Obituaries

Katt was a child actor who grew up to comfortably portray villains.

Ted Kotcheff, whose long career included directing ‘First Blood,’ ‘Weekend at Bernie’s,’ ‘Wake in Fright’ and ‘North Dallas Forty’ and executive producing ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,’ has died.

Model Lucy Markovic, who began her career on ‘Australia’s Next Top Model,’ died after a ‘brave battle’ with a rare brain condition, her management team announced. She was 27.

Alice Tan Ridley, a singer who shared her powerful vocals on ‘America’s Got Talent’ and was the mother of Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe, has died. She was 72.

Marvin Levy, a top-notch publicist who forged a nearly 50-year working bond with Steven Spielberg, died Monday at age 96. Spielberg called Levy ‘one of a kind.’

The Placer County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that 26-year-old Ellery ‘Ellie’ Curtis died from a head injury at the Palisades Tahoe resort in Olympic Valley.

Blondie drummer Clem Burke has died after a battle with cancer, the band announced Monday. The self-proclaimed ‘Rock & Roll survivalist’ was 70.

Barile’s group was a linchpin of the drink-and-drug-shunning straight-edge scene of the early 1980s that also included Washington’s Minor Threat.