The Ed Sullivan Show (tv program)

Primal rock and blues musician Bo Diddley, who helped cast the sonic template of rock more than 50 years ago with a signature syncopated rhythm that became universally recognized as "the Bo Diddley beat," died Monday. He was 79. Diddley died of heart...

Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who for more than half a century brought the intricate rhythms of her native land to millions of listeners around the world and whose role as a spokeswoman against apartheid subjected her to 31 years of exile,...

Robert Goulet, the strikingly handsome singer with the rich baritone who soared to stardom on the Broadway stage in 1960 playing Lancelot in the original production of the hit musical "Camelot," died Tuesday morning. He was 73. Goulet, who had recently...

Jimmy Boyd, a singer best known for recording the Christmas novelty hit “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” in 1952 when he was 13, died Saturday. He was 70. Boyd, who also was a child actor, died of cancer at a Santa Monica convalescent...

Jerry Stiller plays the father-in-law on "The King of Queens," but he is actually a king of Brooklyn. Yes, he and Anne Meara, his partner in comedy and wife of 53 years, were dubbed king and queen of Brooklyn at a "Welcome Back to Brooklyn" festival in...

Our family, exhausted after a day of sightseeing, must have seemed out of place in the busy, boisterous restaurant. "What brings you to Liverpool?" a young waitress asked. "The Beatles," I said with a smile. "Oh," she said, laughing, "Big Beatles fans,...