Actor and writer Dan Aykroyd achieved stardom as a member of the original Saturday Night Live (SNL) "Not Ready for Prime Time Players." During his tenure on SNL, he created some of the show's classic skits and impersonations. He also memorably teamed...

Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of the Blues...

Calvert DeForest, the white-haired, bespectacled nebbish who gained cult status as the oddball Larry "Bud" Melman on David Letterman's late night television shows, has died after a long illness.The Brooklyn-born DeForest, who was 85, died Monday at a hospital on Long Island, Letterman's "Late Show"...

Calvert DeForest, the white-haired, bespectacled nebbish who gained cult status as the oddball Larry "Bud" Melman on David Letterman's late night television shows, has died after a long illness. The Brooklyn-born DeForest, who was 85, died Monday at a hospital on Long Island, Letterman's "Late...

Aaron Russo, who managed Bette Midler and went on to produce such films as "Trading Places," has died. He was 64.Russo died from cancer before dawn on Friday, surrounded by family at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said Heidi Gregg, his girlfriend of more than two decades....

Film director Robert Clark, best known for the beloved holiday classic "A Christmas Story," was killed Wednesday along with his son in a head-on crash with an alleged drunken driver, the filmmaker's assistant and police said.Clark, 67, and son Ariel Hanrath-Clark, 22, were killed in...