Entertainment

Only Iranian WWE Champion & Hall of Fame Wrestler “The Shiek” dead at 81

  FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (Persian: حسین خسرو علی وزیری, romanized: Hossein Xosrô ‘Ali Vaziri; March 15, 1942 – June 7, 2023), better known by his ring name The Iron Sheik, was an Iranian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and actor. He was the first, and thus far only, Iranian […]

700 Club Founder/Host Pat Robertson dead at 93

  FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS On June 8, 2023, Robertson died at his home in Virginia Beach, Virginia, at the age of 93. Marion Gordon “Pat” Robertson (March 22, 1930 – June 8, 2023) was an American media mogul, religious broadcaster, political commentator, presidential candidate, and Southern Baptist minister. Robertson advocated a conservative Christian ideology and […]

Popular TV Talk Show host, Politician, Lawyer and Actor, Jerry Springer dead at 79

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Gerald Norman Springer (February 13, 1944 – April 27, 2023) was an American broadcaster, journalist, actor, producer, lawyer, and politician. Born in London, England, during World War II to refugees escaping the Holocaust, Springer was raised in Queens, New York City. He attended Northwestern University School of Law, qualified […]

The Man known for Banana Boat Song, Day-O, Harry Belafonte dead at 96

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor and activist, who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte was best known for […]

Barry Humphries aka Dame Edna, dead at 89

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS John Barry Humphries AO CBE (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) was an Australian comedian, actor, author, satirist and drag artist. He was best known for writing and playing his stage and television characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. For his delivery of Dadaist and absurdist humour to millions, his biographer […]