Fifty years after the opening of his first movie, TV writer Edward J. Lasko died of complications from Parkinson’s disease in his Beverly Hills home on May 23. A contributor to hits from the ‘70s such as “Charlie’s Angels” and “Mission: Impossible,” he was 76.

“Kill Bill” and “Kung Fu” star David Carradine was found dead early Thurs in a Bangkok hotel room.

A maid at the Park Nai Lert Hotel found his body in a closet with a cord from the room's curtains around his neck and body. Despite early reports of suicide, no official cause of death has been announced.

Longtime Johnny Carson sidekick and TV host Ed McMahon died in his sleep early Tuesday morning at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles.