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3-year theory: Big renewal deal for 'Big Bang' NEW YORK (AP) - CBS says it's renewing its hit comedy "The Big Bang Theory" for three more years. The extraordinary three-year deal would carry TV's most-watched sitcom through the 2016-2017 season, the series' 10th on the air. "The Big Bang...

Joe McGinniss dies at 71; journalist-author wrote 'Fatal Vision' By Hillel Italie March 10, 2014, 9:26 p.m. Joe McGinniss, the adventurous and news-making author and reporter who skewered the marketing of Richard Nixon in "The Selling of the President 1968" and tracked his personal journey...

"Band of Brothers" WWII Vet Bill Guarnere Dies Facebook.com Friends and family are mourning the death of a national hero. William "Wild Bill" Guarnere, a South Philly native and World War II vet who was portrayed on the television miniseries, “Band of Brothers,” died on Saturday at the age...

Sheila MacRae -- who played Alice Kramden on "The Honeymooners," has died. MacRae did not appear in the original episodes in 1955. She appeared on the wildly popular "Jackie Gleason Show" from 1966 - 1970. The show recreated "The Honeymooners" in featured segments. The original Alice...

Good to see Ron Glass again. I haven't seen him much since his regular role on Barney Miller. Good story on CSI, too.

Game Show Host Geoff Edwards Dies at 83 LOS ANGELES March 6, 2014 (AP) By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer Geoff Edwards, the hip-looking 1970s and '80s host of TV game shows including "Jackpot!" and two incarnations of "Treasure Hunt," died Wednesday...

Franny Beecher, 92, lead guitarist for Bill Haley and the Comets BY ASSOCIATED PRESS February 25, 2014 5:56PM Updated: February 26, 2014 2:23AM NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Franny Beecher, lead guitarist for Bill Haley and the Comets, which helped kick off the rock and roll era with the hit “Rock...

Jim Lange, 'The Dating Game' host, dies Feb 27, 2:19 AM (ET) By CHANNING JOSEPH SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Jim Lange, the first host of the popular game show "The Dating Game," has died at his home in Mill Valley, Calif. He was 81. He died Tuesday morning after suffering a heart attack, his wife...

‘Ghostbusters’ Star Harold Ramis Dies at 69 Variety - Film News Harold Ramis, best known as an actor in “Ghostbusters” and “Stripes” and a writer/director for “Caddyshack” and “Groundhog Day” died Monday died today from complications related to auto-immune inflammatory vasculitis, a disease...

Oldest-known Holocaust survivor dies at 110 Associated Press By SYLVIA HUI and ROBERT BARR 3 hours ago LONDON (AP) — Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the oldest Holocaust survivor, died at age 110 on Sunday, a family member said. The accomplished pianist's death came just a week before her...

Maria von Trapp, 99, Dies in Vermont Associated Press STOWE, Vermont (AP) — Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member and second-eldest daughter of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for "The Sound of Music," has died. She was 99. Von Trapp died at...

Happy birthday today to William Petersen.

Versatile TV newsman Garrick Utley dies at 74 Feb 21, 9:48 AM (ET) NEW YORK (AP) - NBC News says veteran reporter Garrick Utley (UHT'-lee) has died of cancer. He was 74. Utley began at NBC News in 1963, where for three decades he handled a wide variety of assignments. Early on, he reported...

It is good to see John Heard again. While IMDB list lots of movies and shows that he has appeared, the last I've seen him was as Calleigh's dad on CSI Miami.

Cabela's co-founder Richard Cabela dies at 77 1 of the co-founders of outdoor outfitter Cabela's, Richard Cabela, dies at age 77 Associated Press By Josh Funk, AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Richard Cabela, a co-founder of outdoor outfitter Cabela's, died Monday. He was 77. Cabela, who...

Actor Ralph Waite Dies at 85 The Waltons star Ralph Waite, who more recently recurred on Bones and NCIS, has died at the age of 85. He played dad to Mark Harmon’s character Gibbs on NCIS. See obit notice on the Rest in Peace thread in General Media section.

Actor Ralph Waite Dies at 85 The Waltons star Ralph Waite, who more recently recurred on Bones and NCIS, has died at the age of 85. Waite portrayed John Walton Sr. for nine seasons on the CBS Depression-era drama and in three NBC telefilms. After the series wrapped, he appeared on Murder...

NCIS and its spin-offs are from another production company, Donald Belisarius Productions, while the CSI shows are from Alliance Atlantis / Jerry BruckheimerTelevision. She could play a different character, but not as Stella.

Baseball legend Ralph Kiner has passed away at age 91 Posted on February 6, 2014 by Mike Fitzgerald Hollywood Collectibles Ralph Kiner, Hall-of-Fame slugger with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the ’40s and ’50s who became a New York institution in his second, equally-distinguished broadcasting...

Former 2nd Lady Joan Mondale Dies at Age 83 ST. PAUL, Minn. February 4, 2014 (AP) By BRIAN BAKST Associated Press Joan Mondale, who burnished a reputation as "Joan of Art" for her passionate advocacy for the arts while her husband was vice president and a U.S. ambassador, died Monday. She...