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Charles Cyphers, best known for his role as Leigh Brackett in the Halloween films, died Sunday, August 4 from a brief illness in Tucson, Az, his manager Chris Roe confirmed to Deadline. He was 85.

“Charles was a lovable and sensitive man,” Roe said in a statement. “He always had the best stories, and you got a full performance while he told you. He was a close friend and client of many years who will be dearly missed.”

“His family asks for privacy at this time,” Roe added. “Details on a celebration of life ceremony will happen at a date and location to be determined.”

Cyphers worked extensively with Halloween‘s John Carpenter, first in the 1976 action film Assault on Precinct 13, in which he played Starker, one of the ill-fated police officers gunned down by gang members. He next appeared in Carpenter’s 1980 horror film The Fog, playing Dan O’Bannon, and...

Charles Cyphers, known for his role as Sheriff Leigh Brackett in the “Halloween” franchise, died from a brief illness in Tucson, Ariz., on Sunday, his manager Chris Roe announced. He was 85.

“Charles was a lovable and sensitive man,” Roe said in a statement shared with Variety. “He always had the best stories, and you got a full performance while he told you. He was a close friend and client on many years who will be dearly missed.”

Cyphers first played Sheriff Brackett in John Carpenter’s 1978 horror film “Halloween,” starring Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie in her film debut. He reprised his role in the 1981 sequel “Halloween II” and 2021’s “Halloween Kills.”

Cyphers initially worked with Carpenter on the 1976 action film “Assault on Precinct 13,” in which he played Starker, a police officer. After the original “Halloween,” he appeared in the filmmaker’s 1980 horror pic “The Fog” and 1981 film “Escape From New York.

Bob Ellison, the two-time Emmy Award winner who wrote for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and served as a game-saving creative/script consultant on Cheers, Wings, Becker and many other comedies, has died. He was 91.

He died April 8 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his business manager, Malcolm Orland, told The Hollywood Reporter. “He was a sweetheart and so good at what he did,” Orland said.

Ellison came from the world of variety shows, where he wrote and/or produced several specials that starred Julie Andrews and Burt Bacharach. He also co-developed the 1988-92 NBC sitcom Dear John, starring Judd Hirsch.

Ellison wrote 15 episodes and was an executive story editor during the last two of The Mary Tyler Moore Show’s seven seasons (from 1975-77). He shared an Emmy with Allan Burns, James L. Brooks, Ed. Weinberger, Stan Daniels and David Lloyd for the beloved series finale, “The Last Show.

Betty White’s career ran through practically the entire history of television. And before White died on Dec. 31 at the age of 99, her longevity was a tribute not merely to persistence but to the willingness of a classic Hollywood talent to be versatile and to adapt.

In moving from television in the 1940s and ’50s to late-in-life media stardom on contemporary sitcoms and on “Saturday Night Live” (with some plum movie roles in between), White was perennially able to shift gears. She brought the best of an irreducible public persona — sparkling and witty, even or especially as dim or deluded characters — to a breadth of projects that offered her chances to show different sides of her talent. Her gifts recalled the best of an era of Hollywood in which charm reigned supreme; placing those gifts in a modern context provided a counterpoint that keeps fans fascinated by White practically to the century mark.

Betty White has died at age 99. The beloved award-winning actor's close friend and agent, Jeff Witjas, confirmed the news in a statement to People on Dec. 31. "Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever," he said. "I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don't think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again."

Betty was just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday on Jan. 17. According to People, she was set to premiere her one-night-only movie special, Betty White: 100 Years Young - A Birthday Celebration, in honor of her centennial year - which was scheduled to be shown in 900 theaters nationwide on her birthday. Producers of the special have since confirmed that the event will proceed as planned on Jan.

“You know, being together every week is getting to be a very, very nice habit. I hope you’ll keep it up, will ya?”

This was Betty White’s line at the end of each episode of her very first sitcom, Life with Elizabeth, in which she and Del Moore played a married couple who kept stumbling into various hijinks. White first played Elizabeth in a series of sketches in Hollywood on Television, a local Los Angeles talk show that debuted in 1949. (When the sketches spun off into their own show in the early Fifties,...

Betty White’s acting career spanned decades. With her memorable starring roles in sitcoms such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls and Hot In Cleveland — along with scores of others — she captured the love and respect of audiences worldwide. Click on the image above to launch a photo gallery highlighting the most iconic roles of the Golden Girl who died Thursday at 99.

White launched her career in daytime talk shows and played bit parts on hit shows like Blondie (based on the comic strip) and This Is Your FBI. She produced (under her Bandy Productions banner) and starred in the comedy series Life With Elizabeth in the early 1950s and had her own NBC variety show, The Betty White Show in 1954.

Who can forget her as Rose Nyland on The Golden Girls, perky Sue Anne Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Elka Ostrovsky on Hot in Cleveland?...

In the final hours of another cruel year, storytellers around the world are mourning the loss of Betty White, a comedic treasure, an iconic ray of sass and class, and the last living Golden Girl. She died on Friday weeks before her hundredth birthday.

Here are just a few of their tributes, as the entertainment industry raises its collective glass to a woman who lived life passionately and without regret — someone who once described herself as “the luckiest old broad on two feet.”

In conversation with Rolling Stone, actress Wendie Malick...

How do you say goodbye to a legend?

It's the last day of another less-than-stellar year, and now it's stolen Betty White, just weeks shy of her 100th birthday.

Betty had big plans for her big day, but now her living celebration will be a tribute instead.

For those of us lucky enough to have grown up in the 1970s, we fell in love with Betty approximately 30 years into her career.

At the time she got her role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1973, she had been in the business for just under 30 years with just 11 projects under her belt.

As Sue Ann Nivens, Betty showcased her impeccable comedic timing and proved that a gorgeous woman with a little nasty in her could steal the show.

After The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Betty had a short-lived series titled The Betty White Show and recurring roles on shows like The Love Boat...

Betty White, the Emmy-winning TV star who had a remarkable later-career resurgence in films, TV commercials and the hit series “The Golden Girls” and “Hot in Cleveland,” has died. She was 99.

The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a death investigation on the 500 block of N. Carmelina Ave. in Los Angeles at 9:30 a.m. Friday morning. White would have celebrated her 100th birthday on Jan. 17. White is believed to have died Thursday night at her Brentwood home.

White’s agent and close friend Jeff Witjas confirmed her death to Variety. “Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” Witjas said in a statement. “I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don’t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again.

Five-time Primetime Emmy Award winner, game show panelist and prolific actress Betty White has passed away at the age of 99. Long the subject of internet death hoaxes, the actress’ death was confirmed by her her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas.

White was the last living member of “The Golden Girls,” which ran from 1985 to 1992. She played good girl Rose Nylund opposite Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty. The popular sitcom, which has continued to run on various channels in syndication, spawned a one-season spin-off starring White called “The Golden Palace” in 1992.

Working well into her late 90s, White had memorable supporting roles in feature films like “Lake Placid” and “The Proposal,” and starred in the sitcom “Hot in Cleveland” from 2010-2015. She most recently lent her voice to the Disney+ streaming series of shorts “Forky Asks a Question,” as the character Bitey White opposite colleagues Carol Burnett, Carl Reiner,...

A few weeks shy of her 100th birthday, Betty White, the beloved actress and comedian whose career in Hollywood spanned nearly eight decades and included stints on hit shows like The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Golden Girls, has died. She was 99.

White died at her home in California on Friday, Dec. 31. A representative for the Los Angeles Fire Department told Rolling Stone: “We responded to a medical aid request. The call was received at 9:33 a.m. We have determined death of an approximately 99-year-old female.”

White’s agent and friend,...

Multiple Emmy Award-winning actress and animal rights activist Betty White, who most famously starred in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls, has died, just days short of her 100th birthday. White passed peacefully Thursday night at her home, her agent Jeff Witjas confirmed to Deadline.

“Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” Witjas said in a statement. “I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don’t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again.”

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Although White is most notably known for playing sweet and naive Rose in The Golden Girls from 1985-1992, her career began more than four decades prior in her adopted home of Los Angeles.

Georgia Engel, who starred as Georgette Franklin on the “Mary Tyler Moore Show” between 1972 and 1977, has died at the age of 70, according to the New York Times.

She died late last week in Princeton, New Jersey. A cause of death had not been determined; the actress was a Christian Scientist and didn’t see a doctor, Engel’s friend John Quilty told the Times.

After beginning her career in theater in the late 1960s and early ’70s, Engel made her name on television co-starring on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in 1972. As the flighty girlfriend of Ted Knight’s news anchor character, Ted Baxter, Engel earned two Emmy nominations for supporting actress in a comedy.

She would later go on to star on the short-lived comedies “The Betty White Show” and NBC’s “Jennifer Slept Here,” in addition to later recurring roles on “Coach,...

John Hillerman -- the co-star on "Magnum, P.I." who played Tom Selleck's condescending landlord -- has died. A spokeswoman for the family reportedly said he died Thursday at his home in Houston. The cause of death is not known. Hillerman played Jonathan Quayle Higgins III alongside Selleck in the hit 1980s TV series. Hillerman -- who also appeared on "The Love Boat," "The Betty White Show," "Murder, She Wrote," and "One Day at a Time...

John Hillerman, the Emmy-winning actor who played Higgins on “Magnum, P.I.,” died Thursday at age 84, a spokesperson for his family told TheWrap. He died of natural causes in his Houston home. Hillerman was best known for starring as John Higgins opposite Tom Selleck on the CBS drama “Magnum, P.I.,” which ran from 1980 to 1988. The role earned him five Golden Globe nominations, including a win in 1981, and four Emmy nominations, with a win in 1987. Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2017 (Photos) The Denison, Texas had recurring roles on “One Day at a Time, “The Betty White Show,” “The...

Betty White and Carl Reiner go way back, and they opened up to Et about their decades-long friendship on the Young & Hungry set.

"I loved this girl since I first saw her on The Betty White Show," Reiner told Et's Kevin Frazier.

Watch: Betty White Turns 95! Here Are Some of Her Greatest Moments With Et

That was 63 years ago and both comedy legends are still making us laugh on television, well into their 90s. Reiner, 94, plays the long-lost love interest to White, 95, on an upcoming episode of Young & Hungry.

This comes after their previous reunion on White's former hit show, Hot in Cleveland.

"We were lovers in that," Reiner remembered. "I actually kissed her on the mouth and enjoyed it."

"Not necessarily on camera," White joked.

Pics: Betty White's Best Moments

In real life, White was married to Reiner's good pal, Allen Ludden, for 18 years.

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Tuesday marks Betty White's 95th birthday, and Et is celebrating the milestone by looking back at some of the most special moments we've shared with the Hollywood icon.

White has been famous longer than most people have been alive, and she's been on television for almost as long as the invention has existed, but last month, she revealed to Et's Kevin Frazier one thing she still hasn't done in her life.

Read: Betty White Celebrates 95th Birthday in 'Good Health,' Talks 'Golden Girls' Reboot

"Robert Redford," White joked on the set of Freeform's Young & Hungry.

When Frazier brought up the possibility of arranging a meeting between the two, White turned shy.

"Oh no!" she said. "If I ever met him, I would faint."

With seven decades of show business experience under her belt, White has won five Primetime Emmy Awards, one Grammy, was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame...

Legendary TV actress Betty White has starred in many TV shows in her career -- The Golden Girls, Life with Elizabeth, Hot in Cleveland, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Palace and The Betty White Show (two versions!) -- just to name a handful. Some ran for years while others were cancelled fairly quickly. How does her newest, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, stack up? Will it see season two?

White hosts the hidden camera series in which senior citizens play pranks on unsuspecting members of the younger generations. NBC gave the TV show a special preview back in January, following the network's Betty White's 90th Birthday special. It drew a 2.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 12.26 million total viewers. The debut was in fourth place in its timeslot but, at that point, was NBC's second-highest rated show of the season.

It...

Veteran funnylady Betty White celebrates her 90th birthday Tuesday -- and NBC threw her an extravaganza!

The 90-minute "Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl" special, which aired Monday, featured birthday wishes from the likes of Tina Fey, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Burnett, Hugh Jackman, Amy Poehler, Joel McHale, Morgan Freeman, Ray Romano, Ellen DeGeneres, Carl Reiner, William Shatner, Chevy Chase, Zachary Levi (who proposed marriage to the adorably game star) and President Barack Obama himself.

As Betty White reaches a huge milestone today by turning 90, we bring you 30 facts about this Hollywood legend who shows no signs of slowing down!

Born in Oak Park, Illinois on January 17, 1922, she's of German and Greek ancestry.

Moved with her family to Los Angeles when she was two years old.

During the late 1930's, was voted the best looking female by her classmates.

Before beginning her acting career, worked as a model, with one of her first gigs at the Bliss Hayden Little Theater in Los Angeles.

In the 1940s, began working in radio on shows such as Blondie, The Great Gildersleeve and This Is Your FBI and eventually landed her own show, The Betty White Show.

Her television debut came in 1949 when she appeared on Al Jarvis' daily live variety show called Hollywood on Television.

Played the same character, Rose Nylund, on four different TV shows: The Golden Palace...

The hilarity never stops with octogenarian superstar Betty White, who is now set to host an NBC reality show, tentatively titled, "Betty White's Off Their Rockers."

Wait until you hear the premise! The series focuses on a group of senior citizens who band together to play pranks on younger people. Now, that's entertainment!

The "Hot in Cleveland" star will host the series, based on a hit Belgian show that has been produced in other European countries,...

"Extra" asked for your votes on your favorite entertainers of 2010 -- and the top five choices have been made!

Coming in at No. 5 is spectacular octogenarian Betty White, who has had one heck of a year making the masses laugh their asses off.

From her hilarious Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement acceptance speech in January, to her stellar hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live," appearances on the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, her wacky Snickers commercial, her TV series "Hot in Cleveland,...

Betty White, 88, is starring in the new film "You Again," alongside Kristen Bell and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Check out these fun facts you probably didn't know about the celebrated octogenarian sensation.

55 Fun Facts About Betty WhiteBetty White

Betty White was born in Oak Park, Illinois onJanuary 17, 1922.

Betty White

Betty White is of German and Greek ancestry.

Betty White

Moved to Los Angeles at two years old.

Betty White

Betty was the first woman to receive...

Smoke came out of my ears when I saw Betty White recite yet another deflated joke about her libido at last night's Emmy Awards. I know, she was referring to Jon Hamm, but still: Why has this incredible woman -- six time Emmy-award winner and pioneer for women in the media -- been reduced to the role of potty-mouthed, simpleton granny? The scope of White's career has made her renaissance exciting on so many levels. Here is a woman who has worked in radio and television for over six decades. White co-produced Life with Elizabeth and The Betty White Show when very few women worked behind the camera. It's easy to forget how progressive The Golden Girls was for its time, showcasing real female friendships, (Samantha Jones and Blanche Devereaux would no doubt be fast friends if they met in...

Betty White, 88, is starring in a new TV Land sitcom "Hot in Cleveland."

Check out more facts that you probably didn't know about America's favorite -- and White hottest -- actress!

Check out more facts that you probably didn't know about America's favorite actress!

55 Fun Facts About Betty WhiteBetty White

Betty White was born in Oak Park, Illinois onJanuary 17, 1922.

Betty White

Betty White is of German and Greek ancestry.

Betty White

Moved to Los Angeles at two years old.

Beloved actress/comedienne Betty White has assured fans she won't be stepping out of the limelight and retiring any time soon, despite turning 88 in January. The six-time Emmy winner began her career in the 1940s and has landed notable roles on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Betty White Show" and "The Golden Girls".

But despite her advancing years, White - who recently announced plans for her own U.S. TV series "Hot in Cleveland" - has no intention of taking her final bow just yet. Asked whether she had thought about retiring, she laughs, "Considered what? I don't know if that's a word I'm familiar with. I don't know what that means."

Betty White's upcoming TV show "Hot in Cleveland" is slated for June release. White will star opposite Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick, who play former Los Angeles residents.

Betty White has reassured fans that she has no plans to step out of the limelight yet. The 88-year-old actress has won six Emmys over a career that began in the 1940s and has included notable roles on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Betty White Show and The Golden Girls. White - who recently landed a role in TV Land's Hot in Cleveland - (more)...

Beloved actress/comedienne Betty White has assured fans she won't be stepping out of the limelight and retiring any time soon, despite turning 88 in January.

The six-time Emmy winner began her career in the 1940s and has landed notable roles on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Betty White Show and The Golden Girls.

But despite her advancing years, White - who recently announced plans for her own U.S. TV series Hot in Cleveland - has no intention of taking her final bow just yet.

Asked whether she had thought about retiring, she laughs, "Considered what? I don't know if that's a word I'm familiar with. I don't know what that means."...

I'm Kate Ward, and I'm not an actor -- though I would love to be, if only to get the opportunity to stroke Jon Hamm's luxurious beard. (Mmm.) After an unusually somber and sober Golden Globes ceremony last Sunday, things were decidedly cheerier at Saturday night's Screen Actors Guild Awards. In fact, our actors were so happy to receive their awards, the show began running too long: Near the end of the program, during the commercial break, winners were asked to limit their acceptance speeches to 45 seconds. (Not that they listened -- I'm looking at you Jeff Bridges.) But...

Betty White, who has spent six decades as a comforting television presence, will be honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award at the 16th annual SAG Awards on Jan. 23.

White is best known for her roles as the deceptively sweet Sue Ann Nivens on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and the sweetly naive Rose Nylund on "The Golden Girls." She has also made her mark as a passionate animal activist.

At 87, she remains continually active. She most recently appeared on the big screen in "The Proposal" as Sandra Bullock's grandmother; she is part of the voice cast of Hayao Miyazaki's animated "Ponyo"; and is currently filming Disney's "You Again," starring Kristen Bell.

"Whether creating some of television's most indelible characters, plunging into film roles with joyous gusto or perfecting the art of the quip as a television panelist and host, Betty White has entertained audiences with...