Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor died on March 23 from congestive heart failure, USAtoday.com is reporting. Taylor, who had been hospitalized at L.A.’s Cedars Sinai Hospital for the past two months, was 79. She went public with her heart failure diagnosis in November 2004. Taylor tweeted in October 2009 that she was having a new procedure done to repair her heart. The procedure involved using a clip device to repair her valve, so that she could avoid open heart surgery. Her heart failure was agitated by several other ailments, including spinal fractures and scoliosis. She was confined to a wheelchair in recent months due to the constant pain she endured from…

“Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” star Jane Russell has died at the age of 89, according to various sources.Russell was known as the brunette Marilyn Monroe with whom she co-starred with in “Blondes”. Russell was discovered by Howard Hughes and starred in his film “The Outlaws”, filmed in 1941. On the poster, she is shown with her top hanging over her shoulder, exposing not only her shoulder, but cleavage, something that was highly distasteful during the 1940s. In fact, the film was denied release because it violated the Hayes Office code of decency. A toned-down version of the film was finally released in 1943, but between that time, Russell’s name became known…

A 52-year-old male security guard working on the CBS show ‘NCIS’ died on February 9 after a man driving a production passenger van lost control of the vehicle and smashed into the set, TMZ is reporting. Police are confirming that the 60-year-old driver suffered a medical emergency while he was driving. The security guard, who was in critical condition on the set, was transported to a nearby hospital. However, he died from his injuries shortly after arriving at the hospital. While the accident is still under investigation, CBS has released a statement, confirming it is “cooperating with the local authorities in Santa Claria to help determine what caused this terrible…

Rock guitarist Gary Moore, who rose to fame as a member of the influential Irish band Thin Lizzy, has been found dead, The Huffington Post is reporting. His manager, Adam Parsons, confirmed to the BBC that the musician’s body was discovered on February 5 at his Spanish hotel on the Costa del Sol, where he was vacationing. The cause of Moore’s death is not immediately known. Moore’s former Thin Lizzy bandmate, drummer Brian Bowney, said his death is a total shock. The group’s guitarist, Scott Gorham, said Moore was “a great player and a great guy.” The group had hits in the 1970s with such songs as ‘The Boys are…

The news broke over Twitter early this morning that famed film composer John Barry died Sunday, according to his family. According to various sources, Barry died of a heart attack. He was 77 years old. The first person outside of the family to tell the news about Barry’s death was film composer David G. Arnold. In his tweet, he wrote, “it was with a heavy heart that i tell you John Barry passed away this morning.” Barry was an Oscar-winning film composer whose jazzy style made his music one of the signature sounds of the 1960s, creating music for films such as British New Wave film “The Knack…and How to…

Channeling Heath Ledger’s role of the joker in the Dark Knight, Mary Magdalan puts her most psychotic face on in her latest music video, “The Dark Passenger.” The music video combines three songs from Mary Magdalan’s double album R.I.P., which dropped in 2009. The fast-paced mini movie resembles the extreme close-ups seen in The Blair Witch Project, just with more alarming make-up. The female Ozzy Osbourne is quirky, evil, dangerous and promiscuous. Despite her terrorizing qualities, she harbors the ability to lure you in. Embodying elements of horror films, “The Dark Passenger” strongly correlates to one of the most epic of the genre, The Ring. The video is too tempting…

According to Manitoba radio station CJOB 68, Canadian comedian and actor Leslie Nielsen passed away today from complications due to pneumonia in a hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Perhaps best known for his roles in The Naked Gun, Airplane! and Creepshow, Leslie starred in over fifty movies and many more television shows. Here’s a statement from his agent; “We are sadden by the passing of beloved actor Leslie Nielsen, probably best remembered as Lt. Frank Drebin in THE NAKED GUN series of pictures, but who enjoyed a more than 60 year career in motion pictures and television.” Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more.

Actor Tony Curtis died in his Las Vegas home on September 29, Entertainment Tonight is reporting. The star of such movies as ‘Sweet Smell of Success’ and ‘Some Like It Hot’ died from cardiac arrest at 9:25 pm MDT, Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy said. The 85-year-old actor’s estranged daughter, actress Jamie Lee Curtis, confirmed the news to the entertainment show. In 1958, Curtis received his only Academy Award nomination for his role in ‘The Defiant Ones.’  In response to his later snubs from the Academy, Curtis told the Washington Post in 2002 that “My happiness and privilege is that my audience around the world is supportive of me, so…

Kevin McCarthy, who rose to fame in the 1950s after playing a doctor in the original science-fiction classic ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers,’ died on September 11, Popeater.com is reporting. Cape Cod Hospital spokesman Dave Riley confirmed the news, but wouldn’t give any other details. The movie is remembered mainly for McCarthy’s performance as a doctor trying to save his community from aliens. He walked around his small town, warning people “You’re next!” as aliens took over the bodies of everyone on Earth. While the 96-year-old actor had a successful acting career, as he starred in multiple other movies, on television shows and in theater, he still garnered the most…

Rich Cronin, who rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the boy band LFO, suffered from a stroke on September 8 and died in the hospital, TMZ is reporting. The confirmation came from Cronin’s brother, who also said the stroke was linked to Rich’s battle with acute myelogenous leukemia. Cronin was diagnosed with leukemia in 2005, but had been in remission several times. He later started the Rich Cronin Hope Foundation to raise awareness about the disease, and to encourage people to donate bone marrow. LFO had two top 10 Billboard hits off its 1999 self-titled debut album, including its most famous song, ‘Summer Girls.’…