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Another sad passing to report from Hollywood. Mike Connors best known for his television role as private investigator Joe Mannix has died.

Actor Miguel Ferrer died yesterday after a battle with throat cancer. He was only 61 years old.

Longtime professional wrestler Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka passed away on Sunday. He was 73 years old.

Country star Alan Jackson shared some sad news today that his mother, Mrs. Ruth Music "Mama Ruth" Jackson, passed away at the age of 86. She died peacefully at her home in Newnan, Georgia.

The actor who played Father John Mulcahy on the award-winning TV show M*A*S*H has died. William Christopher passed away in his home on New Year's Eve.

2016 was the year we lost some of our favorite Hollywood celebrities, but it was also a year that took away many of our prominent local figures.

Beloved actress Carrie Fisher has passed away at age 60, after suffering a heart attack earlier this week.

Another Hollywood death to report as actress Tricia Lynn McCauley, who most notably appeared in "Step Up", was found dead in her car after disappearing on Christmas Day.

According to the BBC via his publicist, singer George Michael has died at the age of 53.

More sad news to report as Valerie Fairman, who starred on MTV's "16 And Pregnant" show back in 2010, is dead. She was only 23.

The well-known celebrity died on Sunday from heart failure. She was 99 years old.

Craig Sager, the popular NBA sideline reporter for Turner Sports known for his colorful blazers, has died after battling leukemia. He was 65.

As 2016 seems to be an unendingly cruel mistress, another beloved TV parent has left us behind. Alan Thicke, actor behind Growing Pains patriarch Jason Seaver has passed away at age 69. The acclaimed sitcom star had only days earlier made a surprise cameo in the second season of Netflix’s Fuller House.

Mark Gray, a former member of Exile and the songwriter behind Alabama's No. 1 hits "The Closer You Get" and "Take Me Down," died on Dec. 2. He was 64.

Florence Henderson aka Carol Brady of the Brady Bunch has died.

Country singer Holly Dunn has lost her battle with ovarian cancer.

Gwen Ifill, veteran PBS journalist and co-anchor of the network's "NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, passed away yesterday of cancer. She was 61.

Baby boomers have lost another old friend. Rock 'n Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell has passed away at the age of 74.

Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general, died early on Monday. She was 78.

Veteran comedian and actor Kevin Meaney passed away on Friday at his New York City home.