(RNS) — This week, a federal judge dismissed the final claim in an ongoing defamation lawsuit filed by former Southern Baptist President Johnny Hunt. Hunt, a former megachurch pastor in Georgia, was ...

Arlene Smith, an original member of the pop R&B girl group The Chantels who co-wrote and sang lead on the classic 1957 hit “Maybe,” has died at the age of 84. One of her friends confirmed to The ...

“Even at such a young age, she had a special way of looking after others,” Bartow County School System said in tribute to the late student, Emersyn Bridgers Gofundme Emersyn Bridgers, 6, tragically ...

2026 has delivered some heavy losses to the country music community and the larger music world. Dolly Parton is perhaps the best-known country music artist that we lost in 2026 so far. Parton's nephew ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Below, we look back at the celebrities we lost in 2026, listed in alphabetical order. Scott Adams, 68 ...

Hayden Panettiere, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Aaron Carter and Cameron Boyce are just a few of Hollywood’s child stars whose lives ended far too soon Alexandra Schonfeld is a staff editor at PEOPLE. She ...

In memory of the celebrities who have died this year, including Robert Redford, Val Kilmer, Michelle Trachtenberg, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Diane Keaton, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and more.