Flip Wilson

Some stories are harder to write than others. Obituaries are among the hardest, as the represent an obligation to do justice to the folks who have passed and hopefully to bring solace to their loved ones. Some of Laguna's best and brightest died in...

Oh no, say it ain’t so. The Hagers-Town Town and Country Almanack has announced that its celebrated woolly bear competition will go the way of the typewriter, Pontiac, soda can pull-tabs, Flip Wilson, false eyelashes and (if there is any justice...

Al Gordon, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer who spent much of his more than 40-year career writing for Jack Benny's penny-pinching, vain and perennially 39-year-old persona, has died. He was 89. Gordon died Wednesday of age-related causes at Cedars-...

Bob Henry, an Emmy Award-winning television variety-show producer and director who produced Nat King Cole's groundbreaking musical variety program in the 1950s and helped make Flip Wilson a household name as the producer of his hit comedy-variety show...

Emmy Award-winning television producer Bob Henry died March 18 at his Laguna Beach home after a long illness. He was 92. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Catherine of Siena, preceded by a rosary at 9:30 a.m. Henry will be...

When I talked to Graham Norton in December, his "scrappy mixed terrier thing" kept interrupting by attacking her loudest toy. Her name, he said, is Madge, which led me to ask if she's named after Madonna. "Well yes, but I didn't do it! I don't want to...

Bob Henry, a veteran TV producer and director best known for his work on Nat King Cole and Flip Wilson’s variety shows, died Sunday at his home in Laguna Beach. He was 92....

Inez Alice Chappell, a former Pennsylvania Avenue manicurist and thoroughbred racing fan, died Nov. 2 of heart failure at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital Center. The Northwest Baltimore resident was 86. The daughter of an arabber and a homemaker,...

"The Ed Sullivan Comedy Special" on PBS will explore timeless comedy and famous comedians...

Ice Cube poses in a Chicago hotel while promoting "Lottery Ticket." (Chris Walker, Chicago Tribune / August 10, 2010) The hip-hop legend and Hollywood star who bragged about hitting the VIP sections in clubs and watching women dance in the 1998 party...

Not sure if any of you saw this, but we do a weekly Sports Legends feature on latimes.com/sports and this week it was on Wilt Chamberlain. The Sports Legends feature focuses on the truth behind rumors, hearsay or facts that have maybe been misconstrued or...

Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57. "Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his...