Tuesday morning, and the friends called 911. Paramedics declared him dead at the […]

A frantic call to 911 seeking help for Donda West, the mother of Kanye West, on the day she died was posted online Monday.
The recording, posted at TMZ.com, captures a conversation between a distressed, unidentified caller and the 911 dispatcher. The caller says she and friends are attempting to administer CPR to West, who had […]

Denise Richards’s mother, Joni, passed away in Los Angeles Friday after a long battle with cancer, the star’s rep, Jill Fritzo, said.
According to Fritzo, Richards has no plans to release a statement, but confirms that her mother was surrounded by family when she died.
In February, the actress said her mother’s struggle with cancer was “hard,” […]