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Sheri Herman, the cable executive involved in the launches of E! Entertainment television, the Fashion Channel and American Cybercast, has died. Herman suffered heart failure in her sleep in Florida on August 6th, her family announced. She was 71. After graduating magna cum laude from Temple…

Marty Nadler, a comic and TV writer-producer who worked with Garry Marshall on the smash sitcoms Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley and many of his movies, died August 26 in Margate, FL. He was 80. His son Charlie Nadler told Deadline through a rep that his father died of complications from…

Liza Minnelli has added herself to the fans and friends paying tribute to the late Dolly Parton, posting an emotional message on Instagram saying this week’s news was “devastating.” Beginning the message with her signature “Hey Kids,” Minnelli notes that she and the country music icon once…

Judge Jackie Glass, the former Clark County judge who hosted the syndicated court show Swift Justice, has died. She was 70. Glass died on Friday afternoon in Las Vegas, TMZ reported after Glass’ daughter Rachel Wolfson posted a tribute to her late mother on social media. “RIP my rock,&#8221…

Pierce Thiot, a creative executive at Ryan Reynolds’ production and marketing company Maximum Effort and two-time Emmy nominee who also worked on the launch of Apple TV+, has died. He was 40. The company said he died August 25 of a pulmonary embolism at his home in Orem, Utah. Thiot…

James Walsh, whose many Broadway producing credits in the 1980s and ’90s included the Tony Award-winning productions of 1986’s I'm Not Rappaport starring Judd Hirsch and 1989's Pulitzer-winning The Heidi Chronicles, died of sepsis Thursday, August 27, in New York City. He was 89. His death was…

As the world mourns the death Tim Curry, a whole generation is hit with the loss of Nigel Thornberry. Following Curry’s death at age 80 on Wednesday, the voice cast of Nickelodeon’s The Wild Thornberrys paid tribute to their onscreen patriarch from the animated series that ran for five seasons…

Andrea Eastman, who broke boundaries as a casting director at Paramount in the 1970s and as an agent at ICM, died August 25, Deadline has confirmed. She was 86. Eastman’s output as a casting director is not extensive, but it is impressive. She had an uncanny penchant for identifying untested…

Anna Louizos, a prolific, three-time Tony nominated Broadway scenic designer whose work brought vivid life to such productions as Avenue Q,  Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights, School of Rock, Steel Magnolias and the 2012 revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, died August 25, in New York City of…

Peter Cullen, the Canadian voice actor who voiced Optimus Prime in the original 1980s Transformers animated series, later reprised the role in the film and TV franchises, voiced Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh franchise and was the announcer for the Smothers Brothers TV show, among scores of others…

Samuel Monroe Jr., who made his acting debut in 1993’s Menace II Society and went on to appear in Tales from the Hood, The Players Club and various TV roles, died Wednesday, August 26, months after first battling a severe case of meningitis and MRSA pneumonia. He was 52. His mother Joyce…

UPDATE: CBS is planning another special to pay tribute to Dolly Parton, with plans to air the Entertainment Tonight special Remembering Dolly: A Rhinestone Life on Sunday. Set to air at 8 p.m. ET, the special will be hosted by Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner. It will feature interviews from E…