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FILE – New York literary agent Lucianne Goldberg addresses a large assembly of media outside her apartment Saturday, Jan. 24, 1998, in New York. Goldberg, a key figure in the 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, has died, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022 at the age of 87. (AP Photo/Emile Wamsteker, File) NYJJ101 NYJJ101

October 27, 2022 at 8:42 pm

Lucianne Goldberg, who helped expose Clinton affair, dies at 87

Lucianne Goldberg, a colorful, conservative literary agent who played a pivotal role in the scandal that led to Bill Clinton’s impeachment, died Wednesday. She was...

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March 4, 2022 at 7:22 pm

Tim Considine, of ‘My Three Sons,’ dies at 81

Tim Considine, who was a TV star at 14 in Disney’s “Spin and Marty” and went on to wider fame in the family series “My...

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August 29, 2021 at 11:49 am

Ed Asner, Star of ‘Lou Grant’ and ‘Up,’ Is Dead at 91

Ed Asner, the burly character actor who won seven Emmy Awards — five of them for playing the same character, the gruff but lovable newsman...

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April 3, 2021 at 11:51 am

Arthur Kopit, whose ‘Oh Dad, Poor Dad’ shook up the theater, dies

Arthur Kopit, the avant-garde playwright who thrust off-Broadway into a new era with the absurdist satirical farce “Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in...

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March 21, 2021 at 10:09 pm

Elsa Peretti, star designer of elegant jewelry, dies at 80

Elsa Peretti, the fashion model turned jewelry designer whose creations for Tiffany & Co. repositioned sterling silver as a luxury material, has died. She was...

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November 25, 2020 at 3:43 pm

Dena Dietrich, Who Found TV Fame as Mother Nature, Dies at 91

Dena Dietrich, the kindly face and fearsome power of Mother Nature to American television viewers in the 1970s, died Saturday in Los Angeles. She was...

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April 6, 2020 at 11:13 am

Honor Blackman, a Memorable James Bond Adversary, Dies at 94

Honor Blackman, an actress who achieved fame as a beautiful pilot with judo skills and a highly suggestive name in the 1964 James Bond movie...

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FILE — Peggy Lipton in Beverly Hills, Calif., Dec. 9, 2005. Lipton, the angel-faced actress who starred in “The Mod Squad” and made a television comeback in the “Twin Peaks” series, died on May 11, 2019, in Los Angeles. She was 72. (Monica Almeida/The New York Times) XNYT46 XNYT46

May 12, 2019 at 2:40 pm

Peggy Lipton, ‘Mod Squad’ and ‘Twin Peaks’ actress, dies at 72

Peggy Lipton, the angel-faced actress who starred in “The Mod Squad” and made a television comeback in the “Twin Peaks” series, died Saturday in Los...

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April 14, 2019 at 4:03 pm

Bibi Andersson, luminous presence in Bergman films, dies at 83

Bibi Andersson, the luminous Swedish actress who personified first purity and youth, then complexity and disillusionment, in 13 midcentury Ingmar Bergman films, died Sunday in...

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FILE – This October 1991 file photo shows actress Della Reese. Reese, the actress and gospel-influenced singer who in middle age found her greatest fame as Tess, the wise angel in the long-running television drama “Touched by an Angel,” died at age 86. A family representative released a statement Monday that Reese died peacefully Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in California. No cause of death or additional details were provided. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File) NYET114 NYET114

November 20, 2017 at 1:04 pm

Della Reese, singer and ‘Touched by an Angel’ star, dies at 86 WATCH

Della Reese, the husky-voiced singer and actress who spent almost a decade playing a down-to-earth heavenly messenger on the CBS series “Touched by an Angel”...