2 on in the U.S. and U.K. singles charts, Island Records said. ", E! Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease for children past the age of infancy in the U.S. Morris was a prolific and accomplished author and journalist who wrote dozens of books in a variety of genres. He joined the Country Radio Hall of Fame in 1982 and earned a spot in the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999. Howe started the Feminist Press, now based at the City University of New York, by accident, and was instrumental in the field of women's studies. He was 71. We're so grateful to have known her love. Eamonn McCabe, Popperfoto via Getty Images, Helen Reddy, the Australian singer/songwriter whose 1972 hit "I Am Woman" transformed her into the voice of the women's liberation movement, died Sept. 29 in Los Angeles just a few weeks after the release of her movie biopic "I Am Woman," starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey. She was 78. ", Chi Chi DeVayne, a popular contestant from the competition reality series "RuPaul's Drag Race," died at 34 on Aug. 20 following a hospitalization for pneumonia. ", Francesca Kaczynski, daughter of CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski, died December 24, 2020 of complications from cancer. His death came less than two weeks before the publication of “Will You Be My Friend?,” a companion to his 1994 classic, which has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into 57 languages. He was 58. Gil Schwartz, the longtime CBS communications executive who wrote humorous novels and columns under the pen name Stanley Bing, died May 2. (CNN) Nina Kapur, a 26-year-old reporter in New York City, died after she fell from a moped that had been rented from Revel, a popular moped sharing service. ", Actor Jerry Stiller, known for roles in "Seinfeld" and "The King of Queens" and father to Ben Stiller, died May 11 at 92.  The Allens were inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1998. She died from complications from a blood disorder she had developed in her mid-30s but had managed for many years. He was 76. An actress before her time in the fight for equality, and an icon who took on the studio system and won, de Havilland was responsible for one of the most important and far-reaching legal rulings in Hollywood, reducing the power of the studios and giving greater creative freedom to actors. The snappily dressed, Canadian-born game show host, who also helmed "The Wizard of Odds," "Double Dare," "High Rollers," "Battlestars," "Classic Concentration" and "To Tell the Truth," won seven Emmys in his 36 years at the helm of “Jeopardy!”  Shirley Ann Grau, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer whose stories and novels told of both the dark secrets and the beauty of the Deep South, died on Aug. 3 in a memory care facility of complications from a stroke. Sam McBratney, the Irish children’s author whose picture story “Guess How I Much Love You” became bedtime reading for millions of families, died Sept. 18 at age 77. CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski and his wife, Wall Street Journal reporter Rachel Louise Ensign, are mourning the loss of their 9-month old daughter, Francesca. Pioneering radio host Barry Farber, who hosted a conservative talk show for decades in New York City, died of natural causes May 6, a day after his 90th birthday. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band had a pop hit with it in 1971, and dozens of other artists also recorded the song, including Sammy Davis Jr. Walker is credited as one of the creators of “outlaw country.”. Francesca we love you. Growing up poor in North Dallas, he exploded onto the music scene with his first 2014 mixtape. “She was so great in Blazing Saddles as Harriett Johnson the over-the-top, outspoken schoolmarm,” Brooks tweeted. “She will be missed.”, Actor Eddie Hassell was shot and killed Nov. 1 in Grand Prairie, Texas. "We're heartbroken to have to announce our beautiful daughter Francesca passed away last night in the arms of her mom and dad," Kaczynski said. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1972, remaining at the top of the chart for four weeks. The couple prayed for a "Christmas miracle for our family" on Thursday. The photos, captured by passerby Dennis Flores, show firefighter… She wrote "Julia Reed's South" and "Julia Reed's New Orleans: Food, Fun and Field Trips for Letting the Good Times Roll," and was a contributing editor to Garden & Gun magazine. The son of 1920s' blues icon Robert Wilkins, the younger Wilkins had been enjoying a late-in-life career resurgence, which began with the release of his 2015 solo album, “You Can't Hurry God.” His new album, “Trouble,” was released just last month. Tom Kennedy, the legendary game show host for programs such as "Name That Tune," "Split Second," a nighttime version of "The Price Is Right" and "You Don't Say!," died Oct. 7 at 93. Joanne Rathe, Boston Globe via Getty Images, Young Bollywood heartthrob Sushant Singh Rajput, who broke out on the big screen in his role as cricket star M.S. Bonnie co-wrote the group's 1974 classic "Fairytale," which earned a Grammy for best country vocal performance by a duo or group – making them the first all-female group to win the award. Olivia de Havilland, one of the last pillars of Hollywood royalty and a contemporary of Bette Davis and Errol Flynn, died "peacefully from natural causes" July 26 at the age of 104. Her death marks the passing of one of the last stars of the Golden Age of film. Chatterjee had a career in Bengali-language films that spanned six decades and was best known for his work with Ray, one of the world’s most influential Indian directors. McBratney wrote more than 50 books; his other works include the historical novel “The Chieftain’s Daughter,” “The Lough Neah Monster” and “School Trip to the Stars.”. Jan Morris, the celebrated journalist, historian, world traveler and fiction writer who in middle age became a pioneer of the transgender movement, died Nov. 20 at 94. Kennedy's first break was as a game show host in 1958 with "The Big Game," followed by "Dr. The one-time spy turned best-selling author and master espionage writer penned novels such as “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,” “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” and “The Honourable Schoolboy." Coleman, a tattoo artist and model, was the co-founder of SafeBAE, an organization for sexual assault survivors. Her books included 2013's "Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story," "The Stranger She Loved: A Mormon Doctor, His Beautiful Wife, and an Almost Perfect Murder" in 2015 and "Secrets of a Marine's Wife: A True Story of Marriage, Obsession, and Murder," published in 2019. During her 30-year-plus career behind the scenes, Ryder facilitated thousands of interviews on behalf of her A-list clients and maneuvered many to glory. His eccentricities made Little Richard into showbiz institution. Groves' latest music, the independently-released EP "Dreams," debuted in 2015. Kiss guitarist Bob Kulick died May 29 at age 70. He was 30. catering; bakery; set menus; gallery & events; home; about; services. Van Halen topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1984 with signature song "Jump. 11 when it was released in 1980. She was the lead in Dennis Hopper's 1980 cult film "Out of the Blue. Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert, the man who gave reggae its name and helped make it an international movement, died Sept. 11 at age 77. He had been in a medically-induced coma at a hospital in Kingston since earlier this month, and was awaiting results from a COVID-19 test. He also wrote the 1972 screenplay “Lost Horizon,” a novel, “Faggots,” and the plays “Sissies’ Scrapbook,” "The Furniture of Home,” “Just Say No” and Pulitzer Prize finalist “The Destiny of Me.".