Kevin Conroy, the voice actor whose distinct voice will forever be synonymous with Batman after voicing the character on “Batman: The Animated Series” and a number of other Batman projects, has died. He was 66.
In a statement to Et, a spokesperson for Warner Bros. Animation said the production company is “saddened by the loss of our dear friend Kevin Conroy.” The statement continued, “His iconic performance of Batman will forever stand among the greatest portrayals of the Dark Knight in any medium. We send our warmest thoughts to his loved ones and join fans around the world in honoring his legacy.
DC Comics, the comic book publishing home of the Cape Crusader, announced Friday in a statement that Conroy died Thursday after a short battle with cancer. Conroy helmed Bruce Wayne’s voice in “Batman: The Animated Series” from 1992 to 1996. According to DC Comics, he’d go on to voice Batman in nearly 60 different productions,...
In a statement to Et, a spokesperson for Warner Bros. Animation said the production company is “saddened by the loss of our dear friend Kevin Conroy.” The statement continued, “His iconic performance of Batman will forever stand among the greatest portrayals of the Dark Knight in any medium. We send our warmest thoughts to his loved ones and join fans around the world in honoring his legacy.
DC Comics, the comic book publishing home of the Cape Crusader, announced Friday in a statement that Conroy died Thursday after a short battle with cancer. Conroy helmed Bruce Wayne’s voice in “Batman: The Animated Series” from 1992 to 1996. According to DC Comics, he’d go on to voice Batman in nearly 60 different productions,...
- 11/11/2022
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Roger Sexton, a contestant on the sixth season of the CBS reality series “Survivor”, has died. He was 76.
Sexton died on Oct. 27 after a battle with Lewy Body Dementia, his family confirmed to Deadline on Thursday.
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Sexton competed on “Survivor: The Amazon”, in 2002. As a retired Marine and Viet Nam Veteran, Sexton had a gruff and commanding demeanor that was divisive among some of his fellow contestants but also lead to early success for his tribe.
After becoming the de facto leader of his Tambaqui tribe, Sexton wound up getting voted off when the tribes merged and was the seventh person to get kicked off the game, after 21 days.
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“Survivor”‘s official Instagram account paid tribute to the former contestant, writing: “We are heartbroken to learn of the...
Sexton died on Oct. 27 after a battle with Lewy Body Dementia, his family confirmed to Deadline on Thursday.
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Sexton competed on “Survivor: The Amazon”, in 2002. As a retired Marine and Viet Nam Veteran, Sexton had a gruff and commanding demeanor that was divisive among some of his fellow contestants but also lead to early success for his tribe.
After becoming the de facto leader of his Tambaqui tribe, Sexton wound up getting voted off when the tribes merged and was the seventh person to get kicked off the game, after 21 days.
Read More: Jeff Cook, Co-Founder of Country Band Alabama, Dead at 73
“Survivor”‘s official Instagram account paid tribute to the former contestant, writing: “We are heartbroken to learn of the...
- 11/11/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
The 2022 CMA Awards were a mostly predictable affair with a few pleasant little surprises — and we’re so grateful for it. Between the maelstrom known as Ye, the upending of the already chaotic Twitter, and the high stakes of the midterms, there’s enough wacky shit afoot without having to endure some stupid drama unfolding on country music’s biggest night. Sorry Garth, but thank God for answered prayers.
With that in mind, the dream of the Nineties (and some even more distant decades) was alive in Nashville on Wednesday,...
With that in mind, the dream of the Nineties (and some even more distant decades) was alive in Nashville on Wednesday,...
- 11/10/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Luke Combs won his second Entertainer of the Year honor, and Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson were also double winners at tonight’s 56th annual Country Music Association Awards.
“I want to thank country music for making my dreams come true,” Combs said in accepting the top honors. “This is my fifth or sixth year being at this awards show, and country sounded a lot more country than it has in a long time,” he added.
The 56th annual Country Music Association Awards were presented tonight at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The telecast on ABC is tape-delayed to the West coast.
Combs also won Album of the Year for his Growin’ Up, while Jordan Davis and his songwriting team won Song of the Year for Buy Dirt.
Cody Johnson took home Single of the Year honors for ‘Til You Can’t, while Lainey Wilson was a double-winner, taking Best New...
“I want to thank country music for making my dreams come true,” Combs said in accepting the top honors. “This is my fifth or sixth year being at this awards show, and country sounded a lot more country than it has in a long time,” he added.
The 56th annual Country Music Association Awards were presented tonight at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The telecast on ABC is tape-delayed to the West coast.
Combs also won Album of the Year for his Growin’ Up, while Jordan Davis and his songwriting team won Song of the Year for Buy Dirt.
Cody Johnson took home Single of the Year honors for ‘Til You Can’t, while Lainey Wilson was a double-winner, taking Best New...
- 11/10/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Rock fans are mourning.
On Tuesday, Scottish hard rock band Nazareth announced the sad news on Instagram that frontman Dan McCafferty died at age 76.
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“This is the saddest announcement I ever had to make,” wrote bassist Pete Agnew. “Maryann and the family have lost a wonderful loving husband and father, I have lost my best friend and the world as lost on of the greatest singers who ever lived.”
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McCafferty was born in Dunfermline, Scotland in 1946, and was one of the founding members of Nazareth in 1968.
The band had a number of U.K. hits, including “Broken Down Angel”, which McCafferty co-wrote, as well as a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “This Flight Tonight”.
In 1975, they released the album Hair of the Dog, which included their only U.
On Tuesday, Scottish hard rock band Nazareth announced the sad news on Instagram that frontman Dan McCafferty died at age 76.
Read More: Alabama’s Jeff Cook Dead At 73 After Parkinson’s Battle
“This is the saddest announcement I ever had to make,” wrote bassist Pete Agnew. “Maryann and the family have lost a wonderful loving husband and father, I have lost my best friend and the world as lost on of the greatest singers who ever lived.”
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McCafferty was born in Dunfermline, Scotland in 1946, and was one of the founding members of Nazareth in 1968.
The band had a number of U.K. hits, including “Broken Down Angel”, which McCafferty co-wrote, as well as a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “This Flight Tonight”.
In 1975, they released the album Hair of the Dog, which included their only U.
- 11/9/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Jeff Cook, the Grammy-winning founding guitarist, keyboardist and fiddler of Alabama — one of the most successful country groups of all time, with had 33 No. 1 country hits, including 21 in a row — died Tuesday at his home in Destin, Fl, a band rep to the Associated Press. He was 73.
Cook had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2017.
Born on August 27, 1949, in Fort Payne, Al, Cook co-founded the band as in the early 1970s with his cousins — singer-guitarist Randy Owen and bassist Teddy Gentry — and drummer Bennett Vartanian. The group spent several summers playing in a Myrtle Beach, Sc, bar called The Bowery and renamed Alabama in 1977, the group broke through with “My Home’s in Alabama,” which peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs in 1980. That initial success launched the quartet to superstardom: Its next 21 singles all topped that that chart, save for a 1982 Christmas song.
“More than anything,...
Cook had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2017.
Born on August 27, 1949, in Fort Payne, Al, Cook co-founded the band as in the early 1970s with his cousins — singer-guitarist Randy Owen and bassist Teddy Gentry — and drummer Bennett Vartanian. The group spent several summers playing in a Myrtle Beach, Sc, bar called The Bowery and renamed Alabama in 1977, the group broke through with “My Home’s in Alabama,” which peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs in 1980. That initial success launched the quartet to superstardom: Its next 21 singles all topped that that chart, save for a 1982 Christmas song.
“More than anything,...
- 11/9/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Jeff Cook, founding member of country music supergroup Alabama, has died at age 73.
The group, which Cook founded alongside cousins Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, confirmed the sad news in a Facebook post on Tuesday, Nov. 8, revealing he’d passed away the previous day.
While Cook’s cause of death was not revealed, the band’s statement did note that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2012.
A multi-instrumentalist, Cook contributed lead guitar and fiddle to Alabama, which charted an astounding 36 No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including such hits as “Mountain Music”, “Jukebox in My Mind” and “I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why)”.
Alabama said goodbye to fans in a farewell tour that began in 2003 and extended until 2004, but reunited in 2011 for a benefit concert after a tornado devastated their home state and band namesake.
That one-off show led the band...
The group, which Cook founded alongside cousins Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, confirmed the sad news in a Facebook post on Tuesday, Nov. 8, revealing he’d passed away the previous day.
While Cook’s cause of death was not revealed, the band’s statement did note that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2012.
A multi-instrumentalist, Cook contributed lead guitar and fiddle to Alabama, which charted an astounding 36 No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including such hits as “Mountain Music”, “Jukebox in My Mind” and “I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why)”.
Alabama said goodbye to fans in a farewell tour that began in 2003 and extended until 2004, but reunited in 2011 for a benefit concert after a tornado devastated their home state and band namesake.
That one-off show led the band...
- 11/9/2022
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
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Guitarist Jeff Cook, who co-founded the successful country group Alabama and steered them up the charts with such hits as “Song of the South” and “Dixieland Delight,” has died. He was 73.
Cook had Parkinson’s disease and disclosed his diagnosis in 2017. He died Tuesday at his home in Destin, Florida, said Don Murry Grubbs, a representative for the band.
Tributes poured in from country stars, including Travis Tritt who called Cook “a great guy and one heckuva bass fisherman,” and Jason Aldean, who tweeted: ” I got a chance to perform with him multiple times over the years and I will never forget it.” Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, added: “Everything he did was rooted in his deep love of music, a love he shared with millions.”
As a guitarist, fiddle player and vocalist, Cook — alongside cousins...
Guitarist Jeff Cook, who co-founded the successful country group Alabama and steered them up the charts with such hits as “Song of the South” and “Dixieland Delight,” has died. He was 73.
Cook had Parkinson’s disease and disclosed his diagnosis in 2017. He died Tuesday at his home in Destin, Florida, said Don Murry Grubbs, a representative for the band.
Tributes poured in from country stars, including Travis Tritt who called Cook “a great guy and one heckuva bass fisherman,” and Jason Aldean, who tweeted: ” I got a chance to perform with him multiple times over the years and I will never forget it.” Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, added: “Everything he did was rooted in his deep love of music, a love he shared with millions.”
As a guitarist, fiddle player and vocalist, Cook — alongside cousins...
- 11/9/2022
- by Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jeff Cook, a founding member and lead guitarist of the country group Alabama, died Tuesday at his vacation home in Destin, Florida, after an extended illness. Cook’s representative confirmed the death. He was 73.
Born Jeffrey Alan Cook on Aug. 27, 1949, in Fort Payne, Alabama, his teenage musical ambitions would ultimately take him to the top of the country charts multiple times with Alabama classics like “Mountain Music,” “Take Me Down,” “Love in the First Degree,” and “Dixieland Delight.”
With his cousins, singer Randy Owen and bassist Teddy Gentry, Cook formed...
Born Jeffrey Alan Cook on Aug. 27, 1949, in Fort Payne, Alabama, his teenage musical ambitions would ultimately take him to the top of the country charts multiple times with Alabama classics like “Mountain Music,” “Take Me Down,” “Love in the First Degree,” and “Dixieland Delight.”
With his cousins, singer Randy Owen and bassist Teddy Gentry, Cook formed...
- 11/8/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
During a traffic stop in Centre, Alabama on Monday, bassist Teddy Gentry, a founding member of the country group Alabama, was arrested on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge.
The 70-year-old musician was only slightly inconvenienced by the detour, spending 30 minutes in the Cherokee County Jail after being booked and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
A spokesperson for the band declined to comment on the arrest to Associated Press, though shared that he was aware of the incident.
Gentry formed Alabama alongside his cousins Randy Owen and Jeff Cook back...
The 70-year-old musician was only slightly inconvenienced by the detour, spending 30 minutes in the Cherokee County Jail after being booked and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
A spokesperson for the band declined to comment on the arrest to Associated Press, though shared that he was aware of the incident.
Gentry formed Alabama alongside his cousins Randy Owen and Jeff Cook back...
- 9/13/2022
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
The iconic country rock band Alabama will soon be losing one of its founding members. Guitarist and fiddle player Jeff Cook is stepping away from touring with the band due to his struggle with Parkinson’s disease, which he announced publicly for the first time in a video statement for The Tennessean on Tuesday after originally being diagnosed four years ago.
“This disease robs you of your coordination, your balance, and causes tremors,” Cook said in his statement. “For me, this has made it extremely frustrating to try and play guitar, fiddle, or sing. I’ve tried not to burden...
“This disease robs you of your coordination, your balance, and causes tremors,” Cook said in his statement. “For me, this has made it extremely frustrating to try and play guitar, fiddle, or sing. I’ve tried not to burden...
- 4/11/2017
- by Christian Holub
- PEOPLE.com
You'll find shiny trophies and colorful guitars at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's new exhibit honoring Alabama. You'll even see a complete list of their astonishing 32 Billboard No. 1 hits. But one thing is noticeably scarce: their stage wear. Unless you count a pair of grimy, stained sneakers worn - or rather worn out - by bass guitarist Teddy Gentry. Yet those shoes go a long way in telling the story of the Hall of Famers, who soared in the '80s by blazing a Southern rock trail at a time when pop-country ruled the charts. In addition to forging a new sound,...
- 8/24/2016
- by Nancy Kruh
- PEOPLE.com
Fans of the band Alabama will want to start planning a trip to Nashville. The legendary band, who is currently on tour, will be featured in a new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum titled Alabama: Born Country. The exhibit will open on Aug. 25 and run through June 2017, and will feature musical instruments, performance clothing, awards, childhood mementos, tour memorabilia, photographs and more. "It's really a big deal to me and makes me feel so humble," Randy Owen tells People. Don't miss a beat of country music news, photos and videos! Click here to get all...
- 5/25/2016
- by Danielle Anderson, @dak5000
- PEOPLE.com
Alabama was on hand at the American Country Awards to receive the Greatest Hits award and to perform a medley of, well, their greatest hits. The medley included "Tennessee River," "If You're GOnna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" and "Mountain Music."
It made us flashback to being about six years old and listening to Alabama records with our dad. Their 1980s domination of country was incredible and we still love their music. Above, members Jeff Cook, Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry receive their Aca guitars.
We'll post video as soon as we have it, it was a terrific performance. The 'Bama boys still got it. And they are going on tour next year! Their "Comeback Tour" kicks off Feb. 28 in Houston. Jeff Cook says in a radio interview, "Alabama's agreed to do 15-20 shows next year, and possibly if that works out, we will...
It made us flashback to being about six years old and listening to Alabama records with our dad. Their 1980s domination of country was incredible and we still love their music. Above, members Jeff Cook, Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry receive their Aca guitars.
We'll post video as soon as we have it, it was a terrific performance. The 'Bama boys still got it. And they are going on tour next year! Their "Comeback Tour" kicks off Feb. 28 in Houston. Jeff Cook says in a radio interview, "Alabama's agreed to do 15-20 shows next year, and possibly if that works out, we will...
- 12/6/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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