Woodstock Impresario Michael Lang Dead at 77
Posted in: Music News
Concert promoter behind 1969’s massively influential music festival succumbs to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Peter Bogdanovich, New Hollywood Auteur of ‘Paper Moon,’ ‘Last Picture Show,’ Dead at 82
Posted in: Movie NewsThe celebrated filmmaker broke-out with his 1968 thriller Targets and also scored a box office smash with the 1972 screwball classic, What’s Up, Doc?
Goodbye, Golden Girl: How Betty White Conquered TV Over Six Decades
Posted in: TV FeaturesTV critic Alan Sepinwall pays tribute to the legendary actor, multiple Emmy-winner and sitcom hall-of-famer who did it all
John Madden, NFL Hall of Fame Coach and Broadcasting Icon, Dead at 85
Posted in: Culture News“Nobody loved football more than Coach. He was football,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said
Leonard ‘Hub’ Hubbard, Longtime Bassist for the Roots, Dead at 62
Posted in: Music News“Hub” spent 15 years in the Philadelphia crew, appearing on their first seven LPs before leaving the band in 2007 following a cancer diagnosis
Les Emmerson, Songwriter of Five Man Electrical Band’s Hippie-Era Anthem ‘Signs,’ Dead at 77
Posted in: Music NewsThe Canadian musician was suffering from underlying medical conditions that made him more vulnerable to Covid-19
Anne Rice, ‘Interview With the Vampire’ Author, Dead at 80
Posted in: Culture NewsProlific and bestselling writer of gothic horror reinvented and revived the vampire genre
Vicente Fernández, Mexican Singer and ‘King of Rancheras,’ Dead At 81
Posted in: Music NewsThe Mexican cultural icon recorded more than 50 albums, filmed dozens of movies, and won three Grammys and eight Latin Grammys
Robbie Shakespeare, ‘Wickedest Bass’ in Reggae, Dead at 68
Posted in: Music NewsAlongside his Riddim Twins counterpart Sly Dunbar, the bassist played with everyone from Black Uhuru to Bob Dylan across more than four decades
Greg Tate, Groundbreaking Cultural Critic and Black Rock Coalition Co-Founder, Has Died
Posted in: Music NewsTate was a challenging and authoritative voice on everything from hip-hop to hardcore, and also made his own significant musical impact with projects like Burnt Sugar
