Celebrities and Health Issues

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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation holds 'A Time for Heroes' benefit

2011-06-26 00:00:00

Celebrities gathered en masse on the lawn of Veterans Affairs campus for "A Time for Heroes," a June 12 benefit for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. As the day's heroes, the stars, including Ashlee Simpson, Ashley Tisdale, Olivia Munn,...

Memorable male makeovers in movies

2011-07-31 00:00:00

Although the makeover movie genre often thrusts men into padded superhero suits, the silver screen has offered up a handful of memorable male metamorphoses that required little more than a change of clothes, a shift of the shoulder and an attitude...

PASSINGS: Manuel Galban, George Kimball, Josef Suk

2011-07-09 00:00:00

Manuel Galban Award-winning Cuban guitarist Manuel Galban, 80, a Grammy-winning Cuban guitarist who rose to international fame as a member of the Buena Vista Social Club, died Thursday of a heart attack in Havana. Born in 1931 in Gibara, in the eastern...

Amy Winehouse dies at 27; iconoclastic British singer-songwriter

2011-07-24 00:00:00

British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse was a phenomenon: a Jewish girl from a London suburb with a retro beehive, a devil-may-care attitude and a voice that channeled Aretha Franklin and Ruth Brown. Music industry figures on both sides of the Atlantic...

Betty Ford dies at 93; former first lady

2011-07-09 00:00:00

Former First Lady Betty Ford, who captivated the nation with her unabashed candor and forthright discussion of her personal battles with breast cancer, prescription drug addiction and alcoholism, has died. She was 93. Ford died Friday at the Eisenhower...

Sam Denoff dies at 83; Emmy-winning writer

2011-07-11 00:00:00

Sam Denoff, an Emmy-winning writer on the classic sitcom "The Dick Van Dyke Show" who helped create the Marlo Thomas comedy "That Girl," has died. He was 83. Denoff, who had Alzheimer's disease, died Friday at his home in Brentwood, said his son,...

Sherwood Schwartz dies at 94; 'Gilligan's Island' and 'Brady Bunch' creator

2011-07-13 00:00:00

Sherwood Schwartz, the comedy writer and producer who created "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch," which have remained two of the most enduringly popular TV series in worldwide syndication, died Tuesday morning. He was 94. Schwartz, who began his...

PASSINGS: Ramona Hahn, Rob Grill, Paul Michael

2011-07-13 11:46:00

Ramona Hahn Wife, mother of L.A.-area politicians Ramona Hahn, 86, widow of the late county Supervisor Kenneth Hahn and mother of both former Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn and City Councilwoman Janice Hahn, died Monday, her children announced. She was...

Roberts Blossom dies at 87; character played neighbor in 'Home Alone'

2011-07-14 00:00:00

Roberts Blossom, a veteran character actor who played the old, white-bearded next-door neighbor who befriends young Macaulay Culkin in the hit movie "Home Alone," has died. He was 87. Blossom died Friday of natural causes at a nursing home in Santa...

Travis Bean dies at 63; innovative guitar-maker

2011-07-16 00:00:00

In a Burbank shop in the 1970s, Travis Bean reinvented the electric guitar. To enhance string vibration, he suggested making the instrument's neck and headstock out of solid aluminum instead of wood. The resulting guitars, manufactured for only five...

in the 2008 U.S. Open. Like the day before, Woods would birdie the 18th hole to tie and force the tournament into sudden death, which Woods won on the first hole.

2013-04-13 06:31:00

OVERLAND PARK, HELLO! Larry King is 76 today. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images for COPE Health Solutions)

2012-11-08 18:36:00

Rank: 8 Job: First lady of the United States Age: 47 Tie to Chicago: Born in Chicago; worked at Chicago law firm Sidley Austin and the University of Chicago Medical Center Why Forbes chose her for the list: "The first lady keeps a high profile with her mission to end childhood obesity and her

2011-08-25 11:41:29