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Fritz Wepper, a German actor with a prolific TV career in his native country but known to American audiences for his funny and heartfelt performance as a German Jew is Bob Fosse’s hit 1972 Oscar-winning musical film Cabaret, died Monday at a hospice facility in Munich. He was 82.

Jaden Thompson Diana Kerew, an Emmy-winner television producer, died at her home in Glendale on Nov. 25 following a battle with cancer. She was 81.

Michael J. Fox has been a household name for decades, and he's earned that status by working relentlessly for most of his life. His career experienced a massive shift as the Parkinson's disease he was diagnosed with at 29 began to make acting difficult.

Howard Bragman, a beloved Hollywood publicist who specialized in crisis relations, has died after a short battle with leukemia. The movie premiere staples was 66.His clients included Cameron Diaz - who has been filming her movie Back In Action this month - Monica Lewinsky, Ricki Lake, Sharon Osbourne and Chaz Bono.And he even appeared on various reality TV shows, including The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills and as a guest judge on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race. He died Saturday night in Los Angeles, his family said Sunday. Bragman was diagnosed with leukemia just 10 days ago and promptly hospitalized. Sad loss: Howard Bragman, a beloved Hollywood publicist who specialized in crisis relations, has died after a short battle with leukemia.

Howard Bragman, the powerhouse publicist who specialized in crisis communications and guiding celebrities in coming out of the closet, died Saturday night after a battle with leukemia. He was 66. Photo: Instagram

Howard Bragman, one of Hollywood’s top crisis management experts whose clients included Sharon Osbourne, Monica Lewinsky, Stevie Wonder, Chaz Bono and many more, died peacefully in his sleep Saturday night after a private battle with acute monocytic leukemia. He was 66, just days shy of his 67th birthday.

"Family Ties" celebrated the 40th anniversary of its television debut on Thursday and two of its stars, Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter, spoke with Fox News Digital about the show’s lasting legacy and what it was like making the show. The show introduced audiences to the Keaton family, with liberal former hippies Elyse and Steven as the heads of the household, along with their three children. Alex, played by Michael J Fox, was a conservative ready to take over American politics, and his two sisters Mallory and Jennifer were played by Justine Batemen and Tina Yothers.

David Birney, an actor who found early success on Broadway before landing the co-starring role on "Bridget Loves Bernie," a 1972 sitcom that would be one of the most controversial TV shows of its era, died Friday of Alzheimer’s disease at his home in Santa Monica. He was 83.

David Birney has died at the age of 83. The actor - who was known for starring as struggling writer Bernie Steinberg in 1970s sitcom 'Bridget Loves Bernie' - passed away on Friday (29. 04.

 that the actor died on Friday at his home in Santa Monica, California, of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83. Birney was best known for his roles on and . Meredith Baxter was Birney's co-star on the latter TV series, and was married to the actor from 1974 to 1989. The pair shared three kids, Mollie, 37, Peter, 37, and Kate, 47.«I was very saddened by the death of David Birney.

David Birney - an actor best known for his work onSt Elsewhere and Bridget Loves Bernie - has died at 83 after a battle withAlzheimer's.The longtime thespian passed away at his home in Santa Monica on Friday his lifer partner Michele Roberge told the New York Times.He had battled Alzheimer's for five years before succumbing aged 83 on April 29. Sad news:David Birney - an actor best known for his work on St Elsewhere and Bridget Loves Bernie - has died at 83 after a battle with Alzheimer's Big gig: He starred on St Elsewhere in 1982 with Cynthia Sykes (bottom left), William Daniels (top left), and Ed Flanders (right)After finding early success on Broadway, he landed a starring role on sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie in 1972 which was considered one of the most controversial television shows of the time.

William Earl David Birney, who starred on the first season of the buzzy medical drama “St. Elsewhere,” as well as the short-lived but controversial sitcom “Bridget Loves Bernie,” about a Catholic woman marrying a Jewish man, has died at 83.

David Birney, an actor who found early success on Broadway before landing the co-starring role on a 1972 sitcom, Bridget Loves Bernie, that would be one of the most controversial TV shows of its era, died of Alzheimer’s disease Friday, April 29, at his home in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 83.

New York Times reported.Birney first gained mainstream fame in 1972 opposite his future wife Meredith Baxter in the CBS sitcom “Bridget Loves Bernie.” The show was popular — slotted between ratings juggernauts “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “All in the Family — but short-lived thanks to controversial protests by Jewish groups who disagreed with the “intermarriage” of Birney’s Jewish cabbie character, Bernie Steinberg, and Baxter’s Bridget Fitzgerald, a Catholic grade school teacher from a wealthy family.Both divorced at the time, Birney and the futxure “Family Ties” matriarch, who had two children from her first marriage, got hitched for real in 1974. The pair had three kids of their own before getting divorced in 1989.Baxter later claimed that Birney was emotionally and physically abusive in her bombshell 2011 book “Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering.” He vehemently denied her claims, deeming them an “appalling abuse of the truth.”The son of an FBI agent, Birney was born on April 23, 1939, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio.

Family Ties star Meredith Baxter hated her 'enormous breasts' because they made it difficult to work as an actress.In a new interview with Page Six, the 73-year-old shared that her enlarged bust caused her to be lusted after - which she did not appreciate - while trying to find serious work.Getting candid about her body she called her chest 'the plague of my life,' as she discussed their hindrance early on in her television career. Big breasted: Family Ties star Meredith Baxter, 73, shared in a recent interview that she hated her 'enormous breasts' for making it difficult for her as an actress.

The cast of Family Ties talked about going back to a time of a 'kinder, gentler politics' while reuniting for charity on Stars In The House this Tuesday night.The 1980s NBC sitcom tackled tons during its seven-seasons following the Keaton family, two former 1960s radicals raising a family in the suburbs and sometimes butting heads with their conservative teen son Alex.And star Michael Gross, 73, told castmatesMichael J. Fox, Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross and Tina Yothers that he missed times when people could come together over their differences like the Keatons.

The “Family Ties” gang has reunited for a good cause.

list of countless reunions, reboots and revivals happening this year. Original cast members who played the Keaton family on the iconic sitcom will join together Nov.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe Keaton family is back. Family Ties original cast members Meredith Baxter (Elyse Keaton), Michael Gross (Steven Keaton), Michael J.

The “Family Ties” gang is getting back together.

By Danielle Turchiano