He was 76. Jim Steinfeldt, Michael Ochs Archives via Getty Images. " Van Halen and his brother, Alex, formed their band in the mid-1970s and released their self-titled debut album in 1978. He was 71. In a later update, she said doctors had managed to get her blood pressure down, but she would need three hours of dialysis as her kidneys were not working. I would love to have other rule girls a part of yes! He was 80. Grau won the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for her fourth book, “The Keepers of the House.” The book drew critical praise but also threatening phone calls for its depiction of a long romance between a wealthy white man and his Black housekeeper in rural Alabama. RuPaul's Drag Race legend and true lip sync assassin Chi Chi Devayne is currently in the hospital according to her recent posts on Instagram. Bruce Swedien, a five-time Grammy-winning audio engineer who collaborated with Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, died Nov. 16. He won one elimination challenge before finishing in 11th place. Grissom also appeared on Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Khan played the police inspector in. He was 73. Literary critics say Anaya’s World War II-era novel about a young Mexican-American boy’s relationship with an older curandera, or healer, influenced a generation of Latino writers because of its imagery and cultural references that were rare at the time of its 1972 publication. Cordy was made a baroness by King Albert II. Though Davis released several solo albums without recapturing his 1960s fame, in later years he was regarded as an influential elder statesman of British rock. Annie Ross (with actor Sean Lynch in 1963), a popular jazz singer in the 1950s who crossed over to a successful film career, died July 21, four days before her 90th birthday. ", Terry Lott, Sony Music Archive via Getty Images. His most recent film, "Playing for Keeps," premiered this month at the Mill Valley Film Festival. Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story had an incorrect title for Joe Patterson and diagnosis date for DeVayne. The glamorous star often shared details of performances and travels around the world, as well as behind-the-scenes footage, on social media. Their success led to national syndication in 1988 and a new name, “Live! Morricone received an Oscar in 2016 for his score to “The Hateful Eight,” and a lifetime achievement Oscar in 2007. She was 59. I love you Chi Chi. He won a best-supporting actor Oscar for 1987’s “The Untouchables,” and played Harrison Ford’s father in 1989’s “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” and a Russian submarine captain looking to defect in 1990’s “The Hunt for Red October.” Small, here with President John F. Kennedy, died May 24 at age 93. He was 87. She was 77. LUIS ORTIZ/CLASOS/LATIN CONTENT VIA GETTY IMAGES. According to Chi Chi… Carl Reiner, the veteran comedian, actor and director known for creating and starring in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and the "Ocean's" films, died June 29 at 98 of natural causes. “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, admired for his on-air composure and stoicism in the face of stage 4 cancer, died Nov. 8. He was 83. He was 54. Chi Chi DeVayne was hospitalised with kidney failure. In 2017, Drucker was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. During her 30-year-plus career behind the scenes, Ryder facilitated thousands of interviews on behalf of her A-list clients and maneuvered many to glory. Ross rose to fame as the lead vocalist of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, known for the 1952 hit "Twisted." Michael McClure, one of the famed Beat poets of San Francisco whose career as a poet eclipsed many others in popular culture, died May 5 in Oakland, California, after suffering a stroke last year. In 1985, she was a Booker Prize finalist for an imagined travelogue and political thriller, “Last Letters from Hav.” Her other works included the memoirs “Herstory” and “Pleasures of a Tangled Life,” the essay collections “Cities” and “Locations” and the anthology “The World: Life and Travel 1950-2000.” A collection of diary entries, “In My Mind’s Eye,” came out in 2019. Chi Chi DeVayne shared a hospital bed selfie days after she was taken ill with kidney failure. Kulick played lead for three of the studio songs on the group's eighth album, "Alive II." His many hits included the teen vampire movie "The Lost Boys" (1987), sci-fi "Flatliners" (1990) and the big-screen adaptation of John Grisham's "A Time to Kill" (1996). ", Chi Chi DeVayne, a popular contestant from the competition reality series "RuPaul's Drag Race," died at 34 on Aug. 20 following a hospitalization for pneumonia. Jim Dwyer, an award-winning news reporter and columnist who spent almost four decades telling New York City's stories, died Oct. 8 from complications of lung cancer. Rudolfo Anaya, a writer who helped launch the 1970s Chicano Literature Movement with his novel “Bless Me, Ultima,” a book celebrated by Latinos, died June 28 at 82. Oscar Chávez, one of Mexico’s best-known protest singers, died April 31 of COVID-19. Longtime TV and film actor Conchata Ferrell, who gained her biggest fame as seen-it-all putdown artist Berta on CBS' "Two and a Half Men," died Oct. 12. Troyano, a self-taught cook, was on Season 5 of the beloved baking competition show and came in second to Nancy Birtwhistle in 2014. In 2015, he wrote "Bake It Great," a book on elevating cakes from "everyday to extraordinary. He was 90. She was 53. Quiet Riot's 1983 album "Metal Health" became the first heavy metal album to top the Billboard charts. He was inducted into the Hall of Heavy Metal History in 2017. "Jerry Maguire" actress Kelly Preston died on July 12 after a two-year battle with breast cancer. His death came less than two weeks before the publication of “Will You Be My Friend?,” a companion to his 1994 classic, which has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into 57 languages. He was 83. Since going into hospital, fans and fellow Drag Race alumni have rallied around Chi Chi, urging others to consider helping her out financially in the face of a likely massive hospital bill. He was 68. Rest in Power. Mary Pat Gleason, who starred in the cult classic "A Cinderella Story" and CBS sitcom "Mom," died June 2 at age 70 of cancer. Jamaican singer Millie Small, whose 1964 song "My Boy Lollipop" helped introduce ska music to the rest of the world, died May 6 in London at age 72. Conran began his career making and selling furniture, including innovative flat-pack furniture, in the 1960s, and launched the Habitat retail chain in 1964. His most recent appearance as Glen Carter on "The Blacklist" aired in April. Schwartz had a nearly 40-year career with CBS, Viacom and Westinghouse Broadcasting. “We mourn the loss of one of our brothers,” original Temptation Otis Williams told USA TODAY in a statement. Supernaw's debut album, “Red and Rio Grande,” was released in 1993 and was certified gold. She was 83. The son of 1920s' blues icon Robert Wilkins, the younger Wilkins had been enjoying a late-in-life career resurgence, which began with the release of his 2015 solo album, “You Can't Hurry God.” His new album, “Trouble,” was released just last month. Cobb also worked with such artists as with Pearl Bailey, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and Stan Getz. Celebrity Deaths in 2020 “I … American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor Bruce Jay Friedman died June 3 at age 90. John Prine, the storyteller who rose from the 1970s Chicago folk scene to become one of his generation’s most celebrated and prolific songwriters, died April 7 from COVID-19 complications. Sam McBratney, the Irish children’s author whose picture story “Guess How I Much Love You” became bedtime reading for millions of families, died Sept. 18 at age 77. "It was very peaceful,” Lander said. Elliott founded Time Out as an entertainment and listings magazine for London during a university summer vacation in 1968, when he was 21. ​​​​“The family are deeply saddened to announce the passing of one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers," a statement from her family to the Associated Press said, adding she was surrounded by her close family. "He was my guiding light.". His dedicated showmanship and candid humor drew audiences from Bonnaroo to the Library of Congress and back to the Grand Ole Opry House. Greene's seven novels, marketed to the Young Adult audience, tackled tough and sometimes controversial issues. “It’s day three, and I’m feeling much bettah,” she said in an Instagram story, referring to Drag Race UK star Baga Chipz’s catchphrase. She will be dearly missed, but never forgotten. Berry added that she's "completely heartbroken" over Desselle-Reid's death. His most notable hit was. In recent decades, Priest had been performing with his own iterations of Sweet. Their $26 million Umbrellas project erected 1,340 blue umbrellas in Japan and 1,760 blue umbrellas in Southern California in 1991. Wright was nominated for six Grammys in her career, performing songs such as "Clean Up Woman," "No Pain, (No Gain)" and "Tonight Is the Night. Longtime drag queen Miss Coco Peru remembered DeVayne's laugh. He formed the Charlie Daniels Band in 1971, and released “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” in 1979. Gail Sheehy, the journalist, commentator and pop sociologist whose best-selling “Passages” helped millions navigate their lives from early adulthood to middle age and beyond, died Aug. 24 of complications from pneumonia. José Padilla, a Spanish disc jockey known as the Emperor of Chill for the chill-out music he played at sets in Ibiza, died Oct. 18. In 2005, he installed more than 7,500 vinyl gates in New York's Central Park and in 1995, wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin in fabric with an aluminum sheen. The R&B and gospel singer left the group in 2015 after a nearly 10-year run that took him from Broadway to the White House, where he performed before President George W. Bush. Ronald “Khalis” Bell, the self-taught musician who co-founded and sang in Kool & the Gang, one of the biggest bands of the 1970s, died Sept. 9 at his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She was a star & without her the world has less sparkle. His paintings have been displayed in galleries across the country, the larger works fetching as much as $15,000, with the money going to support his parish and the non-profit Father Bill Moore Foundation that supports fellow artists. Longtime broadcast news executive William J. She died from complications from a blood disorder she had developed in her mid-30s but had managed for many years. She won a Grammy in 1976 for "Where Is the Love?". “He was also a lovely and deeply decent man, and I’m grateful for every minute I got to spend with him. Original James Bond star Sean Connery, the suave Scottish actor who first held 007’s famous license to kill, died Oct. 31 at age 90. " As an actress, Ross broke through as a familiar face in the 1979 film "Yanks." Herbert Kretzmer, the journalist and lyricist best known for his English-language adaptation of the musical "Les Miserables," died Oct. 14. Grissom competed on Bravo's "Top Chef: Boston" in 2014. "Mythbusters" star Grant Imahara died suddenly on July 14 following a brain aneurysm, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He would later shoot photographs for other publications, including Esquire, Newsweek, Playboy and Vogue. Farber briefly left radio in 1977 to run for mayor, losing as a Conservative Party candidate to Democrat Ed Koch with 4% of the vote. He was nominated for a Grammy Award five times. "She was a bright light in this world. Although hardly a household name, Kesler made essential contributions to dozens of records that found their ways into the homes of music lovers around the world. She was 86. Bonnie Pointer, a founding member of The Pointer Sisters, died on June 8 of cardiac arrest. Lander battled multiple sclerosis for over 30 years, his wife said. For six decades, Knox was a pivotal presence behind the scenes as an engineer, producer, studio owner, community organizer and unwavering supporter of original artistry. Kennedy's first break was as a game show host in 1958 with "The Big Game," followed by "Dr. She was 39. Beard was best known for his photos of African wildlife, taken in the decades when he lived and worked at his tent camp in Kenya. Manz was just 15 when she provided the narration for Terrence Malick’s "Days of Heaven," which won the Oscar for cinematography. More recently, he was in "The Silent Natural." Along with late wife Jeanne-Claude, the artists' careers were defined by their ambitious art projects that disappeared soon after they were erected. Harold Reid, left, who sang bass for the Grammy-winning country group the Statler Brothers, died April 24 after a long battle with kidney failure. She was 57. Preston starred in films such as "SpaceCamp" (1986) and "Twins" (1988); as Tom Cruise's fiancée in "Jerry Maguire" (1996); and alongside Kevin Costner in the sports drama "For Love of the Game" (1999). Jack Sherman (shown in 1997), a guitarist who played on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' debut album and toured the United States with the group, has died of unspecified causes. Davenport grew up in Shreveport, La., where she was involved in gangs and struggled … Rivera is best known for playing the snarky Santana Lopez on the Fox musical dramedy "Glee," which ran from 2009 to 2015. Linda Manz, who played Peewee on the 1976 film "The Wanderers," died Aug. 14 of lung cancer and pneumonia. His final Met appearance was as Hagen in Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” on May 6, 2000. William Blinn (left, with Ed Asner and David Greene at the Primetime Emmy Award in 1977), the screenwriter for some of TV's landmark projects, died Oct. 22. He also had a once-secret and then public side career as a lauded humorist and writer of 13 books, including “Crazy Bosses: Spotting Them, Serving Them, Surviving Them,” “You Look Nice Today" and “Immortal Life: A Soon to Be True Story.”. Swedien had more than 65 years of music industry experience and was best known for his collaborations on Jackson’s hit albums “Thriller” and “Off the Wall.” He also had recording sessions with some of music's biggest names including Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Duke Ellington and Diana Ross. "  "As I write this my heart is hurting," tweeted his son, filmmaker Rob Reiner. She was 79. ", I’m heartbroken to hear about the loss of our beloved Chi Chi De Vayne. The actor, nominated for a Tony Award for his role as a mob soldier in “Bullets Over Broadway,” was 41. She was 33. Chi Chi DeVayne rose to fame with an appearance on 'RuPaul's Drag Race.' Waters also wrote episodes for Comedy Central's "Hood Adjacent" and VH1's "The Breaks." Elias sang Mrs. Lovett in the New York City Opera premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” in 1984 and in 2011 took on the role of Heidi Schiller in Sondheim’s “Follies,” first at the Kennedy Center in Washington and then on Broadway at the Marquis Theater. Somerville made her Broadway debut in 1974, and appeared in more than two dozen films, including "Arthur" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." USA TODAY, Following the news of DeVayne's death, many took to social media to express their condolences.Â, "I’m heartbroken to hear about the loss of our beloved Chi Chi De Vayne," "Drag Race" judge Ross Matthews wrote on Twitter Thursday. He was 88. One of Mahon’s poems, “Everything Is Going to be Alright,” gained new fame when it was read at the end of Ireland’s main news program in March as the coronavirus outbreak took hold. Mahon’s description of looking out a window at daybreak and reflecting that “the sun rises in spite of everything” struck a chord with many anxious people. Working from behind the Iron Curtain, he directed 13 episodes of “Tom and Jerry” and also some of the “Popeye the Sailor” series. The Statler Brothers frequently sang backup for country icon Johnny Cash. Mort Drucker, the Mad Magazine cartoonist who for decades lovingly spoofed politicians, celebrities and popular culture, died April 9 at 91. But McClure outlasted all of the Beats in a career that spanned more than 60 years, publishing more than 30 books of poetry, plays and anthologies until 2017. He designed the costume for Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust alter ego, and also developed friendships with top artists including Elton John and Stevie Wonder. Growing up poor in North Dallas, he exploded onto the music scene with his first 2014 mixtape. Addressing her fans in an Instagram video, she revealed that while she recently tested negative for the coronavirus, she’s been undergoing tests to find out why her blood pressure is so high. He was 77. Howe started the Feminist Press, now based at the City University of New York, by accident, and was instrumental in the field of women's studies. I promise I’m gonna call y’all back I’m just still overwhelmed.”. Amanda Edwards/Getty Images for Discovery, R&B legend Betty Wright died on May 10, her family announced on the singer's Facebook page. He worked for Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) for nine years, becoming chief model maker specializing in animatronics, and helped to build the updated version of R2-D2 robot for the "Star Wars" prequels. Chi Chi DeVayne, aka Zavion Davenport, underdog star of Season 8 and All Stars 3, has passed away at age 34 due to complications from sclerodermia. Chi Chi, who appeared on the eighth season of … A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Reyes appeared on 14 "Deadliest Catch" episodes since 2012 while working on two crabbing boats in the Bering Sea – the Seabrooke and Cape Caution. In 2005, James and Robert Redford co-founded The Redford Center. Some of their biggest hits included 1965′s “Flowers on the Wall” and 1970′s “Bed of Rose’s.” Harold Reid was a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. A queen. Chi Chi DeVayne from RuPaul's Drag Race has died, aged 34, after falling ill. Robert D. Richardson, a prize-winning historian known for his elegant and authoritative biographies of such leading American thinkers as William James and Ralph Waldo Emerson, died June 16, a few days after his 86th birthday. Richardson won the Bancroft Prize in 2007 for “William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism.” In 1996, his “Emerson: The Mind On Fire" won the Francis Parkman Prize and was a National Book Critics Circle finalist. I’m heartbroken. " The Southern drag queen with an effervescent personality, one-of-a-kind fashions and impressive dance skills was a contestant on the eighth season of the show and the third season of the spin-off, “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.”. Di Prima was known for her multipart poem “Loba,” referred to at times as a feminist counterpart to Allen Ginsberg's “Howl!”; for the anthology “Pieces of a Song"; for her fictionalized and explicit “Memoirs of a Beatnik”; and for the autobiography “Recollections of My Life as a Woman.”, Billy Joe Shaver, a masterful songwriter and near-mythic character in outlaw country, died Oct. 28 at age 81 after complications from a stroke. ", English drag queen Cheryl Hole, who appeared on "RuPaul's Drag Race UK," tweeted that DeVayne "was such a light during her season and beyond. Her former “Idol” competitor Guarini remembered her on Instagram as a "fiery, funny lady who could sing the Hell out of a rock song. ❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/G7QX7p8dCD, — Trixie Mattel (@trixiemattel) July 16, 2020, Please Send all your love and support to Chichi Devayne 🥺😍🙏🏾, •⁠Venmo – @Zavion-Davenport•⁠Cashapp – $ZavionDavenport•⁠Paypal – [email protected], — The Vixen (@TheVixensworld) July 16, 2020, Celebs you didn’t know have an LGBT sibling, Please consider helping our friend Chi Chi Devayne in any way possible. "Movie Mike" was the senior film critic and home entertainment columnist for USA TODAY from 1985 to 2009. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band had a pop hit with it in 1971, and dozens of other artists also recorded the song, including Sammy Davis Jr. Walker is credited as one of the creators of “outlaw country.”. On Dec. 7, actress Natalie Desselle-Reid, who's best known for playing Halle Berry's stylish sidekick in the 1997 cult classic "B.A.P.S.," died from colon cancer. Early in his career, Crosby realized he needed a gimmick to differentiate himself from the burgeoning generation of comedians who were achieving fame on the many network TV variety shows. She was nominated three times for an Emmy Award. Zavion Michael Davenport (September 24, 1985 – August 20, 2020), better known by the stage name Chi Chi DeVayne, was an American drag queen and reality television personality who came to international attention on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.Following her time on the show, DeVayne was featured on several web series about drag. In 1969, Rigg starred opposite George Lazenby in the James Bond film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.” She won an Emmy in 1997 for "Rebecca," a British miniseries, and was nominated four times for an Emmy for her recurring role from 2013-17 as Olenna Tyrell (Queen of Thorns) in HBO's “Game of Thrones." British performer Tim Brooke-Taylor, a member of comedy trio The Goodies, died April 12 from the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Dew's record of achievement began with "Dale Loves Sophie to Death," winner in 1982 of the National Book Award (then called the American Book Award) for best debut fiction. Some of Drucker’s illustrations ended up in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. The American drag queen, real name Zavion Davenport, revealed … July 16 in New York City of natural causes. Dobson starred in CBS’ long-running series from 1982 to 1993. Chi Chi DeVayne, a popular contestant from the reality series "RuPaul's Drag Race," has died at 34 following a recent hospitalization for pneumonia. Malik B returned as a featured guest on The Roots' 2006 and 2008 albums. Best-selling author Shanna Hogan died Sept. 2 at a Phoenix hospital after a near-drowning incident a week earlier. ​​​​​​​"He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years," he added. "He will be greatly missed. 1 hit about a divorced father and his son, featured Supernaw and his real son. Investigators believe he was shot while driving and was the intended target. Coleman, a tattoo artist and model, was the co-founder of SafeBAE, an organization for sexual assault survivors. Hamill was a columnist for the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Newsday, the Village Voice, New York magazine and Esquire. His movies include "Kedarnath,” “Sonchiriya" and "Raabta." She wrote "Julia Reed's South" and "Julia Reed's New Orleans: Food, Fun and Field Trips for Letting the Good Times Roll," and was a contributing editor to Garden & Gun magazine. Nanci Ryder, a powerful Hollywood publicist and co-founder of BWR Public Relations, died June 11 of Lou Gehrig’s disease. Daniel Menaker, an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction and a longtime editor at The New Yorker and Random House who worked with Alice Munro, Salman Rushdie, Colum McCann and many others, died of pancreatic cancer Oct. 26. John Macurdy, a bass who sang 1,001 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over four decades and created roles in several world premieres, died on May 7, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut. Pioneering radio host Barry Farber, who hosted a conservative talk show for decades in New York City, died of natural causes May 6, a day after his 90th birthday. He was 78. Daisy Coleman, the activist and sexual assault survivor who was the subject of the 2016 Netflix documentary "Audrie & Daisy," died Aug. 5 at age 23. American mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias, who created roles in a pair of Samuel Barber world premieres and made her Broadway debut at age 81, died May 3. He recorded his first solo album in 2018. Mike Clark, the veteran USA TODAY movie critic with a famously encyclopedic knowledge of films and an enduring love for the art form, died July 31 at 73. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for “Women in Love,” the 1969 adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s novel. Peter Green, the dexterous blues guitarist who led the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac, died July 25 at 73. "RuPaul's Drag Race" winner Jaida Essence Hall and Miss Congeniality winner Heidi N Closet reflect on the death of Chi Chi DeVayne and the record-breaking twelfth season of … But I’m ready to go.”, “I see you alls outpouring of love. Julia Reed, who wrote about food and culture in the South and promoted her native Mississippi Delta, died of cancer Aug. 28. The Shreverport Times, part of the USA TODAY Network, confirmed the news Thursday with Joe Patterson, the manager of Louisiana's Central Station nightclub, who is in communication with the family. She was 34. In the early 1970s, she helped to found the Brandywine River Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Chi Chi DeVayne, known for her appearances in RuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, died after a battle with pneumonia at the age of 34. Chi Chi DeVayne Health – Chi Chi DeVayne Illness In 2018, Chi Chi DeVayne was diagnosed with scleroderma, a condition in which the body’s immune system attacks organs, blood vessels and tissues. LaRance created the Pueblo of Pojoaque Youth Hoop Dancers and was also a master instructor at the Lightning Boy Foundation Youth Hoop Dancers. ", Anthony Chisholm, a Tony-nominated actor who had a longtime collaboration with famed playwright August Wilson, died Oct. 16 at 77. 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