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A hit and run accident during SXSW 2014 has claimed a third victim.

L'Wren Scott, Mick Jagger's longtime girlfriend, died of an apparent suicide.

Comedian Tim Wilson died of an apparent heart attack on Wednesday (Feb. 26). The 52-year-old was known nationwide, but especially among country crowds who appreciated the comedy of Larry the Cable Guy, Ron White and Jeff Foxworthy.

Sid Caesar, one of the most beloved, respected and influential comic voices of all time, has passed away today at the age of 91.

Shirley Temple, an iconic child star and the former US ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, died February 10 in her home in California surrounded by her family and caregivers. She was 85.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, a towering icon of modern cinema, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment today according to the Wall Street Journal and New York Post. He was 46 years old.

Steve Fromholz -- a singer-songwriter who penned songs recorded by Willie Nelson, John Denver, Lyle Lovett and others -- was killed in a freak hunting accident over the weekend. He was an admired Texas artist, named the official poet laureate of the Lone Star State back in 2007.

The autopsy report for Wayne Mills of Wayne Mills Band have been released following the singer's Nov. 23 death. He was shot after having an altercation with a Nashville bar owner. Pit and Barrel's Chris Ferrell allegedly shot the singer and is citing self-defense.

Russell Johnson, the veteran TV actor best known for playing Professor Roy Hinkley on 'Gilligan's Island,' passed away from kidney failure on Thursday. He was 89.

Dave Madden, beloved star of the classic television series 'The Partridge Family,' has passed away at the age of 83. Madden played the role of the family's oft put-upon band manager Reuben Kincaid, who often was annoyed by the shenanigans of young Danny, played by former child star Danny Bonaduce. Madden was also the star of the '70s show 'Laugh-In.'

The obsession with our phones is reaching deadly proportions.

We think that talking or texting during a movie is the epitome of rudeness and shouldn't be tolerated in any way. While we fully support hushing and zero-tolerance policies that eject talkers from theaters, we draw the line at physical violence and we imagine that even the most ardent movie fans would agree. Well, it turns out that one man thought even more strongly about this than we did and took