
Johnny Mandel, Composer of ‘M*A*S*H’ Theme and More, Dead at 94
Musician worked with Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, won Oscar for 1965 song “The Shadow of Your Smile”

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Musician worked with Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, won Oscar for 1965 song “The Shadow of Your Smile”

Prolific entertainer and director’s credits include The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Jerk and “2000 Year Old Man” with Mel Brooks

Filmmaker cultivated one of Hollywood’s most wide-ranging filmographies, producing box office smashes that were frequently loathed by critics

1961 hit spent seven weeks atop Hot 100 and sold over 3 million copies

One of the two founding members started popular R&B group with sister June in 1969

Actor who played Wally Cleaver’s mischievous best friend also spent decades as a Los Angeles police officer

Mumblecore filmmaker also helmed episodes of G.L.O.W., New Girl, Mad Men, Maron and more

German-born photographer befriended band in Hamburg in 1960, was engaged to “fifth Beatle” Stuart Sutcliffe

Prolific comic actor and master of mockumentaries starred in Modern Family and Everybody Loves Raymond alongside Waiting for Guffman and This Is Spinal Tap

“Today I joined the hundreds of thousands of families who have lost loved ones to opioid addiction,” singer says