Former president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Douglas Duitsman died on Sept. 17, after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 81.   Duitsman also held senior positions with Columbia Pictures Television and Warner Brothers Television, and was a public relations executive.   He grew up in Inglewood, California, studied journalism at Pepperdine University and enlisting in the U.S. Navy.

Nancy Daly, ex-wife of entertainment executive Robert Daly and former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan, died on Friday. She was 68.

A respected children's advocate and philanthropist in her own right, Daly had been battling pancreatic cancer.

Former MGM chief Daniel Melnick died Tuesday in Los Angeles at 77. He had been struggling with lung cancer.

The diabolical Dr. No has died.   Joseph Wiseman, who played the sinister title character in the first James Bond movie, was 91.   The Canadian-born actor had been in declining health for the last several years, according to his daughter Martha Graham Wiseman.   Wiseman had a long career on stage and screen before appearing opposite Sean Connery in 1962’s “Dr.