Belzer was one of TV's most indelible detectives as John Munch in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "Law & Order: SVU."

A longtime North Carolina Republican congressman who served briefly in the Senate in the mid-1980s has died. The family of Jim Broyhill confirmed he died early Saturday in Winston-Salem at the age of 95. Broyhill, a scion of the Broyhill Furniture business, was first elected to Congress in 1962.

Welch is best known for her roles in Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C. She is survived by her son and daughter.

Trugoy brought skill and carefree charisma to De La Soul's innovative music, which helped to usher in a new age of hip-hop. After years of legal disputes, that music will soon be available again.

The songwriter and singer, who cemented his prominence with hits like "Say A Little Prayer" and "Walk on By," died Wednesday of natural causes.

Shirley Fulton, the first black woman to hold a Superior Court seat in North Carolina, died Wednesday, Feb. 8.

Born, a candy company executive known as the "Father of Peeps" for mechanizing the process to make marshmallow chicks, has died. He was 98.

Cindy Williams, who played Shirley opposite Penny Marshall's Laverne on the popular sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," has died, her family said Monday.

Lisa Loring will be remembered as a Hollywood icon for playing the gloomy Wednesday Addams at age 6. She went on to fill roles on "As the World Turns" and the "Girl from U.N.C.L.E.".

Barrett Strong was one of Motown's most gifted songwriters who collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "War" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone."