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Hollywood icon Diane Keaton, an Academy Award-winning actress and an accomplished director and producer, has passed away at the age of 79.

Matthew Rooney, the grandson of Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney, died at the age 51 last Friday. 

Tristan Rogers, who played legacy character Robert Scorpio on ABC’s “General Hospital,” died Friday, less than one month after he made a special appearance on the soap opera. He was 79.

Actress Kelley Mack, most known for her roles in The Walking Dead and Chicago Med, has died. She was 33.

Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan’s wife, Sky Daily Hogan, shared a heartfelt tribute after her husband died at the age of 71 years old, stating that the loss of her husband was “sudden” and that she “wasn’t ready for this.”

Alan Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed with his wife, Marilyn, for an enduring and loving partnership that produced such old-fashioned hits as “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?,” “It Might Be You” and the classic “The Way We Were,” has died at 99.

Rev. John MacArthur, who served as the pastor of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, California, died late Monday evening at the age of 86, according to several reports.

Jim Irsay, owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts, has died this week at the age of 65 after heading the beloved franchise since 1997.

Author and conservative activist David Horowitz, most famous for his book ‘Radical Son,’ died on Tuesday at the age of 86.

Mia Love, the former Republican congresswoman from Utah’s 4th district, passed away on Sunday at the age of 49 following a multiyear battle with brain cancer.

Former Democrat New York Rep. Nita Lowey died on Saturday at the age of 87 after battling metastatic breast cancer for several years, her family revealed in a statement.

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) died on Thursday morning due to “complications” from his “cancer treatments,” according to a statement issued by his office.

D’Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Tony! Toni! Tone! behind the classic 1990s jams “Anniversary,” “It Never Rains (In Southern California)” and (Lay Your Head on My) Pillow,” has died. He was 64.

Country music legend Dolly Parton announced that her husband of almost 60 years, Carl Dean died. He was 82-years-old.

NEW YORK (AP) — David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego, Buster Poindexter, has died. He was 75.

The Mighty Gene Hackman was found dead in his home in New Mexico Wednesday night, along with his wife and dog. The former U.S. Marine and two-time Oscar winner’s cause of death is not yet known, though the local authorities have so far ruled out foul play. He was 95.

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, known for her roles in the 1996 film Harriet the Spy and the television show Gossip Girl, has died. She was 39.

Voletta Wallace, the dedicated mother of the late great rapper The Notorious B.I.G. and protector of his legacy, died Friday morning. She was 78.

Tony Roberts, a versatile, Tony Award-nominated theater performer at home in both plays and musicals and who appeared in several Woody Allen movies — often as Allen’s best friend — has died. He was 85.

Filmmaker David Lynch, whose mind-bending and surreal creative vision enraptured mainstream audiences and elite cinematic connoisseurs alike, has died. The Oscar-nominated director of “Mulholland Dr.,” “Blue Velvet,” and the TV series “Twin Peaks” was 78.

Actress Leslie Charleson, who played Monica Quartermaine on the soap opera General Hospital for nearly 50 years, has died at the age of 79. 

Britt Allcroft, the woman behind the creation of the beloved children’s TV show ‘Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends,’ has died.

Wayne Osmond — who was one of the members of The Osmonds, a musical group popular in the 1960s and 1970s that consisted of siblings — has died at the age of 73.

The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios died Friday night when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

“Candyman” and “Final Destination” icon Tony Todd has died at his Marina del Rey home at the age of 69.”

Bernie Marcus, the founder of Home Depot, has died at the age of 95. He gave generously to charity and backed Donald Trump for president.

The cause of death has been revealed for former American Pickers co-host Frank Fritz just one month after he died at age 60. 

Actor Ron Hale, who had the distinction of appearing in every season of ABC’s daytime soap opera “Ryan’s Hope” for its entire 13-year run, has died. He was 78.

Legendary actor and country singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson, most known for his roles in A Star is Born (1976) and Blade (1998), died at the age of 88 on Saturday.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declared Saturday, and Hezbollah confirmed, that terrorist mass murderer Hassan Nasrallah had been killed in an airstrike Friday evening in his headquarters deep under civilian buildings in Beirut.

Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world’s biggest stages, has died, her family said in a statement. She was 29.

James Earl Jones — the illustrious actor with a universally recognized baritone voice who starred in numerous movies and stage productions but who will forever be known as the voice of Darth Vader in the “Star Wars” movies — has died, according to multiple reports. He was 93.

Actor Obi Ndefo, who was perhaps best known for playing Bodie Wells in WB’s Dawson’s Creek, died on Saturday at the age of 51.

Roger Cook, the landscaping expert on PBS’s Emmy-winning home renovation program This Old House for nearly 40 years, died Wednesday at the age of 70.

Political commentator and former Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs died at the age of 78 on Thursday.

Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of the neo-noir classic “Chinatown,” died this week at the age of 89.