The Queen of Soul has passed. Aretha Franklin died of pancreatic cancer this morning at her home in Detroit. Born into a musical family, she began singing professionally as a teenager in the 1960s, and eventually recorde...

Emilie and Ryan Matthias have cried oceans of tear...  ...ppearance by Batman. Here's just a portion of the obituary for Garrett Michael Matthias.When I die: I am goi...  ...well worth a read. The Matthiases constructed the obituary from things Garrett said. It will be an awesome s...

The Gorilla Foundation has announced the passing of Koko. Koko the lowland gorilla was born at the San Francisco Zoo and was only one year old when she began to train in sign language with Dr. Francine “Penny&rdquo...

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author Stephen Hawking died peacefully at his home Wednesday morning. Hawking had suffered from a rare form of ALS from the age of 22, and had not been expected to survive...

Musician Tom Petty suffered a cardiac arrest at his home Monday morning. Emergency responders were able to stimulate a pulse, and Petty was taken to a Los Angeles hospital in critical condition. However, he never regaine...

Comedian and movie star Jerry Lewis died Sunday morning at his home in Las Vegas. He was long known as half of the comedy duo Martin and Lewis, who performed together in 16 films over ten years. Lewis then starred in a s...

In 1954, Toho Studios turned Haruo Nakajima into a monster. Nakajima was the first actor to portray Gojira, or Godzilla, in a movie. He made the role his own, appearing as the giant reptile in 12 films. That wasn't his o...

The premiere voice artist of classic female cartoon characters, June Foray, passed away Wednesday. A partial remembrance of her long career can be found at Mark Evanier's blog.She was, of course, the premier female voice...

People remember Martin Landau as Rollin Hand in the TV series Mission: Impossible, or maybe his numerous appearances on The Twilight Zone. Or for his Academy Award-winning role as Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood. I will always re...

Adam West, the man we all knew as Batman, died Friday night in Los Angeles after a short battles with leukemia.“Our dad always saw himself as The Bright Knight, and aspired to make a positive impact on his fans&rsq...