Tom Skerritt, star of Alien, Top Gun and Picket Fences, dies at 93
The Detroit-born Air Force veteran played Captain Dallas in Alien, Viper in Top Gun and won an Emmy as the small-town sheriff of Picket Fences. He died in Seattle of natural causes.
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Toya Jones, Refugio track legend and Texas A&M Big 12 champion, dies at 49
The Victoria-born sprinter and defensive back won a record 13 gold medals at the Texas state track meet, an NCAA relay title and the 1998 Big 12 championship with the Aggies. He died after a heart attack.
Dale Brown, LSU basketball coaching legend who recruited Shaquille O’Neal, dies at 90
The winningest coach in LSU men's basketball history won 448 games in 25 seasons, reached two Final Fours and brought Shaquille O'Neal to Baton Rouge. He died days after being named for a Wooden coaching award.
Fedir Stryhun, actor and longtime head of Lviv’s Zankovetska Theatre, dies at 86
A Shevchenko Prize laureate who played more than 100 stage roles, from Bohdan Khmelnytsky to King Lear, he ran one of Ukraine's oldest drama theatres for over three decades. He died in Lviv after a long illness.
Dónal Lunny, bouzouki player and founder of Planxty and The Bothy Band, dies at 79
The Offaly-born musician and producer helped found Planxty, The Bothy Band and Moving Hearts, and spent more than half a century reshaping the sound of Irish traditional music. He died in Dublin after treatment for cancer.
Ron Koslow, Creator of TV’s ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ Dies at 81
Ron Koslow, creator of TV's ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ has died at 81. Learn more about the life and legacy of this influential television visionary.
Michael Gray, Former Teen Idol and Star of ‘Shazam!,’ Dies at 75
Michael Gray, the former teen idol and star of ‘Shazam!’, has tragically passed away at 75. Learn more about his life and legacy.
Francis Duru, Nollywood veteran of Rattlesnake and Blood Money, dies at 57
Francis Duru, the Nigerian actor known as Ahanna in the 1995 film Rattlesnake and a former interim president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, has died at 57 after a brief illness, his family said.
Kwame Dzokoto, Efiewura actor and Edziban host, dies after collapsing during radio discussion in Tarkwa
Seth Kwame Dzokoto, the comic actor known as Judge Koboo in Efiewura and host of TV3's Edziban, has reportedly died after collapsing during a radio panel discussion in Tarkwa on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
Craig Douglas, the Singing Milkman whose Only Sixteen topped the chart in 1959, dies at 85
Terence Perkins was delivering milk on the Isle of Wight when he started singing. As Craig Douglas, he took Only Sixteen to number one in 1959, outselling Sam Cooke's original in Britain.