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‘Good Times’ Ja’Net DuBois dies; co-wrote ‘Jeffersons’ theme

LOS ANGELES – Ja’Net DuBois, who played the vivacious neighbor Willona Woods on “Good Times” and composed and sang the theme song for “The Jeffersons,” has died. DuBois’ song “Mov...

Robert Conrad, star of “The Wild, Wild West,” dies at 84

LOS ANGELES – Robert Conrad, the rugged, contentious actor who starred in the hugely popular 1960s television series “Hawaiian Eye” and “The Wild, Wild West,” has died. He was 84. ...

Actor-comedian Orson Bean, 91, hit and killed by car in LA

LOS ANGELES – Orson Bean, the witty actor and comedian who enlivened the game show “To Tell the Truth” and played a crotchety merchant on “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” was hit and killed by a...

Kirk Douglas rose from poverty to become a king of Hollywood

NEW YORK – He was born Issur Danielovitch, a ragman’s son. He died Kirk Douglas, a Hollywood king. Douglas, the muscular, tempestuous actor with the dimpled chin, lived out an epi...

Shannen Doherty says she is battling stage 4 breast cancer

NEW YORK – Shannen Doherty is battling a recurrence of breast cancer that has progressed to stage four, telling fans “it’s a bitter pill to swallow.” “I definitely have days where...

‘Naughty boy’: Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77

LONDON – Terry Jones, a founding member of the anarchic Monty Python troupe who was hailed by colleagues as “the complete Renaissance comedian” and “a man of endless enthusiasms,” has died a...

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne announces Parkinson’s diagnosis

NEW YORK – Rocker Ozzy Osbourne says that he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a nervous system disorder that affects movement. The 71-year-old Grammy winner and former v...

Stephen King criticized for comments about diversity

NEW YORK – Stephen King says he cares only about “quality,” not “diversity” when deciding on awards. Some are asking why he thinks the two must be different. “I would never consid...

Meat Loaf sues hotel, blaming negligence for disabling fall

FORT WORTH, Texas – Meat Loaf has filed a lawsuit against a hotel at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and organizers of a horror convention held there, blaming them for negligence whe...

Neil Peart, drummer for influential rockers Rush, dead at 67

SANTA MONICA, California – Neil Peart, the renowned drummer and lyricist from the influential band Rush, has died. He was 67. His representative, Elliot Mintz, said in a statement...

Trebek: ‘Jeopardy!’ retirement isn’t imminent despite cancer

PASADENA, Calif. – The brief farewell that Alex Trebek says will close his final “Jeopardy!” episode isn’t on the horizon. “I don’t foresee that 30-second moment coming up in the ...

Justin Bieber says he’s battling Lyme disease

NEW YORK – Justin Bieber says he has been battling Lyme disease. In an Instagram post Wednesday, the pop star wrote that “it’s been a rough couple years but (I’m) getting the righ...