Corman, who spotted and nurtured the talent of Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Ellen Burstyn and legions of other Hollywood household names, died Thursday at age 98, his family said.

Known as the “King of the Bs,” Corman created cult classics including “Little Shop of Horrors” in 1960 and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” in 1957. In addition to the actors he plucked who went on to rise to the top of their craft, Corman hired and mentored directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, James Cameron and Martin Scorsese. Corman received an honorary Academy Award in 2009.

His family said he died at his home in Santa Monica, Calif.

“He was generous, open-hearted and kind to all those who knew him,” his wife and daughters said in a statement. “When asked how he would like to be remembered, he said, ‘I was a filmmaker, just that.’”

Born in Detroit, Corman grew up in Beverly Hills, earning an engineering degree and serving for three years in the Navy before circling back to Hollywood. His film career began in 1955, going on to produce and direct movies such as “Black Scorpion,” “Bucket of Blood” and “Bloody Mama.” He also adapted stories by Edgar Allan Poe and relished the controversy that greeted such endeavors as 1967’s “The Trip,” starring Peter Fonda as a man tripping on acid.

Corman is survived by his film producer wife, Julie Halloran, and children Catherine, Roger, Brian and Mary.

To the Hollywood heavyweights whose careers he helped launch, Corman was much more than a filmmaker.

Actor and director Ron Howard remembered him for helping him transition from child star to multifaceted director by hiring him for his first directing job, the 1977 action comedy “Grand Theft Auto,” and for expanding opportunities for women.

“Roger not only mentored a couple of generations of high-profile filmmakers, but he also opened doors to many on the production side who were struggling to find career paths in the industry,” Howard said in a statement. “When I was working for Roger, he had far more women in positions of authority throughout his company and various movie departments than any other studio at that time.”

Among them was film and television producer Gale Anne Hurd, known these days for “The Walking Dead,” “Mankiller” and a host of other productions.

“Roger Corman was my very first boss, my lifetime mentor and my hero,” she wrote on X. “Roger was one of the greatest visionaries in the history of cinema. I am absolutely devastated by his loss and send my love and deepest condolences to the Corman family.”

Martin Scorsese long credited Corman with helping frame his approach to filming.

“The one thing I learned from Roger was total preparation,” the director said in a 2015 interview with the Film Screen Archive. “I’ve never seen anybody be so extraordinary in pacing a picture and knowing the audience that it’s for.”

Tributes poured in for Corman as news of his death traveled.

“It was my privilege to know him. He was a great friend. He shaped my childhood with science fiction movies and Edgar [Allan] Poe epics,” John Carpenter, who directed “Halloween,” “The Thing” and other classic horror and action films, wrote on X. “I’ll miss you, Roger.”

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Hill’s death Sunday was confirmed by his agent, Lou Coulson, who did not give a cause. The actor’s fiancée Alison and son Gabriel were by his side, Coulson said.

Born in 1944 in Manchester, England, Hill starred in the 1982 BBC drama miniseries “Boys from the Blackstuff,” in which his Yosser Hughes’ cry “gizza job” (give us a job) became a national catchphrase. He played Sergeant Putnam in “Ghandhi” and acted in numerous British series during the 1970s and 1980s. His 50-year career included starring turns in two of the three highest Oscar-winning movies of all time.

In 1997 his Captain Edward Smith, one of the few characters in “Titanic” to be based on an actual person, opted to go down with the ship rather than snag a lifeboat spot. The film won 11 Oscars, a number later matched by LOTR’s “Return of the King.” Hill appeared in “The Two Towers,” the second “Lord of the Rings” film, and then rallied his weary, outnumbered troops to battle in the third.

Hill died the day the second season of “The Responder,” in which he plays the father of protagonist Martin Freeman, began airing on BBC One.

“Bernard Hill blazed a trail across the screen, and his long-lasting career filled with iconic and remarkable roles is a testament to his incredible talent,” BBC Drama director Lindsay Salt said in a statement. “We feel truly honored to have worked with Bernard at the BBC.”

Hill was due to appear at Comic Con Liverpool on Saturday, according to BBC News, but had abruptly canceled. The organizers said they were “heartbroken to hear the news.”

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Not much changed after Regan retired from the FDNY. He no longer wore a helmet or rode in a noisy truck, but in his new career as a political operative he still had to put out a lot of fires.

From the mourners who filled Our Lady of Angels Church in Brooklyn for Regan’s funeral on Wednesday came plenty of stories about Regan’s feats in the world of politics.

As Gov. Hugh Carey’s right hand man, rarely did Regan disappoint, they said.

One of his first challenges came on Carey’s first day as governor in 1975. Regan’s job was to get the finished inaugural speech to Carey, but state troopers wouldn’t let Regan into the chamber.

After Regan tried to push his way through, a trooper threatened him with arrest, according to William Cunningham, a next generation political operative, who recounted several colorful anecdotes of the Regan legacy.

“That would be great,” Regan replied to the trooper. “That’s the only excuse the governor will accept from me when I tell him why he didn’t get his speech.”

Another tale involved Carey and the Yankees, and a bid to get Carey an enviable photo op.

The occasion was a Canyon of Heroes parade for the Yankees, who had just won the 1978 World Series, thanks to slugger Reggie Jackson’s three home runs in the final three games.

While Mayor Ed Koch was  hobnobbing with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, Regan managed to maneuver Carey, who was running for re-election, next to Jackson.

Home run.

“Tom was the guy in the midst of chaos sorting things out for the governor,” said Cunningham, who went on to become communications director for Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “Give him an opening, and he’s going to put his shoulder in there.”

Regan’s relationship with Carey began while Carey was still a congressman representing Brooklyn’s Park Slope, and Regan was still a firefighter in Brooklyn’s Ladder 105. Regan spent 11 years with the FDNY before joining Carey’s team full time when he became governor.

“He was a very, very focused guy,” Cunningham said. “Whatever spare time he had when he was not fighting fires, he would volunteer with Congressman Carey.”

Cunningham said Regan had good political instincts. After a bill signing in 1972, a photographer got a picture of Carey with Republican President Richard Nixon. Some staffers thought the picture would help the congressman with conservative voters, but Regan thought it would do more damage with his liberal base.

So when the picture appeared the next day in the Daily News, Regan did what any protective staffer would do. He got up early and bought all the newspapers in the neighborhood.

He later teamed with consultant David Garth and helped Giuliani get elected mayor.

“He did extraordinary things, and his network was beyond what anyone could understand,” said Regan’s nephew, Michael Regan, a former first deputy fire commissioner. “The bigger the challenge, the better he was at it.”

Matt Kane, the director of media and talent for the series, announced the news Friday night, confirming that Adams died in Los Angeles on Thursday. No cause of death was disclosed.

An outpouring of love and support quickly followed online.

“On behalf of the entire company of ‘The Young and the Restless,’ we send our deepest sympathies to Marla’s family,” Josh Griffith, executive producer and head writer of ‘Y&R,’ said in a statement. “We’re so grateful and in awe of Marla’s incredible performance as Dina Mergeron as both Marla and Dina made an unforgettable mark.”

“The earth stopped turning for a moment when my Marla passed to eternity,” wrote follow ‘Y&R’ star Beth Maitland, who portrays Traci Abbott, one of Dina’s daughters on the show.

“Marla Adams, you will be greatly missed. Thankful to be a part of this sweet Abbott family,” wrote Melissa Ordway, who plays Dina’s granddaughter, Abby. Eileen Davidson — Abby’s mom and Dina’s other daughter, Ashley — shared Melissa’s post on her own Instagram Story.

Adams, who starred in more than 50 screen projects over the course of her career, first got her start in 1961, working alongside Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty in Elia Kazan’s Oscar-winning film “Splendor in the Grass.”

She went on play small roles in TV series including “General Hospital,” “The Secret Storm,” “Starsky and Hutch” and “The Love Boat,” before landing the gig that would eventually define her career.

Adams joined “The Young and the Restless” in 1982, acting in roughly 70 episodes until 2008. She returned for a fulltime role in 2018, and went on to appear in more than 230 episodes.

Following her return, her character was revealed to be suffering from Alzheimer’s. In 2021, Adams’ work in the role earned her a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

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“I was the b—h of daytime,” she said in a 2016 interview with OC Daily, citing the scheming Dina and her villainess character Belle Clemens on “The Secret Storm.”

Prior to her TV work, Adams starred on Broadway in 1958’s “The Visit,” alongside Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

In the late 1980s through the 1990s, she appeared in series such as “Generations,” “The Bold and the Beautiful,” and “Golden Girls.”

In 1999, she starred in 50 episodes of “Days of Our Lives” as Claire, the mother of Ali McIntyre.

Adams is survived by her children Pam Oates and Gunnar Garat, her grandchildren Gefjon and Stone, and great-grandson Remi.

A cause of death was not given, though his daughter, Sulome Anderson, said he had recently had heart surgery before dying Sunday at his home in Greenwood Lake, New York.

Anderson was AP’s chief Middle East correspondent when he was snatched at gunpoint from the streets of Beirut in 1985 by members of the Shiite Muslim group that would become Hezbollah. He was released in 1991 after nearly seven years of beatings, torture, death threats and other brutality. His captors chained him to a wall, held guns to his head and stuck him in solitary confinement. It was an ordeal he would chronicle in his 1993 memoir “Den of Lions.”

When Archbishop of Canterbury Terry Waite arrived to try and negotiate the journalist’s release, he was taken hostage, too.

Anderson gave as good as he got, demanding better treatment and food, debating politics and religion with those holding him prisoner, and teaching his fellow hostages ways to communicate without their tormentors knowing, AP said.

When he was finally released, his colleagues at the newswire’s New York City headquarters showered him with a hero’s welcome.

“He never liked to be called a hero, but that’s what everyone persisted in calling him,” said his daughter, whose mother had been six months pregnant with her when her father was snatched.

He returned to Lebanon five years after his release to make an hourlong CNN film, “A Return to the Lion’s Den,” about the country’s strides toward rebuilding after 16 years of civil war.

After returning to the States, Anderson suffered from PTSD. He spent years as a journalism professor, public speaker, restaurateur and bar owner, among other pursuits. He also advocated for causes such as the Vietnam Children’s Fund and the Committee to Protect Journalists, according to The Wall Street Journal.

He and Sulome were estranged until she visited Lebanon and confronted some of his kidnappers, publishing her own acclaimed book, “The Hostage’s Daughter,” in 2017.

While Anderson married her mother, Madeleine Bassil, after his return, they divorced a few years later. Married and divorced two other times besides that, the journalist is also survived by another daughter, Gabrielle Anderson, from his first marriage, and by a sister and brother.

“Though my father’s life was marked by extreme suffering during his time as a hostage in captivity, he found a quiet, comfortable peace in recent years,” Sulome Anderson told CNN.

“I saw him a week ago, and my partner asked him if he had anything on his bucket list, anything that he wanted to do,” she told AP. “He said, ‘I’ve lived so much and I’ve done so much. I’m content.’ ”

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She was surrounded by loved ones at her home in Rutherford, Calif., according to statement released by her family. A cause of death was not given.

Coppola was the matriarch of a family of filmmakers, helping to raise three children who all became involved in the family business as she continued to chronicle their films.

“I may hold the world’s record for the person who has made the most documentaries about their family directing films,” she once said.

In her 2008 memoir, “Notes on a Life,” she wrote, “I am an observer at heart, who has the impulse to record what I see around me.”

The family said Eleanor recently completed her third memoir, which has not yet been released.

Eleanor’s oldest child, son Gian-Carlo, served as a background actor in many of his father’s films and had begun doing second-unit photography before his death at the age of 22 — the result of a tragic boating accident in 1986. His fiancée, Jacqui de la Fontaine, was pregnant at the time with their daughter, Gia.

Eleanor’s other son, 58-year-old Roman Coppola, has directed two feature films, including “CQ,” which premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. He currently serves as the president of his father’s production company, American Zoetrope.

Daughter Sofia Coppola, 52, has become a prolific director and screenwriter, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for her 2003 film “Lost in Translation.” Her most recent project, 2023’s “Priscilla,” follows the life of Priscilla Presley and her complicated relationship with Elvis. Sofia dedicated the film to her mother.

“I don’t know what the family has given except I hope they’ve set an example of a family encouraging each other in their creative process whatever it may be,” Eleanor said in an interview from 2017. “It happens in our family that everyone chose to sort of follow in the family business. We weren’t asking them to or expecting them to, but they did. At one point Sofia said, ‘The nut does not fall far from the tree.’”

Sofia Coppola

Eleanor spent her childhood in Orange County, Calif., and later studied design at UCLA. She met Francis while serving as an assistant art director on his first film, “Dementia 13″ (1963). They married in Las Vegas the same year the movie was released.

Eleanor is survived by her husband; Roman and his three children; Sofia and her two children; and granddaughter Gia Coppola and her son.

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Park’s agency Xanadu Entertainment confirmed the news on Friday.

“Our hearts are deeply troubled as we deliver this sudden news to her fans. A wake and funeral proceedings will be scheduled after a discussion with the singer’s family,” the agency said in a statement to AllKPop.

The outlet reported Park was discovered unconscious and slumped over a bathroom sink by one of her friends, who attempted to perform CPR. She was then taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead roughly an hour later.

Multiple outlets reported Park had been drinking earlier in the night with her friends.

Police are now investigating her exact cause of death and are requesting an autopsy with the National Forensic Service.

Park first rose to prominence during her appearance on Mnet’s “SuperStar K2” competition show in 2010, finishing in eighth place. Four years later, she released her first solo single, called “Beautiful,” which climbed to No. 2 on Korea’s Circle Digital Chart.

She would go on to win the Artist of the Year Award at the Gaon Chart K-POP Awards, and has since released several other chart-topping songs, including “Celepretty,” “Pretty Bae,” “Sorry,” “Ordinary Love,” “Will Be Fine,” “Dynamic Love” and “If You.”

In February, Park shared a new duet with “SuperStar K2” champion Huh Gak. She was expected to release a new studio album later this summer.

No cause of death was given by his family, who confirmed his passing to New York’s Hot 97, the birthplace of his career in the 1990s.

“As a family at HOT 97 and WBLS, we’re deeply saddened by the passing of our beloved Mister Cee,” HOT 97 said in a statement on Wednesday. “He wasn’t just a DJ; he was a pillar of our stations, bringing joy to countless listeners with his legendary Throwback at Noon and Friday Night Live sets.”

Born Calvin LeBrun in 1966, Mister Cee rose up to become one of the most prominent DJs in New York City, most notably as the official DJ for his high school buddy Big Daddy Kane, and for helping launch the career of The Notorious B.I.G. All three hailed from the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.

During his 21 years at Hot 97, Mister Cee not only influenced radio culture but also helped kickstart the careers of Jay Z, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, and other well-known R&B and hip-hop artists, the radio station noted. His Hot 97 show “Throwback at Noon” was among the most popular in that time slot.

Stints at 94.7 The Block and Rock the Bells on SiriusXM followed his Hot 97 tenure, the station’s statement said.

Tributes poured in for Mister Cee as the news of his death spread.

“R.I.P to the legend MR. Cee,” 50 Cent wrote on social media.

Hot 97 host Peter Rosenberg was bereft.

“We have lost the iconic Mister Cee,” Rosenberg wrote on X. “I listened to him yesterday and am in complete shock. He was a dear friend to all of us, a wonderful man, and one of the most important and impactful DJs of all time. I love you Cee.”

The radio station’s statement emphasized the ripple effect of Mister Cee’s reign as well.

“Mr. Cee’s influence stretched far beyond the airwaves, shaping the very fabric of NYC’s DJ culture,” Hot 97 said. “Our hearts are heavy as we send our love and condolences to his family and the fans whose lives he touched through his music. Rest easy, Mr. Cee. Your legacy will live forever.”

“Sometimes you’re only here for what seems like a short time. But when you make the most of it, life is truly something out of this world!” Skip Dillard, brand manager at 94.7, said in a statement. “DJ Mister Cee did just that. He has passed away, but leaves a legacy none of us privileged to have worked with him will EVER forget. Rest in peace my friend. We’ll be there for your family and millions of fans.”

Walsh’s manager Sandy Joseph confirmed that he died at Kerbs Memorial Hospital in St. Albans, Vt., the same state where the actor was raised after being born in Ogdensburg, N.Y., in 1935.

He would make his screen debut in the 1969 film “Alice’s Restaurant” and ultimately appeared in over 220 film and television roles in addition to theatre roles.

His Broadway debut also came in 1969, when he starred alongside Al Pacino in “Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?”

Highlights of his film career included playing Harrison Ford’s boss in “Blade Runner,” Ridley Scott’s 1982 science fiction cult classic, and his supporting role in “Blood Simple” the Cohen Brothers’ 1984 crime film.

Walsh’s performance in the latter garnered praise from film critic Pauline Kael, who claimed he was the film’s “only colorful performer. He lays on the loathsomeness, but he gives it a little twirl — a sportiness.”

He also portrayed Dermot Mulroney’s father in the 1997 rom-com “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and appeared in notable films from the 70s including “Little Big Man,” “What’s Up, Doc?,” “Slap Shot” and “The Jerk.”

With other credits that include popular movies like “Twilight,” “Back to School,” “Raising Arizona” and “Fletch,” critic Roger Ebert was inspired to coin what he called the “Stanton-Walsh Rule.”

Ebert maintained that any film which included either Walsh or Harry Dean Stanton could not be altogether bad, although he admitted the rule was not perfect.

On television, Walsh racked up numerous guest-star roles in series such as “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Frasier,” “NYPD Blue” and “The X-Files” and was a series regular on “Sneaky Pete” and “The Mind of the Married Man.”

Walsh was honored with the Carney Life Achievement Award in 2018 at the Carney Awards, also known as the Character Actors Hall of Fame.

He is survived by his nephew Kevin Walsh (Renee), niece Meagan Walsh and grandnephews Elliot and Emmet.

His cause of death was a heart attack, a rep for the actor confirmed.

Lewis announced in April of last year that he’d been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and was retiring from stand-up comedy. At the time, he had recently wrapped the 12th and final season of “Curb” — currently airing on HBO.

Lewis previously missed filming most of the 11th season of the sitcom while recovering from a series of surgeries.

Born in Brooklyn on June 29, 1947, Lewis was raised in New Jersey and later studied marketing at Ohio State. After graduating, he moved back to New York City to work as an advertising copywriter by day and perform at open mics by night.

He developed his trademark neurotic and self-deprecating style during that time, touching on subjects like his alcohol abuse and struggles with mental health.

Lewis was discovered by comedian David Brenner while performing in the early 1970s at a club in Greenwich Village. Brenner offered to help a young Lewis launch his career, introducing him to others in the industry and landing him his first spot on “The Tonight Show.”

By 1975, publications including the Daily News were naming Lewis among the “new breed” of comedians, alongside the likes of Richard Pryor, George Carlin and Andy Kaufman.

On top of appearances on late-night talk shows, Lewis was also beamed into people’s homes in several stand-up specials, including 1985’s “I’m in Pain” and 1997’s “Magical Misery Tour,” the latter of which has been hailed as his best show of all time.

Between 1989 and 1992, he starred alongside Jamie Lee Curtis in the ABC sitcom “Anything But Love” and served as a celebrity spokesman for adult-aimed juice box brand Boku, appearing in a number of offbeat ads.

He also popped up in a variety of films, including Mel Brooks’ “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” (playing the feckless Prince John) and “Leaving Las Vegas.” In 1994, he starred in the comedy-western “Wagons East” alongside John Candy, whose untimely death earlier that year partly inspired Lewis to get sober. In turn, Jamie Lee Curtis credits Lewis for her own sobriety.

“I’ve devoted my life to comedy and my sobriety the last almost 27 years,” he told Variety in 2021.

However, it was “Curb Your Enthusiasm” that arguably gave Lewis his biggest stage, a new audience and the chance to work with lifelong friend Larry David. He appeared in more than 40 episodes of the series over 24 years, including the 2000 pilot.

A recent episode featured Lewis and David arguing about putting each other in their wills before deciding to get healthier and outlive each other out of spite.

“Richard and I were born three days apart in the same hospital and for most of my life he’s been like a brother to me,” David said in a statement Wednesday. “He had that rare combination of being the funniest person and also the sweetest. But today he made me sob and for that I’ll never forgive him.”

Lewis is survived by his wife, Joyce Lapinsky, to whom he was married since 2005.