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Graham Greene, best known for his Oscar-nominated performance in Dances With Wolves, died on Monday in Stratford, Ontario, at 73. The Canadian First Nations actor died in the hospital after a long illness, according to his agent Michael Greene. “He was a great man of morals, ethics and character and …

Jerry Adler, who began his career behind the scenes on Broadway before starring in roles on The Sopranos, The Good Wife, and Rescue Me, died on Saturday, a memorial from loved ones shared via New York’s Riverside Memorial Chapel confirmed. He was 96. Though the veteran actor didn’t get his …

Brent Hinds, the co-founder of Grammy-winning heavy metal group Mastodon who played with the band for 25 years before his departure earlier this year, died on Wednesday. He was 51. Brian Jost Reents, Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Investigator of the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office, confirmed Hinds’ death to Rolling …

Ronnie Rondell Jr., the longtime Hollywood stuntman immortalized on fire for the cover of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here, has died at the age of 88. Rondell Jr. died Tuesday at a senior living facility in Missouri, his family announced (via The Hollywood Reporter). No cause of death was …

Terence Stamp, the Oscar-nominated British actor who starred in The Limey, Billy Budd, and as General Zod in Superman, has died at the age of 87. Stamp’s death was announced Sunday by his family, who said in a statement, “He leaves behind an extraordinary body of work, both as an …

Sheila Jordan, the jazz vocalist who tugged at the boundaries of music whether she was scat-singing or freshly interpreting songs by Kurt Weill, Rodgers and Hart, or Jimmy Webb, died on Monday. She was 96. Jordan’s death was confirmed by her daughter Tracey Jordan, a music executive, who said her …

Danielle Spencer, who played charming little sister Dee in the Seventies sitcom What’s Happening!!, died on Aug. 11. The former child actress who later pursued a career in veterinary care was 60. Spencer’s death was confirmed via Instagram by Haywood Nelson, who starred as Dwayne Clemens Nelson in the series. …

Michael Lydon, a veteran music journalist who served as the original assistant editor of Rolling Stone when it ran out of a tiny San Francisco loft by a skeleton staff overseen by co-founder Jann Wenner, died on July 30. He was 82. Lydon’s wife, Ellen Mandel, confirmed his death to …

Eddie Palmieri, the virtuosic keyboardist and visionary bandleader who helped define and then expanded the aesthetic parameters of the salsa genre, has died at the age of 88. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Gabriela Palmieri, who told The New York Times he died today following “an extended illness.” …

Terry Reid, the artists’ artist who was revered by the likes of Aretha Franklin and Mick Jagger, and nearly became the lead singer of Led Zeppelin, has died, The Guardian reports. He was 75. A rep for the British musician confirmed his death. An exact cause of death was not …