Dame Maggie Smith, the legendary British actress who stole scenes in everything from the Harry Potter franchise to Downton Abbey, has died at the age of 89. Her sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, released a statement through publicist Clair Dobbs that Smith died on Friday morning in a London hospital. “She leaves two sons … Read more
“Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller… all the blind guys.” That’s how the multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, one of the chief architects of the British blues revival of the 1960s, who died at 90 yesterday at his home in California, described the influences that shaped his musical tastes and inspired a career that stretched … Read more
Willie Mays, the “Say Hey Kid”—who was considered by many to have been the greatest centerfielder, if not the greatest all-around ballplayer of all time—has died at age 93. Mays, who broke into the baseball in 1948 with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro League, spent a storied 21 major league seasons with the … Read more
The Oscars’ In Memoriam segment on Sunday night on March 10 (Monday morning for India), paid tribute to a talent that left an indelible mark on the world of cinema at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Among the luminaries remembered, Indian art director and producer Nitin Desai was honoured alongside icons like Tina Turner and … Read more
