In Memoriam

Ira “Bob” Born, a candy company executive known as the “Father of Peeps” for mechanizing the process to make marshmallow chicks, has died at the age of 98.

Actress Lisa Loring, best known for her role in “The Addams Family” and “As the World Turns”, died Saturday at the age of 64

Lisa Loring, known for her role as the original Wednesday Addams in the inceptive 1964 Addams Family sitcom, has died at the age of 64.

Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and “War,” has died.

Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series “24” and providing the voice for Tess in the video game “The Last of Us,” has died. She was 45.

Screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard, who skillfully adapted stories of historical Black figures in “Remember the Titans” starring Denzel Washington, “Ali” with Will Smith and “Harriet” with Cynthia Erivo, has died. He was 70. Howard was the first Black screenwriter to write a drama that passed $100 million at the box office when “Titans” crossed that milestone in 2000. It was...

At the singer’s star-studded memorial service at Graceland Jan. 22, her eldest daughter Riley Keough’s husband Ben Smith-Petersen read to the crowd a letter his wife wrote to her late mom.

The 38-year-old was killed when another car veered into the path of his truck as he drove his daughters to cheerleading practice.

Gina Lollobrigida, who achieved international stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one her movies, died in Rome on Monday, her agent said.

The actor accepted a Golden Globe for his portrayal of the singer’s father just days ago and thanked her during his speech.

Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of Elvis Presley and wife Priscilla, sang about the burial plot waiting for her at Graceland, a place synonymous with her dad’s legend — and ongoing heartbreak.

Lisa Marie Presley has died at the age of 54. The singer and only child of Elvis Presley died on Thursday, her mother Priscilla Presley’s rep confirmed to NBC News. John Travolta, Leah Remini, LeAnn Rimes, Cary Elwes, Billy Corgan, Octavia Spencer and more stars mourned her passing with social media tributes.

While attending the 2023 Golden Globes on Jan. 10, Lisa Marie Presley—who was the only child of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley—sang Butler’s praises for his portrayal of her father in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” biopic.

Fellow rock legends are paying tribute to Jeff Beck, the guitar virtuoso and musical innovator who died Wednesday.

Lee’s older sister, Angela Lee Pucci, shared the rising star passed away on Dec. 26. She was 18 years old.

A longtime foreign affairs journalist in both print and television, Bernard Kalb, has died.

Adam Rich, the cute child actor who charmed TV audiences in the late 1970s as Nicholas Bradford on “Eight is Enough,” has died.

Family members of Stephen “tWitch” Boss, including wife Allison Holker, gathered to pay tribute to the star, who died in December.

Fans lined the streets to say their last goodbyes as soccer icon Pele was being laid to rest in his hometown in Brazil.