Lo spread tra Btp italiani e Bund tedeschi è rimasto sostanzialmente stabile rispetto all’apertura di ieri, a 116 punti base. I rendimenti sono leggermente cresciuti, arrivando al 4,54%. I mercati sono incerti per via delle elezioni in Israele, che non hanno restituito un chiaro vincitore e che fanno quindi temere per una nuova escalation con l’Iran.
Nella giornata di ieri si è conclusa la prima delle aste di fine mese dei titoli di Stato, con i Btp Short e i Btp€i che hanno raccolto 3,5 miliardi di euro.
La normalizzazione dei mercati obbligazionari statali europei ha subito un rallentamento dopo i progressi di ieri, per via dei risultati delle elezioni in Israele.
Con più del 60% dei voti conteggiati il partito del premier uscente Benjamin Netanyahu è il più votato, ma ha perso un quinto dei suoi seggi in Parlamento. Soprattutto, né la sua coalizione, né quella dell’opposizione hanno la maggioranza, a causa dell’ottimo risultato dei partiti arabi, che hanno quasi raddoppiato i loro seggi.
La conseguenza di questi risultati è stato un aumento del prezzo del petrolio. I mercati temono un ritorno alle ostilità con l’Iran in un momento di instabilità per Israele, che avrebbe come conseguenza nuove difficoltà nelle esportazioni di petrolio dal Golfo Persico. Per questa ragione i rendimenti dei titoli di Stato sono tornati ad aumentare, al 4,54% per i Btp decennali italiani. Lo spread è però rimasto stabile a 116 punti base.
Anche in Spagna lo spread è rimasto fermo ai livelli di ieri. I Bonos distano 64 punti base dai Bund, con rendimenti solo leggermente superiori rispetto a quelli di ieri, al 4,02%.
| Titoli di Stato | Rendimenti | Spread |
|---|---|---|
| Bund tedeschi | 3,37% | – |
| Btp italiani | 4,53% | 116 |
| Oat francesi | 4,95% | 158 |
| Bonos spagnoli | 4,02% | 65 |
Stabile anche la situazione in Francia. Una novità per gli Oat, che nelle ultime settimane hanno subito fortissimi rialzi a causa della speculazione. I rendimenti sono rimasti lontani dalla soglia del 5%, con lo spread di fatto stabile a 158 punti base.
Ieri si sono concluse le aste dei Btp Short Term e dei Btp€i:
Oggi si terranno invece le aste dei Bot, i titoli di Stato a più breve termine. Saranno emessi:
L’ultima asta, quella dei titoli a medio e lungo termine, si terrà invece domani 29 ottobre e comprenderà:
“Conosci Beginner’s Mind? Il libro di Suzuki. È molto importante. Ci riporta a guardare le cose dalla prospettiva dell’artista, c’è l’arco e c’è il sigillo”. Si è chiusa così quella che da molti è stata eletta come l’intervista dell’anno. Il dialogo tra Thom Yorke, 58, ed Harry Styles, 32, sul canale Youtube di Rolling Stone ha rotto l’algoritmo. Un’ora di frasi masticate, sussurrate, a tratti sconclusionate, ma allo stesso tempo un confronto sincero e intimo sull’arte del songwriting, sulla vulnerabilità dell’artista e sulla sindrome dell’impostore come side effect del successo. Entrambi hanno raggiunto, in momenti diversi, picchi di popolarità altissimi. Thom Yorke è la voce e la mente dei Radiohead, una delle band più innovative degli anni ‘90 e dei primi anni 2000. Per alcuni la migliore band di tutti i tempi. Dall’altra parte, Harry Styles, colui che è diventato ancora più famoso dopo essersi slegato nel 2016 dagli One Direction, la boyband che tra il 2010 e il 2015 ha battuto tutti i record della discografia britannica.
L’incontro tra queste due icone non è stato però il classico passaggio di testimone (a Rolling Stone si sono accorti che il dialogo tra artisti negli ultimi anni è diventato un trend che ha riempito cover su cover di magazine musicali). Questa intervista arriva nel momento giusto, e rappresenta plasticamente una voglia di riscoperta della musica del passato da parte delle nuove generazioni. Che poi l’età anagrafica di un album, quando quell’album ha un inner avanguardistico e pionieristico, è davvero solo un numero. Harry Styles cristallizza questo concetto nel momento in cui afferma che gli album dei Radiohead potrebbero essere mescolati nella linea temporale dell’attività della band e comunque nessuno si accorgerebbe di quale sia uscito 30 anni fa o l’altro ieri. In questi termini, la ricerca della modernità a tutti i costi risulta già vecchia, superata. L’attenzione massima di Harry Styles a ogni singola espressione facciale, mormorio o verso di Thom Yorke rappresenta un po’ l’ammirazione che la Gen Z e gli artisti che la Gen Z ascolta stanno riscoprendo verso alcuni generi che non sono necessariamente il rap o la trap.
Nel 2021, Olivia Rodrigo, sempre raccogliendo la sfida lanciata da Rolling Stone, ha deciso di farsi psicanalizzare da Alanis Morissette, che ha vestito perfettamente i panni della sorella maggiore. Le due artiste, entrambe arrivate giovanissime alla fama, hanno affrontano il tema della pressione mediatica e delle aspettative del pubblico. Nel corso della conversazione sul modo in cui gli ascoltatori proiettano opinioni e giudizi sugli artisti, Morissette ha riportato una frase che le disse il padre all’età di sette anni: “Tesoro, nella vita incontrerai tre tipi di persone: quelli che ti ameranno e per i quali sarai infallibile, quelli che ti odieranno e per i quali non ne farai una giusta, e quelli a cui non fregherà niente di te, quindi buona fortuna!”.
Anche Charli XCX e Julian Casablancas, leader degli Strokes, sono due artisti di generazioni diverse che hanno consolidato la loro affinità artistica negli ultimi anni e che non hanno perso l’occasione per esprimere la loro stima reciproca. In un’intervista del 2024 a NME, Julian Casablancas ha detto: “Mi sembra che la fama non sarebbe potuta arrivare in un momento migliore per lei. È consapevole del momento che sta vivendo, ma allo stesso tempo non si prende troppo sul serio. È stata davvero fantastica”. Dopo la collaborazione nella riedizione Brat (Mean Girls feat Julian Casablancas), la loro amicizia si è consolidata sul palco dell Outside Lands di San Francisco dove Charli si è prestata a cantare Take It Or Leave It. Charlie si è dimostrata una super fan della band newyorkese e in un’intervista a NME ha detto di lui: “Credo che proprio lui, più di tanti altri, sappia catturare quel tipo di energia in una stanza e la sappia riportare nei suoi brani”. Sembra quasi che Julian e Charli si siano scambiati molti consigli nell’ultimo anno, sia sull’utilizzo dell’autotune (strabordante in Reality Awaits) sia su come si costruisce un vero e proprio album indie-rock.
Anche Sombr, la rockstar nata su TikTok, in questi anni ha abituato i suoi fan a duetti con grandi icone del passato. Dalla collaborazione al Coachella con Billy Idol e Billy Corgan degli Smashing Pumpkins, a quella con i membri dei Cranberries, fino a “Go Your On Way”, cantata lo scorso martedì al Kia Forum insieme a Lindsey Buckingham dei Fleetwood Mac, Shane Boose, 21 anni, ha riportato alla viralità i suoi idoli. Questa tendenza degli ultimi anni ci ha fatto scoprire un altro lato degli artisti che probabilmente si sentono più a loro agio ad aprirsi quando di fronte hanno altri artisti, magari con più esperienza di loro e dal quali riescono a carpire consigli preziosi su come affrontare le insidie del successo e gli ostacoli dell’industria discografica.
È anche grazie a loro che molti ragazzi della Gen Z stanno riscoprendo la musica degli anni ‘70, ‘80 e ‘90 e anche un dibattito musicale più serio sulle scelte tecniche dei percorsi artistici, sul background personale degli artisti e sul valore del processo creativo, quello lungo e travagliato che Thom Yorke ha definito così: “Certo, c’è un risultato finale. Ma la vera linfa sta nel processo. Spesso non so cosa sto facendo, ma cerco le cose che mi comunicano qualcosa, le metto insieme e le presento: questo è il mio modo di agire”.
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When I was a kid, my mom called the stack of books on my nightstand a “smorgasbord.” People use a lot of food language when they talk about reading. We devour; we gulp. I like to “graze” as a reader, moving through multiple books simultaneously, dipping in and out according to my mood. Romantic metaphors, too, come in handy, alluding to the vagaries of appetite and compatibility and taste. I would say that I’m still not a monogamous reader. I play the field; I read around.
The current count of books I’m partway through is eighteen: eight print books, eight e-books, and two audiobooks. There’s some nonfiction in there: Into the Ice by Mark Synnott, Boom by Michael Shnayerson, and the audiobook of Entitled by Andrew Lownie, which, if you need to be convinced that Prince Andrew is one of the most odious people on the planet, boy do I have the book for you. The majority of my docket is taken up by novels, though. A galley of Emily St. John Mandel’s new book Exit Party is on my nightstand, as is Ian McEwan’s What We Can Know. (Bad title! I hate titles that are unmemorable strings of nonspecific words!) I’m in a race to finish Venetian Vespers by John Banville before Libby, the public library app, takes it back for maybe the fourth time. The Banville is short and enjoyable but has been a victim of the smorgasbord approach, never quite seizing priority. Also on my Libby shelf are, among others, Lovers XXX by Allie Rowbottom, The Original by Nell Stevens, and Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer. On my Bookshop.org app, I have The Remembered Soldier, a magnificent novel by the Dutch writer Anjet Daanje that is very long and that I ended up (happily) buying because I didn’t want to race Libby’s loan period.
I wasn’t an early adopter of e-books, partly because my first novel was published in 2012, at the height of e-book doomerism, when everyone was saying print books were soon to be a thing of the past and e-books were the enemy. (Interestingly—at least to me—the ratio of print copies to digital has gone up for each of my three successive books, with only that first one selling more e-books than physical.) The Kindle launched in 2007, but I didn’t have an e-reader until 2013, when I got a Kobo in a gift bag. I liked it, but the process of acquiring e-books and getting them on the device was cumbersome, and, anyway, within a year I left it on an airplane.
During the pandemic, I found myself meandering back toward e-books. I’d had an iPad for a while but didn’t really know what to do with it until a friend told me about Libby. Somehow I’d forgotten libraries existed, and I didn’t have a card for the Los Angeles system, even though I’d lived in the city for six years by then. I signed up for one online, downloaded the app, and everything changed. I didn’t even have to leave my house, which I wasn’t supposed to do anyway.
That feeling of absorption is one I crave, and I’ve experienced it many, many times, courtesy of books of all different genres and the whole spectrum of high- to low-browness.
I’d never lost the habit of reading in bed at night, but my intake of books had slowed dramatically over the years, probably starting in college. I was an English lit major, so reading was work. Then writing became my job in my mid-20s, and that professionalism wore away any playfulness that was left in reading. I’d gotten timid and precious in my choices, only buying books I felt confident I would enjoy but then often not enjoying them after all, at which point they would linger, stubbornly material, in my house until I rounded up a box or two to donate. With Libby, I could be capricious again. Every time I came across an intriguing mention of a book or someone recommended one, I placed a hold. I would then immediately and completely forget about the hold until, days, weeks, or months later, some vaguely recalled title appeared on my iPad, a gift from my past self. Something about the convenience and low stakes of Libby got me reading like I hadn’t in years. I became a filter-feeder, opening my maw to take in books indiscriminately, unbothered by the ones that must be spat out. In 2020 I read 60 books; last year I read 92. I started but didn’t finish dozens more.
The dream, though, even for a nonmonogamist like myself, is The One, the book that makes all others disappear, that enchants you completely and exclusively until the last page boots you back out into the world. That feeling of absorption is one I crave, and I’ve experienced it many, many times, courtesy of books of all different genres and the whole spectrum of high- to low-browness. Last week it was the audiobook of Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling. In January it was a re-read of Ariel Levy’s memoir The Rules Do Not Apply. Lately I’ve been immersed in Michelle Huneven’s back catalog. Possibly the most delicious experiences of The One emerge from a perfect alchemy of time, place, and book, like when I found an orange and white Penguin edition of The Secret History in a used bookshop in Bali in 2011 and, having somehow never heard of it, bought it on the basis of the title alone. Or when I read Persuasion on my phone in a tent in the Swedish Arctic. Or when, traveling alone in New Zealand, I read all the Twilight books in rapid succession, and upon finishing the last one, felt like I’d woken up in a bus stop, disheveled and hungover and utterly mystified as to how I’d gotten there.
The One is not singular but takes infinite forms. There is no heartbreak when you move on. In fact, the pleasure is additive. A writer friend reminded me of this once when I was expressing disgruntled envy about the reception of someone else’s book. “No one ever finishes a good book and says, ‘Now I’ll never read another book again,’” she said.
Free love prevails at the smorgasbord. And, I mean, there’s a title.
Maggie Shipstead is the New York Times-bestselling author of three novels and a short story collection. Her novel Great Circle was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Women’s Prize. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and the L.A. Times Book Prize for First Fiction. Her travel writing and essays have appeared lots of places. She lives in Los Angeles.
Editor: Brendan Fitzgerald
Secondo giorno consecutivo di netto calo per lo spread tra Btp italiani e Bund tedeschi. Nell’apertura del 27 ottobre il differenziale dà seguito all’ottima giornata di ieri, portandosi a 115 punti base. I rendimenti dei titoli di Stato italiani si sono assestati al 4,50%, lontani quasi due decimi dai picchi della scorsa settimana.
Nella giornata di oggi si terrà inoltre l’asta dei Btp Short Term e dei Btp€i, con tre prodotti diversi che verranno emessi dal Tesoro nei prossimi giorni.
Rispetto all’apertura di ieri, lo spread tra Btp italiani e Bund tedeschi è arretrato di altri 7 punti base. I rendimenti hanno subito un calo di quasi 20 centesimi di punto percentuale rispetto ai picchi della scorsa settimana, tornando al 4,50%. Sono le conseguenze della riduzione della pressione dei mercati sui titoli di debito.
Il motivo per cui lo spread e i rendimenti si stanno riducendo così rapidamente non è intuitivo. Le cause del recente aumento di questi parametri sono ancora lì: il prezzo del petrolio è alto, l’inflazione continua a essere una preoccupazione seria, la Fed e la Bce sembrano intenzionate ad aumentare i tassi di interesse.
A ridursi è stata però la speculazione attorno a queste circostanze. La riduzione della pressione l’ha avviato Moody’s, ieri, quando ha confermato il rating Aa3 per i titoli di Stato francesi. Gli Oat erano particolarmente soggetti alla speculazione, per ragioni che si ricollegano alle difficoltà economiche e politiche della Francia, ma che non giustificavano comunque i rendimenti più alti della storia dei titoli francesi dall’introduzione dell’euro.
La decisione dell’agenzia di rating ha rassicurato i mercati e indebolito la speculazione che, per il momento, ha rinunciato ad aggredire la Francia. Non è detto, però, che in un prossimo futuro, non possa esserci un’altra offensiva, soprattutto con le elezioni del 2027 che promettono uno scontro tra due candidati non particolarmente graditi ai mercati: Marine Le Pen, di estrema destra, e Jean-Luc Mélenchon, di estrema sinistra.
Gli effetti di questo allentamento della speculazione si stanno vedendo in tutta Europa. In Spagna i Bonos sono tornati al 4% di rendimento, con uno spread di 65 punti base.
| Titoli di Stato | Rendimenti | Spread |
|---|---|---|
| Bund tedeschi | 3,35% | – |
| Btp italiani | 4,50% | 115 |
| Oat francesi | 4,93% | 158 |
| Bonos spagnoli | 4,00% | 65 |
Gli Oat francesi, protagonisti in negativo delle ultime settimane, si sono ulteriormente allontanati dal 5% di rendimento, record degli ultimi 25 anni, tonando al 4,93%.
Nella giornata di oggi si tiene l’asta dei Btp Short Term e dei Btp€i. I titoli che verranno emessi sono:
Le prossime aste, invece, si terranno:
Lo spread tra Btp e Bund ha aperto in leggero calo il 26 ottobre. Non è però sceso sotto la soglia dei 120 punti base, rimanendo a 122, soltanto un punto sotto la chiusura di venerdì. A scendere sensibilmente sono i rendimenti, calati sotto quota 4,60%, dopo i picchi della scorsa settimana.
Dopo la conclusione dell’emissione dei Btp Valore e dei Btp Valore insieme, domani riprenderanno le aste regolari, con quella dei Btp Short Term e dei Btp€i.
L’apertura dei mercati obbligazionari ha portato a un calo dei rendimenti dei titoli di Stato italiani ma a una sostanziale stabilità dello spread, la differenza di rendimento tra Btp e Bund tedeschi. Si tratta di un classico segnale di allentamento delle tensioni, almeno parziale, sui mercati delle obbligazioni in generale.
I rendimenti di Bund e Btp stanno calando con lo stesso ritmo, mantenendo quindi grosso modo costante il differenziale. Il dato importante è però proprio la riduzione dei rendimenti, sia per via dei preoccupanti picchi della scorsa settimana, sia per l’avvicinamento delle aste di fine mese.
Il calo dei rendimenti è contestuale a una riduzione del prezzo del petrolio. Il Wti ha aperto la settimana poco sopra i 101 dollari al Barile, mentre il Brent poco sopra i 112. Valori in senso assoluto alti, ma in riduzione rispetto alla chiusura della scorsa settimana e quindi visti come positivi dai mercati.
Anche gli altri Paesi europei stanno beneficiando della riduzione della tensione sui mercati obbligazionari internazionali. La Spagna ha visto il suo spread calare sotto 70 punti base.
| Titoli di Stato | Rendimenti | Spread |
|---|---|---|
| Bund tedeschi | 3,36% | – |
| Btp italiani | 4,58% | 122 |
| Oat francesi | 4,98% | 162 |
| Bonos spagnoli | 4,05% | 69 |
La Francia, che in questo momento è il Paese con i titoli di Stato maggiormente sotto pressione, è riuscita a riportare gli Oat sotto il 5% di rendimento dopo i record della scorsa settimana.
Nella giornata di domani si terrà la prima asta dei titoli di Stato tra quelle che concluderanno il mese di ottobre. Si tratta di un asta di Btp Short Term e di Btp€i, che proporrà diversi prodotti:
Le aste successive si terranno:
L’apertura del 23 ottobre ha visto lo spread tra Btp italiani e Bund tedeschi raggiungere un nuovo record recente a 124 punti base. Il differenziale non apriva la giornata a questi livelli dal 2024, ma si tratta comunque di un miglioramento rispetto ai picchi raggiunti nella giornata di ieri.
Anche i rendimenti sono migliorati, rientrando al 4,60% dopo che ieri avevano sfiorato il 4,70%. Oggi è l’ultimo giorno per acquistare i Btp Valore e i Btp Valore Insieme. Dopo le 13, orario in cui terminerà l’emissione si sapranno i tassi definitivi.
Nonostante la situazione dello spread tra Btp e Bund sembri simile a quella che ieri aveva portato il differenziale a raggiungere i 122 punti base in apertura, nelle prime ore del 23 ottobre si sono verificati movimenti più complessi e in un certo senso opposti. Ieri la pressione sui debiti pubblici europei, determinata da vari fattori, aveva portato i rendimenti a nuovi record recenti, lasciando invece invariati quelli dei Bund.
Oggi, invece, tutti i rendimenti sono in calo. Quelli dei Bund si sono però ridotti più rapidamente di quelli degli altri Paesi europei, determinando l’allargamento dello spread.
Sembra controintuitivo, ma nei momenti di crisi i rendimenti dei titoli di Stato tedeschi tendono a calare. Tradizionalmente, la Germania è vista come uno dei Paesi con il debito pubblico più solido e maggiormente sotto controllo. Gli investitori trattano quindi i suo Bund come un bene rifugio.
Questo status è al momento incrinato sia dalle difficoltà economiche del Paese, che appaiono però in via di risoluzione, sia dalla maggiore spesa pubblica degli ultimi governi tedeschi. Ciononostante, nei momenti di crisi, si può ancora notare una maggiore stabilità dei rendimenti tedeschi rispetto a quelli degli altri Paesi europei.
Nonostante il calo dei rendimenti, la pressione sui titoli europei non si è allentata. I Bonos spagnoli hanno raggiunto 70 punti base di spread, ma è in Francia che la situazione è critica.
| Titoli di Stato | Rendimenti | Spread |
|---|---|---|
| Bund tedeschi | 3,36% | – |
| Btp italiani | 4,60% | 124 |
| Oat francesi | 5,06% | 170 |
| Bonos spagnoli | 4,06% | 70 |
Gli Oat sono a 170 punti dai Bund, con rendimenti del 5,06%, il livello più alto da quando è stato introdotto l’euro. È il risultato di una combinazione di fattori, che vanno dalle difficoltà economiche del Paese a un debito pubblico fuori controllo, fino a un certo livello di speculazione sui titoli di Parigi e all’instabilità politica che potrebbe compromettere anche la prossima manovra finanziaria.
Oggi alle 13 so concluderà l’asta dei Btp Valore dedicati agli investitori retail. Il Tesoro ha già raccolto più di 14 miliardi di euro da questa iniziativa. In pomeriggio verranno resi pubblici i rendimenti definitivi. Dalla prossima settimana ricominceranno invece le aste regolari. Le date da segnarsi sono:
Lo spread tra Btp e Bund ha toccato 122 punti base in apertura del 22 ottobre. Si tratta del livello più alto del differenziale da quasi due anni, ma a preoccupare sono soprattutto i rendimenti dei titoli decennali. Nelle prime battute dell’avvio delle contrattazioni, i Btp decennali benchmark hanno toccato il 4,62%.
Il dato è a pochi decimali dai picchi del 2023, il record recente. Per trovare interessi più alti sui titoli di Stato italiani bisogna andare alla crisi del debito del 2008-2012, quando il Paese era a rischio bancarotta.
C’è stato un balzo dello spread, dovuto a un aumento improvviso dei rendimenti dei titoli di Stato italiani. Non si tratta però di un problema italiano, ma globale e, in parte minore, europeo. Lo testimonia il fatto che con i rendimenti che, da quando esiste l’euro, sono stati così alti solo una manciata di volte, il differenziale con i Bund tedeschi è comunque relativamente basso, a 122 punti base.
I fattori che stanno spingendo i rendimenti così in alto sono diversi e c’entrano poco con il debito pubblico italiano:
Si tratta di un misto di circostanze provenienti dall’economia, dalla finanza e dall’opinione pubblica, che stanno contemporaneamente mettendo sotto pressione l’intero mercato delle obbligazioni, statali e non.
L’ultima volta che i rendimenti erano stati più alti del 4,62% era il 2023, tra settembre e ottobre. L’inflazione era al 5,7%, la Bce aveva alzato i tassi al 4,5%, l’Europa si avviava verso il suo secondo inverno senza gas russo e Trump verso il suo secondo mandato alla Casa Bianca.
Se si vuole trovare la volta precedente in cui i rendimenti sono stati più alti di quelli odierni, bisogna tornare all’inizio del 2013. L’Italia stava ancora uscendo dalla più grave crisi finanziaria del secolo, quella del 2011, in cui il debito pubblico del Paese era andato sotto attacco speculativo mentre l’Europa subiva le conseguenze della crisi economica innescata dal crollo di Wall Street nel 2008.
Che la crisi sia internazionale lo si vede dai dati degli altri Paesi europei. La Spagna, che continua a essere la più stabile, fa segnare un differenziale vicino a 70 punti base e rendimenti al 4,10%.
| Titoli di Stato | Rendimenti | Spread |
|---|---|---|
| Bund tedeschi | 3,40% | – |
| Btp italiani | 4,62% | 122 |
| Oat francesi | 5,05% | 165 |
| Bonos spagnoli | 4,10% | 70 |
La pressione è più forte sulla Francia, indebolita da un debito fuori controllo e da un’instabilità politica che dura da anni. I rendimenti degli Oat hanno superato il livelli della crisi del 2011, arrivando al 5,05%, con lo spread a 165 punti base.
Ieri si è conclusa la terza giornata dell’emissione dei Btp Valore, con una raccolta che ha portato il totale vicino a 12 miliardi di euro per il Tesoro. Le prossime aste regolari saranno invece:
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Below, we look back at the celebrities we lost in 2026, listed in alphabetical order.
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Scott Adams worked at a telephone company in the 1980s. The experience inspired his beloved comic strip, "Dilbert."
By the end of the decade, the character and his satirical office humor began appearing in comic strips.
At its peak, "Dilbert" was syndicated in over 2,000 newspapers. A cartoon series debuted in 1999, running for two seasons.
Adams gained notoriety when he began writing blog posts praising Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential run. In 2023, "Dilbert" was pulled from newspapers across the US following racist comments made by Adams.
Adams died on January 13 from metastatic prostate cancer.
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The lead singer of 3 Doors Down, Brad Arnold launched the group into fame with the 2000 rock anthem "Kryptonite," which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year.
The success led to other hits like "Loser," "Here Without You," and "When I'm Gone." Arnold's vocal range and lyrics focused on love and love lost, which fueled the group to stardom.
Arnold died on February 7 from a type of kidney cancer.
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A hip-hop pioneer during the 1970s and 1980s, Lance Taylor, known professionally as Afrika Bambaataa, first gained attention as a DJ in the Bronx.
He signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1981 and released landmark songs like "Jazzy Sensation" and "Planet Rock." He would go on to influence the likes of Queen Latifah and A Tribe Called Quest throughout his career.
Bambaataa founded the hip-hop awareness group, Universal Zulu Nation, in the 1970s to steer kids away from gang life. Bambaataa stepped down as the head of the organization in 2016 after accusations of sexual abuse.
Bambaataa denied all claims.
He died on April 9 due to prostate cancer.
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One of the icons responsible for bringing hip-hop to the mainstream, Rob Bass crafted the iconic track "It Takes Two" alongside DJ E-Z Rock.
The track, released in 1988, reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Songs chart and later went certified platinum. In 1989, it was voted the greatest single of all time by Spin magazine.
Bass died on May 22 following cancer.
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Nicholas Brendon was a television actor, best known for playing Xander Harris in all seven seasons of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
He also starred in "Criminal Minds" and "Kitchen Confidential."
Brendon died in his sleep on March 20 due to natural causes, according to his family's statement.
In 2023, Brendon suffered a heart attack and was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. He also had cauda equina syndrome, which led to several spinal surgeries.
"While it's no secret that Nicholas had struggles in the past, he was on medications and treatment to manage his diagnosis, and he was optimistic about the future at the time of his passing," the statement to The Hollywood Reporter read. "Our family asks for privacy during this time as we grieve his loss and celebrate the life of a man who lived with intensity, imagination, and heart."
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Two-time Grammy winner Peabo Bryson is best known for his classic love ballads.
Bryson began releasing music in the late 1970s, but one of his first major hits was opposite Roberta Flack on the 1983 duet, "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love." He continued hit-making a year later with the smash "If Ever You're in My Arms Again," and in 1991, he topped the R&B charts with "Can You Stop the Rain."
Bryson found global stardom with his renditions of two Disney classics. In 1991, he released the pop version of "Beauty and the Beast," alongside Céline Dion, and a year later, he duetted with Regina Belle on "A Whole New World" from the 1992 release of "Aladdin."
Bryson died on June 2. No cause was given.
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An 11-time Emmy winner and co-creator of "Cheers," director James Burrows helped shape modern TV comedy through his work on iconic sitcoms including "Will & Grace," "Friends," and "Frasier."
Known for his comedic timing and elaborate blocking, Burrows got his start directing episodes of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Throughout his career, he directed episodes of "Frasier" (winning an Emmy for the pilot episode), "Will & Grace," "Friends," and "The Big Bang Theory." He directed over 50 pilot episodes.
Burrows died on June 19. No cause was given.
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Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Busch was considered one of the greatest racers of all time.
Busch was hospitalized on May 21, before two upcoming races. Hours later, he was pronounced dead.
Busch died from severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis.
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Robert Carradine was best known for his roles as Lizzie McGuire's dad and as the iconic geek Lewis Skolnick in the 1980s franchise "Revenge of the Nerds."
As a member of Hollywood's famed Carradine family, Robert was destined for an onscreen career.
He received one of his first screen credits starring in his brother David Carradine's popular 1970s TV series "Kung Fu" and went on to land roles in everything from Samuel Fuller's World War II classic "The Big Red One" to the "Lizzie McGuire" series.
Carradine's family shared statements with Deadline that emphasized being open about his struggles with mental illness.
"We are bereft at the loss of this beautiful soul and want to acknowledge Bobby's valiant struggle against his nearly two-decade battle with Bipolar Disorder," Carradine's family said. "We hope his journey can shine a light and encourage addressing the stigma that attaches to mental illness."
Carradine died by suicide on February 23.
If you or someone you know is experiencing depression or has had thoughts of harming themself or taking their own life, get help. In the US, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Help is also available through the Crisis Text Line — just text "HOME" to 741741. The International Association for Suicide Prevention offers resources for those outside the US.
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Most famous for his role as Harold in the 1971 cult-classic "Harold and Maude," Bud Cort became the epitome of 1970s counterculture thanks to his baby-faced looks, wit, and sophisticated persona.
The dark comedy starred Cort as Harold, a man in his 20s who is obsessed with suicide until he meets 79-year-old eccentric Maude (Ruth Gordon).
Before that, Cort scored bit parts in Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H*" (1970) and "Brewster McCloud" (1970).
After "Harold and Maude," Cort worked steadily for the rest of his life, occasionally showing up in hit movies like Michael Mann's "Heat" (1995) and Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004).
Cort died on February 11 following a long illness.
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Curry is best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult-classic musical "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," after originating the role in the original stage production.
Over six decades, Curry carved out a niche playing outlandish villains like Rooster Hannigan in the 1982 film "Annie" and Pennywise in the 1990 miniseries "It." Other notable roles include Wadsworth the Butler in "Clue" (1985) and Mr. Hector in "Home Alone 2: Escape from New York."
Curry suffered a major stroke in 2012, which required brain surgery. He said in 2025 that he was "still recovering."
Curry died at his Los Angeles home on August 26. No cause was given.
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Long before becoming one of TV's most recognizable heartthrobs, Eric Dane was building his career with guest roles on series like "Saved by the Bell" and "Married… with Children."
He later gained wider attention with appearances on "Charmed" before landing his breakout role as Dr. Mark "McSteamy" Sloan on "Grey's Anatomy." He most recently starred in HBO's "Euphoria," where he played Cal Jacobs, the father of Jacob Elordi's character, Nate Jacobs.
Dane has two children with his wife, Rebecca Gayheart. In April 2025, the actor said that he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
Dane died on February 19 at age 53, his publicist confirmed in a statement to Business Insider.
"He spent his final days surrounded by dear friends, his devoted wife, and his two beautiful daughters, Billie and Georgia, who were the center of his world," his publicist said.
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A legend in the music world, Davis was responsible for elevating pop music to unthinkable heights by discovering talents like Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Whitney Houston, and Alicia Keys, to name a few.
Over his 50-year career, along with being an executive behind millions of album sales, he also won five Grammys, including two for Album of the Year ("The Bodyguard" soundtrack and "Supernatural" by Santana).
Davis died on June 22. No cause was given.
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Mike Ditka was the first tight end ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. As a coach for the Chicago Bears, he led the team to its only Super Bowl win to date in 1986.
Ditka's success turned him into a celebrity who showed up in commercials, TV shows, and movies in cameo roles.
One of his most famous was starring opposite Will Ferrell in the 2005 comedy "Kicking and Screaming."
His persona became the long-running "Saturday Night Live" sketch called "Bill Swerski's Superfans," in which cast members dressed up as Ditka and spoke about their love for "Da Bears."
Ditka died on October 9; no cause was given.
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Robert Duvall starred in a plethora of timeless classics, including "The Godfather," "The Godfather Part II," "Apocalypse Now," "THX 1138," "The Natural," "Days of Thunder," and "The Apostle."
Duvall will be best remembered for starring in three of director Francis Ford Coppola's iconic films: playing Tom Hagen in the first two "Godfather" movies and Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in "Apocalypse Now," in which he delivers one of the most memorable lines in movie history: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
Duvall was lauded for his acting talent, from not saying a word while playing Boo Radley in his first big screen role in the 1962 classic "To Kill a Mockingbird" to his portrayal of a country singer dealing with alcoholism in 1983's "Tender Mercies," which earned him an Oscar.
He died on his ranch in Virginia on February 15. No cause was given.
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This Irish actress was a fixture on the stage and screen for six decades. But she's most known for showing up in the "Home Alone" sequel.
As The Pigeon Lady in 1992's "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," Fricker has become a fixture for families during the holiday season for decades (and in 2020 became the subject of a popular meme).
But Fricker's acting talents go beyond playing a spooky wanderer of Central Park.
In 1990, she became the first Irish actress to win an Academy Award, as she was given the best supporting actress Oscar that year for her performance in "My Left Foot."
Fricker died on July 16; no cause was given.
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Fuhrman cemented his place in popular culture as one of the lead LAPD detectives on the 1995 murder case of O.J. Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
Fuhrman found the famed bloody glove on the Simpson estate, and during the trial, he gained infamy when Simpson's defense team used his past racist language to discredit him as a witness.
Fuhrman retired from the LAPD after the Simpson trial and moved to Idaho, where he wrote true crime books.
Fuhrman died on May 12 of throat cancer.
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For over six decades, one name has been synonymous with women's high fashion: Valentino.
The Italian designer launched his fashion business in Rome in 1960 and never looked back. Soon, every star wanted to be seen in his creations. They've been worn by icons like Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Collins, Jackie Kennedy, Princess Diana, Sharon Stone, and more.
Though Garavani retired from designing in 2008, his label is still a red carpet staple, as is his famous shade of bright red dubbed "Valentino Red."
Garavani died on January 19. No cause was given.
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No one defined a bully for a generation more than Gibb's hulking fraternity character Ogre in the "Revenge of the Nerds" movies of the 1980s.
Since the original raunchy comedy was released in 1984, Gibb's intimidating size and loud yells of "NERDS!" have become as memorable as the pocket protectors worn by the movie's geeks.
Gibb went on to star opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme in his classic 1988 action movie "Bloodsport." He also landed guest star roles through his career on shows like "Quantum Leap," "Magnum P.I.," "MacGyver," "Night Court," and "Cheers."
Gibb died on May 12 following health complications.
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Gilbert was the guitarist and backing vocalist for the punk band New Found Glory.
The band's hit albums include 2002's "Sticks And Stones" and 2004's "Catalyst." Both showed up in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Gilbert died on September 20; no cause was given, but Gilbert told People in April he was battling stage 4 adrenal cancer.
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Irish singer-songwriter Hansard was the frontman of the rock band The Frames and one-half of the band The Swell Season. But he was perhaps best known for writing and starring in the hit 2007 indie film "Once," in which he and his Swell Season bandmate Markéta Irglová play two struggling musicians who fall in love. The duo won an Oscar for best original song for the film's standout track, "Falling Slowly."
Hansard also embarked on a solo career; his 2015 album, "Didn't He Ramble," was nominated for a Grammy for best folk album.
Hansard died on July 29 in a motorcycle crash in Dublin.
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For those who grew up in the '90s, Dennis Haskins was your favorite high school principal, Mr. Belding.
Starring in the hit TV series "Saved By The Bell," Haskins' Belding character traveled the halls trying to be a step ahead of the hijinks inflicted by Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and his friends. But unlike many school principals in pop culture who were mean and seemed to hate kids, Haskins played his authority role with a playful, good-natured style.
He was on the show's full four-season run from 1989 to 1993, and also starred in the spin-off, "Saved By The Bell: The New Class," from 1993 to 2000.
Haskins' other credits include "The Bold and the Beautiful," "Mad Men," "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," and "New Girl."
Haskins died on September 27; no cause was given.
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Rising up through the UK stage scene in the 1980s, Head found fame when he was cast as Rupert Giles, who became a father figure to Sarah Michelle Gellar's Buffy Summers in all seven seasons of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
Most recently, he played the bitter former owner of AFC Richmond on "Ted Lasso."
Head's death was announced by his family on June 5. They stated the cause was "complications due to pneumonia."
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British painter David Hockney was renowned for his striking portraits and figurative pop art. Many of his best-known paintings, including 1966's "The Splash" and 1972's "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)," were inspired by the bright colors and sun-dappled pools of Los Angeles.
Hockney moved to Los Angeles in the late '60s, and his work became synonymous with the warmth and leisure of Southern California. He was also one of the few popular artists at the time to depict openly gay scenes, and Hockney was outspoken about anti-gay censorship.
Throughout his career, Hockney split time between California, England, and France. He died at his home in London on June 12 at age 88, his publicist confirmed to The New York Times. No cause of death was given.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, a minister, and an activist icon who twice ran for president.
Born on October 8, 1941, in Greenville, South Carolina, Jackson experienced Jim Crow segregation on public buses and at school firsthand. It would shape the rest of his life.
His fight for civil rights began in the 1960s, when he helped organize protests and demonstrations across the US and worked closely alongside civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
His decadeslong career as a leading civil rights activist included support for modern national movements, such as the push for voting rights, the fight against racism, and a higher minimum wage.
Jackson ran for president twice, both times as a democrat. He placed third for the party's nomination in 1984 and second in 1988. This marked the most successful presidential runs of any Black candidate prior to Barack Obama.
Jackson announced in 2017 that he'd been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. In November 2025, Jackson was treated in a Chicago hospital after complications from progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a rare neurodegenerative condition.
Jackson died on February 17.
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As the boyish Russian crewman Pavel Chekov on "Star Trek," Walter Koenig left an indelible mark in the minds of sci-fi fans for generations as one of the key crew members of Captain Kirk's ship, the USS Enterprise.
First appearing in the show's second season, Koenig played Chekov in 36 of the 50 episodes that aired in 1967-68 and 1968-69. He also starred in the first seven releases of the movie franchise, from 1979 through 1991.
Koenig died on October 25 of natural causes.
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Kusama was a famed Japanese pop artist who often used polka-dot motifs in her work, initially rising to prominence in Japan in the 1950s.
In 1959, Kusama presented her first solo exhibition in New York: a collection of abstract paintings that an ARTnews review praised as "strong, advanced in concept and realized."
Kusama later branched into sculptures, performances, and immersive installations. She continued to expand her influence and relevance into the social media era, when her mirrored "Infinity Room" installations became Instagram-friendly attractions that inspired many copycats.
Kusama died on August 14 in Tokyo. She was 97.
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As one of Hollywood's most renowned costume designers, Bob Mackie's eye set the style for decades.
Known as the Sultan of Sequins, the Rajah of Rhinestones, or the Guru of Glitter, a signature of Mackie's work was its use of sparkle, which made everyone from Cher to Elton John to Dolly Parton to Sabrina Carpenter shine on stage.
He also was the costume designer on "The Carol Burnett Show" for all eleven seasons through the 1970s. He won nine Emmys, a Tony Award, and was nominated for three Academy Awards for his work.
Mackie died on September 14; no cause was given.
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Mitte was best known for playing the son of Bryan Cranston's Walter White in the hit series "Breaking Bad."
Mitte, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was 3 years old, became a disability rights activist after finding fame with "Breaking Bad."
His other credits include the 2021 movie "Triumph," in which he played a high school student with cerebral palsy who tries out for the wrestling team. He also starred in the 2024 thriller "Love Me Dead" opposite Dove Cameron.
Mitte died by suicide on October 12.
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In the 1990s, you couldn't escape the piercing eyes of Patrick Muldoon.
He played Austin Reed on "Days of Our Lives" for most of the decade, and when he wasn't on the soap, he was over on "Melrose Place" playing the villain role of Richard Hart.
If being on two iconic shows wasn't enough, he also showed up on "Saved by the Bell" and had a role in the cult classic movie "Starship Troopers."
Muldoon died on April 19 after a heart attack.
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With a career spanning more than five decades and including countless memorable performances in movies and television, Sam Neill was one of the most versatile actors of his generation,
The New Zealand actor starred opposite Nicole Kidman in the 1989 thriller "Dead Calm," played the loyal first officer opposite Sean Connery in 1990's "The Hunt for Red October," played the lead in John Carpenter's 1994 horror "In the Mouth of Madness," and most recently starred in the hit series "Peaky Blinders."
But Neill is best known for playing the brave and all-dinosaur-knowing Dr. Alan Grant in the "Jurassic Park" franchise.
Neill died on July 13; no cause was given. Neill was battling a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer, but was cancer-free at the time of his death, according to a post on his Instagram account announcing his passing.
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Standing at a towering 6' 5", Tom Noonan was born to play the bad guy. And he did just that, starring as the villain in movies like "Manhunter," "RoboCop 2," and "Last Action Hero."
But this actor had more to show off. He showcased his comedy chops as Rodney Dangerfield's degenerate gambling friend in the 1983 comedy "Easy Money," and set up the heist for Robert De Niro in Michael Mann's 1995 classic "Heat."
His knack for storytelling also translated behind the camera. Noonan wrote, directed, and starred in the drama "What Happened Was," which won the grand prize at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival.
Noonan died on February 14; no cause was given.
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Few action stars have Chuck Norris' credentials.
Before he ever stepped in front of a camera, he was a martial arts champion and a black belt in Karate, judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Taekwondo, and Tang Soo Do.
His talents would become known the world over in 1972, when he faced off against Bruce Lee in "The Way of the Dragon."
Through the 1980s, Norris became one of the biggest action stars in the world thanks to movies like "A Force of One," "The Octagon," and the "Delta Force" and "Missing in Action" franchises.
In the 1990s, he took over the small screen, playing the lead in the "Walker, Texas Ranger" TV show, which aired in over 100 countries during its run from 1993 to 2001.
Norris was hospitalized on March 19 in Hawaii and died the following day, according to his family. No cause was given.
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O'Hara, who was best known for her roles in "Beetlejuice" and "Home Alone," got her start in the Canadian comedy scene, appearing in the now-legendary cast of "SCTV."
It would mark the beginning of a fruitful partnership with fellow actor Eugene Levy, who became her frequent costar and collaborator in memorable appearances in Christopher Guest films like "A Mighty Wind" and "Best in Show" and television series like "Schitt's Creek," which earned her an Emmy Award for outstanding lead actress in 2020.
O'Hara's representative confirmed her death to Business Insider on January 30. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed in a death certificate viewed by People that O'Hara died of a pulmonary embolism, with rectal cancer listed as an underlying cause.
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Panettiere began acting as a child, landing one of her earliest major roles as Sarah Roberts on the ABC soap opera "One Life to Live," on which she appeared from 1994 to 1997.
As her career progressed, she became best known for portraying Claire Bennet on "Heroes" and Juliette Barnes on "Nashville."
Over the years, Panettiere had spoken openly about her struggles with alcoholism and postpartum depression. She detailed those experiences in her memoir, "This Is Me: A Reckoning," which was released in May.
Panettiere died on August 16. A final autopsy report by the Greenville County Coroner's Office ruled her death an accident caused by the toxic effects of fentanyl and other drugs.
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Parton released her debut album, "Hello, I'm Dolly," in 1967 and went on to pen country hits like "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene," both of which were released as singles in 1974.
In addition to her music, Parton was beloved for her flamboyant style and her philanthropy. She founded the Dollywood Foundation in 1988, a charitable organization focused on education and community initiatives in her home state of Tennessee. She continued to fund scholarship programs and donate to hospitals, public health initiatives, and disaster relief programs throughout her life.
Parton is known as the best-selling female country music artist of all time. She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.
Parton's 49th and final solo studio album, "Rockstar," was released in 2023. The tracklist included both original material and covers of classic rock songs, featuring an array of guests like Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sting, Joan Jett, and Parton's goddaughter, Miley Cyrus.
News broke on August 25 that Parton died following unspecified health issues. She was 80.
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This character actor found fame appearing in a string of mob movies in the 1990s, like "Goodfellas," "Carlito's Way," and "Men of Respect." But Pastore truly became a star when he was cast in the hit HBO series "The Sopranos."
As Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero, Pastore was part of the main cast for the first two seasons of the show, playing Tony Soprano's mob enforcer-turned-FBI informant. Bonpensiero's shocking death was one of the most famous in the show's history and proved that no one was safe from getting whacked.
Pastore died on August 1. No cause was given.
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Perrine found herself cast alongside the biggest stars of the 1970s.
She played the love interest opposite Jeff Bridges in 1973's "The Last American Hero" and Robert Redford in 1979's "The Electric Horseman." She earned an Oscar nomination for starring alongside Dustin Hoffman in 1974's "Lenny."
For most, she'll be remembered best for sharing the screen with Gene Hackman as the secretary to his evil Lex Luthor in 1978's "Superman." She also starred in the sequel. As Ms. Teschmacher, her loyalty to Luthor is questioned when she rescues Superman (Christopher Reeve) after he's chained with Kryptonite.
Perrine died in her home in Beverly Hills on March 23. She was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2015.
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A prolific character actor, Riehle has over 400 screen credits, appearing in everything from "Casino" to "Bridesmaids" over his career.
He's best known for playing the worker in "Office Space" who, after being laid off, wins a large payout from a lawsuit after a suicide attempt.
Other credits include "The Fugitive," "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," and "Transformers: Age of Extinction."
Riehle died on October 15; no cause was given.
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One of the most influential jazz musicians in history, Rollins recorded more than 60 albums over his seven-decade career.
His live album, "A Night at the Village Vanguard," is considered one of the greatest jazz albums ever made.
Rollins died on May 25; no cause was given.
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An Oscar and Emmy winner, Eva Marie Saint appeared in classic movies in Hollywood history.
She made her film debut starring opposite Marlon Brando in Elia Kazan's 1954 classic "On the Waterfront," which won her the Oscar for best supporting actress. In 1959, she heated up the screen with Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's defining thriller "North by Northwest."
In 1990, she won an Emmy for her work in the miniseries "People Like Us."
Saint died on October 6 of natural causes.
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Saint James was a fixture in television from the late 1960s through the 1980s, starring in "The Name of the Game," "McMillan & Wife," and "Kate & Allie."
She was Emmy-nominated eight times and won an Emmy for lead actress in 1985 for "Kate & Allie."
Saint James' movie credits include "Outlaw Blues" (1977), "Love at First Bite" (1979), and "How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980).
Saint James died on October 26 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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Sedaka is responsible for some of the biggest pop songs of the 1960s and 1970s.
The Brooklyn native wrote over 500 songs, including classic hits like "Laughter in the Rain," "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do," "Bad Blood" and the Captain & Tennille song, "Love Will Keep Us Together."
Sedaka died on February 27; no cause was given.
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Before there was Rotten Tomatoes or even Siskel & Ebert, movie lovers got their recommendations from Gene Shalit.
The iconic movie critic could be seen sporting his signature look of glasses, bushy hair, and big mustache as a staple on the "Today" show from 1973 to 2010. If he wasn't interviewing the biggest movie stars, he was reviewing movies with incredible puns ("'Ishtar' is Ish-terrible.")
His larger-than-life presence left a mark on pop culture: he was parodied as a Muppet and on countless episodes of "SCTV" and "Saturday Night Live."
Shalit died on June 12; no cause was given.
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Sheik found success in the late 1990s with his hit song "Barely Breathing." He later pivoted from alt-rock to a career on Broadway, composing the music for the Tony-winning musical "Spring Awakening." His other stage credits include "American Psycho" (2013) and "The Secret Life of Bees" (2019).
Sheik died on September 17 after a cardiac arrest.
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In her 15-year tenure as a co-host on "Showtime at the Apollo," Kiki Shepard was considered royalty at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater.
Known in the building as "Apollo Queen of Fashion" thanks to her dazzling outfits, Shepherd was a fixture on the show from 1987 to 2002.
Throughout her career, Shepard also appeared on TV shows like "Baywatch," "A Different World," "NYPD Blue," and "Grey's Anatomy."
Shepard died on March 16 after suffering a heart attack.
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A beloved actor in Hollywood for over six decades, Tom Skerritt appeared in some legendary movies and television.
Robert Altman gave Skerritt his big break when he cast him as the womanizing and sarcastic surgeon Captain "Duke" Forrest in the classic 1970 movie "M*A*S*H." Skerritt followed it up with a string of hits, including Altman's "Thieves Like Us" (1974), "The Turning Point" (1977), and a hilarious cameo in Cheech & Chong's classic debut movie "Up in Smoke" (1978).
Then, Skerritt went sci-fi when Ridley Scott cast him as Captain Arthur Dallas in 1979's "Alien." Skerritt also scored a memorable role as Tom Cruise's flight instructor "Viper" in 1986's "Top Gun."
On the small screen, Skerritt earned an Emmy for playing Sheriff Jimmy Brock on the hit series "Picket Fences," which ran from 1992 to 1996.
Skerritt died on October 21 of natural causes.
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An icon in the women's liberation movement of the 1970s, Steinem dedicated most of her life to fighting sexism.
Starting her career as a journalist, she became a columnist for the newly founded New York Magazine in 1968. She cofounded Ms. magazine in 1971, which focused on women's issues. She also helped launch the Women's Action Alliance, which focused on tackling sexism.
Steinem was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
Steinem died on September 2, according to a post on her social media. No cause was given.
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In a career spanning over 60 years on stage and screen, Stewart is responsible for some of the most memorable characters in the biggest franchises.
After getting his start with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the late 1960s, he found acclaim on the stage, performing Shakespearean classics like "Antony and Cleopatra" and "Hamlet," both of which earned him Laurence Olivier Awards.
Hollywood soon came calling, leading him to star in epics like "Excalibur" (1981) and David Lynch's "Dune" (1984). But he would get his big break in 1987 when he was cast as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Fans quickly gravitated to this new captain of the USS Enterprise, and the show ran until 1994. He also reprised the Picard role in four movies in the franchise: "Star Trek Generations" (1994), "Star Trek: First Contact" (1996), "Star Trek: Insurrection" (1998), and "Star Trek: Nemesis" (2002), as well as in the TV series "Star Trek: Picard" (2020-2023).
In 2000, he joined the comic-book world when he was cast as mutant Professor Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men in the Marvel Comics. Stewart portrayed Xavier in several more "X-Men" films, and will reprise the role in the forthcoming MCU film "Avengers: Doomsday," out this December.
Stewart died on October 28 after suffering from Alzheimer's and Lewy Body Dementia.
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Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr became a legend in the arthouse world for his unflinching work featuring several-minute-long takes.
With movies like "Family Nest" (1979) and "The Turin Horse" (2011), Tarr showcased his slow cinema style while focusing on marginalized characters living bleak lives. Tarr pushed the envelope with his style when he made "Sátántangó" in 1994, which had a run time of 450 minutes.
His work influenced several arthouse filmmakers, including Jim Jarmusch and Gus Van Sant's "Death Trilogy" ("Gerry," "Elephant," and "Last Days").
Tarr died on January 6 following a battle with a "long and serious illness."
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You might not recognize the name, but if you're a movie fan, you know the face.
Tolkan's tough-guy persona made a mark on movie history in films like "Top Gun" and the "Back to the Future" franchise.
In "Top Gun," he played Commander Tom "Stinger" Jardian, who famously gives Tom Cruise's character a tongue lashing, saying, "Your ego is writing checks your body can't cash."
In "Back to the Future" and its sequels, he played Principal Strickland, who had zero tolerance for "slackers."
Other credits include "Serpico," "WarGames," "Masters of the Universe," and "Dick Tracy."
Tolkan died on March 26; no cause was given.
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Ted Turner changed the television landscape thanks to his maverick maneuvers to harness the 24-hour news cycle.
After taking over his father's advertising company in the 1960s at the age of 24, Turner embarked on a path to change the media landscape by buying up radio and TV stations around the South. He even bought sports teams including the Atlanta Braves MLB team and the Atlanta Hawks NBA team.
All of that programming would eventually become part of TBS, a "super station" that showed old movies, reruns, and Braves and Hawks games.
Turner then set his sights on the news. He founded CNN, the first 24-hour news channel, in June of 1980.
Over the decades, Turner gained celebrity status, particularly after marrying Jane Fonda, a union that lasted from 1991 to 2001. In 1991, he was named Time's "Man of the Year." He sold his networks to Time Warner for $7.5 billion in 1996.
Turner died on May 6; no cause was given.
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Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler became one of the biggest artists of the 1980s thanks to her legendary power ballads.
Tyler was behind hits like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero," which was also featured on the 1984 "Footloose" soundtrack. Both songs were chart-toppers that have since become two of the best-selling singles of all time.
Over her career, Tyler was nominated for three Grammys and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2022.
Tyler died on July 8 in Portugal, where she was being treated for an illness, according to a statement posted on her social media.
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Van Der Beek was beloved all over the world for his role as the titular teen Dawson Leery on the WB series "Dawson's Creek."
The series, which ran from 1998 to 2002, turned Van Der Beek into a star and a teen heartthrob. While "Dawson's Creek" was still airing, he'd cement his stardom playing the lead role of high school quarterback "Mox" Moxon in the 1999 coming-of-age drama "Varsity Blues."
Van Der Beek found steady work the rest of his career in movies like "Texas Rangers" and "The Rules of Attraction, and memorably played a fictional version of himself on the TV series "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23," and performed on "Dancing with the Stars" in 2019.
Van Der Beek learned he had stage 3 colon cancer in 2023, and publicly announced his diagnosis in late 2024.
Van Der Beek previously told Business Insider that the news came as a shock, given the subtleness of his symptoms and his efforts to stay as healthy as possible.
"I was doing everything," he said. "I was doing sauna, cold plunge, weightlifting, Pilates. I would dance and also do football training."
Van Der Beek died on February 11.
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Weir was one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead.
The singer-songwriter wrote and/or sang on songs like "Sugar Magnolia," "Playing in the Band," "Truckin,'" "I Need a Miracle," and "The Other One."
After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir went on to form several other bands, including Kingfish, Bobby and the Midnites, RatDog, The Other Ones, and, alongside John Mayer, Dead & Company.
In the summer of 2025, Weir was diagnosed with cancer.
Weir died on January 10.
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Willis was the lead singer of the iconic disco band the Village People.
Along with being the lead vocalist and dressing as the police officer (and sometimes naval officer), Willis was also the cowriter on many of the band's hits, including "In the Navy," "Macho Man," and the song that will keep the Village People in pop culture lore until the end of time, "Y.M.C.A."
Willis left the band to embark on a solo career in 1979, then re-formed the Village People in 2017.
Willis died on June 30 following a "short but aggressive illness," according to the Village People Facebook page.
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For over five decades, Wiseman's brand of non-fiction storytelling put a spotlight on everyday people.
From high schoolers to hospital workers to Air Force cadets training for nuclear war, Wiseman's close to 50-film catalogue is an unvarnished reflection of America over the last half century.
Wiseman died on February 16. No cause was given.
A total of twelve people, among them an infant, lost their lives on Monday in two incidents with migrants boats in the eastern Aegean Sea. There is information of missing persons. The one incident took place off the island of Lesvos where a Greek Coast Guard patrol boat collided with the migrants boat doing dangerous […]
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One person has died as stormy weather with high volumes of water is sweeping across Greece, affecting mostly Greek islands. Rhodes is one of the Greek islands severely hit by the bad weather front, while Evia and the Sporades islands (Skiathos, Skopelos and Alonissos) are also at the mercy of the intense weather phenomena. RHODES […]
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A powerful explosion at Motor Oil Refinery on Friday morning injured two workers very seriously and another three lighter. The explosion occurred in the premises of the refinery in Agioi Theodoroi in western Attica. According to reports, two men aged 43 and 50, were initially transported to the Corinth General Hospital where they were intubated […]
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Italia e Francia devono finanziare difesa e investimenti. Ma hanno un enorme debito pubblico. Una proposta del 2014, aggiornata, consente di ridurne lo stock senza trasferimenti tra paesi e senza perdite per i creditori. E può convenire anche ai “frugali”.
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A heavy rainstorm has been sweeping across the island of Crete on Thursday with tons of water flooding homes, businesses and agricultural land, damaging roads and bridges, causing the life of one person and putting at risk the lives of thousands. Most affected are the regions of Heraklion, Lasithi and Rethymnon. Thye bad weather is […]
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Tragedy in Rhodes: A firefighter who participated in an operation to rescue tourists, died on Tuesday, after he fell from a relative high height. The 52-year-old man fell from a height and was fatally injured during an operation to provide assistance to two tourists, hikers, in an area near Sianna on the island of Rhodes. […]
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A 82-year-old man was reportedly beaten to death by a 76-year-old man during a argument over a sunbed in a popular organized beach in Vouliagmeni in Athens Riviera on Sunday. According to initial information, the 76-year-old who was accompanied with a 21-year-old woman argued with the victim over the sunbed. Quickly the situation went out […]
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Se la banca centrale è come l’autista di un autobus, allora lo spazio fiscale si può interpretare come una cintura di sicurezza. Nell’Eurozona il volante è unico, affidato alla Bce, ma le cinture sono tante quante i paesi membri. Quali sono le conseguenze?
L'articolo Nell’Eurozona l’autobus è uno solo, le cinture fiscali no proviene da Lavoce.info.
A Phantom F-4 fighter jet of the Greek Air Force crashed during the air show of the Athens Flying Week in Tanagra north-western Athens at noon on Saturday, September 5, 2026. +++ One hour after the crash and it is still not known whether the pilot and the co-pilot survived the crash. +++ It is […]
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Two people have died and at least nine suffered burn injuries during the wildfire that broke on the island of Salamina close to Athens in the early afternoon on Sunday, August 16, 2016. The fire allegedly broke out in two fronts in Peristeria and Selinia within 15 minutes. According to initial information, the first fire […]
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