celebrity deaths

Kenneth Mitchell, known for roles on “Star Trek: Discovery” and “Captain Marvel” and the husband of actress Susan May Pratt, has passed away after a battle with ALS.

Catherine “Kasha” Rigby, a renowned U.S. telemark, big mountain and expedition skier, has been killed in an avalanche in Kosovo.

Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, facing-off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Predator” and teaching golf in “Happy Gilmore,” has died. He was 76.

Chita Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story.”

New York City-based dancer Órla Baxendale has tragically died after eating a mislabeled cookie containing undisclosed peanuts.

David Gail, who played Stuart Carson on “Beverly Hills, 90210” and also appeared on other ’90s shows such as the “General Hospital” spinoff “Port Charles,” has died, according to multiple outlets. He was 58.

Adan Canto’s notable roles include Vice President-elect Aaron Shore on “Designated Survivor,” Colombian politician Rodrigo Lara Bonilla on “Narcos,” and the mutant Sunspot in “X-Men: Days of Future Past.”

“Baby-Sitters Club” actor Christian Oliver’s wife Jessica Klepser paid tribute to her late husband and two daughters after they died in a plane crash in the Caribbean.

Mario Zagallo, who won two World Cups as a player, one as a coach and another as an assistant coach for Brazil, died at the age of 92.

Actor Christian Oliver, his two young daughters and one other person were killed in a plane crash on Jan. 4 in the Caribbean.

David Soul, the actor who earned fame as the blond half of crime-fighting duo “Starsky and Hutch,” has died at the age of 80.

Les McCann, a jazz titan best known for his performance with musical partner Eddie Harris of the protest song “Compared to What,” has died at age 88, his manager said Sunday.

Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor known for his roles in “The Full Monty,” “Michael Clayton” and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” has died at age 75, according to his family.

The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Tom Smothers died Tuesday following a cancer battle.

Kamar De los Reyes died after a brief battle with cancer, according to his wife’s publicist.

Nick Carter’s sister Bobbie Jean Carter has died at age 41 more than a year after the death of their brother Aaron Carter.

Laura Lynch, one of the founding members of the country band The Chicks, died in a car crash in Texas.