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, 886-bed teaching hospital and multi-specialty

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located in Los Angeles, California. Part of the Cedars-Sinai Health System, the hospital employs a staff of over 2,000 physicians and 10,000 employees, supported by a team of 2,000 volunteers and more than 40 community groups. As of 2022-23, '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Cedars-Sinai the best hospital in the western United States. It ranked as the best hospital in California and 2nd best hospital in the entire United States; and was placed nationally in 11 adult medical specialties and rated high performing in 21 adult specialties, procedures and conditions. Cedars-Sinai is a teaching hospital affiliate of

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at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), which was ranked # 19 on the U.S. News 2023 Best Medical Schools: Research. Cedars-Sinai focuses on biomedical research and technologically advanced medical education, based on an interdisciplinary collaboration between physicians and clinical researchers. The academic enterprise at Cedars-Sinai has research centers covering cardiovascular, genetics, gene therapy, gastroenterology, neuroscience, immunology, surgery, organ transplantation, stem cells, biomedical imaging, and cancer, with more than 500 clinical trials and 900 research projects currently underway (led by 230 principal investigators). The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Cedars-Sinai offers a PhD Program in biomedical sciences and master's degree programs in magnetic resonance in medicine and health delivery science. Certified as a level I trauma center for adults and pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai trauma-related services range from prevention to rehabilitation, and are provided in concert with the hospital's Department of Surgery. Named after the

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, Cedars-Sinai's patient care is depicted in the ''Jewish Contributions to Medicine'' mural located in the Harvey Morse Auditorium.

History

Cedars of Lebanon Hospital

Founded by Jewish businessman Kaspare Cohn, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital was established as the Kaspare Cohn Hospital in 1902. At the time, Cohn donated a two-story Victorian home at 1441 Carroll Avenue in the Angeleno Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. The hospital had just 12 beds when it opened on September 21, 1902, and its services were initially free. From 1906 to 1910, Dr. Sarah Vasen, the first Jewish female doctor in Los Angeles, acted as superintendent. In 1910, the hospital relocated and expanded to Stephenson Avenue (now Whittier Boulevard), where it had 50 beds and a backhouse containing a 10-cot tubercular ward. It gradually transformed from a charity-based hospital to a general hospital and began to charge patients. In 1930, the hospital moved to 4833 Fountain Avenue, where it opened as Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, named after the religiously significant Lebanon cedars tree (''Cedrus libani''), which were highly sought after and used to build King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. Cedars of Lebanon Hospital could accommodate 279 patients and was large and comprehensive, with all of the components of a modern medical facility. For example, specific departments were instituted for general medicine, surgery, pediatrics, maternity, physical therapy, and other specialties.

Mount Sinai Hospital

Meanwhile, in 1918, the

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Society opened a two-room hospice, the Bikur Cholim Hospice, when the Great Influenza Pandemic hit the United States of America. In 1921, the hospice relocated to an eight-bed facility in Boyle Heights and was renamed Bikur Cholim Hospital. On November 7, 1926, it was renamed Mount Sinai Hospital and moved to a 50-bed facility on Bonnie Beach Place in Los Angeles. Later, in 1950, a new Mount Sinai Hospital was built on land donated by Emma and Hyman Levine at 8700 Beverly Boulevard. They had purchased 3.5 acres of land and donated the property to Mount Sinai Hospital under the auspices of their foundation.

Merger of Cedars of Lebanon Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital

Cedars of Lebanon Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital merged in 1961 to form Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The unification of the two hospitals was one of the most significant consolidations ever achieved by hospitals; it was in response to community needs for improved and extended health services, made necessary by population growth and modern medical progress. Donations in the amount of $4 million from the

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Family Foundation allowed the construction of the main hospital building, which broke ground on November 5, 1972, and opened on April 3, 1976. The new hospital was designed jointly by Albert C. Martin & Associates and Charles Luckman Associates. The main contractor was Robert E. McKee, Inc. While the main hospital buildings were being built the Thalians Mental Health Center also designed by Martin and Luckman was being constructed. The main contractor was the Del E. Webb Corporation and the Thalians Center was completed in 1973. In 1994, the Cedars-Sinai Health System was established, comprising the Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation, the Burns and Allen Research Institute, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The

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Research Institute, named for George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, is located inside the Barbara and Marvin Davis Research Building. Opened in 1996, it houses biomedical research aimed at discovering genetic, molecular and immunological factors that trigger disease. In 2006, Cedars-Sinai added the Saperstein Critical Care Tower with 150 ICU beds. , Cedars-Sinai served 54,947 inpatients, 350,405 outpatients, and 77,964 visits to the emergency room. Cedars-Sinai received high rankings in 11 of the 16 specialties, ranking in the top 10 for digestive disorders and in the top 25 for five other specialties as listed below. In 2013, Cedars-Sinai opened its 800,000-square-foot Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion, which consists of eight stories of program space located over a six-story parking structure, on the eastern edge of its campus at the corner of San Vicente Boulevard and Gracie Allen Drive. Designed by architectural firm

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Rankings

In 2022–23, US News ranked Cedars-Sinai the best hospital in California (beating

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which topped in 2021-22 rankings), and 2nd best in the United States (only behind

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). Cedars-Sinai ranked as follows in adult medical specialties in the nationwide ''U.S. News'' Best Hospitals 2022–23 report: Cedars-Sinai ranked as follows in the 2009 Los Angeles area residents' "Most Preferred Hospital for All Health Needs" ranking: ''Worth'' magazine selected Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute as one of the United States' Top-25 Hospitals for Cardiac Bypass Surgery. Cedars-Sinai's Gynecologic Oncology Division was named among the nation's Top 10 Clinical Centers of Excellence by Contemporary OB/GYN in 2009.

Research

Cedars-Sinai is one of the leading institutes for competitive research funding from the National Institutes of Health. As an international leader in biomedical research, it translates discoveries into successful treatments with global impact."Research at Cedars-Sinai"
'' Breakthrough Research'' (Jun 21, 2020) Cedars-Sinai investigators pair basic scientific research in areas of stem cell biology, immunology, neuroscience and genetics, with clinical and translational discoveries, to continue advancing medical breakthroughs. Total research expenditure in 2020-21 was $252 million. In fiscal year 2021, Cedars-Sinai received $93 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health. Some notable research areas and organized research units at Cedars-Sinai are: * Artificial Intelligence in Medicine * Biomanufacturing Center * Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Research Center * Cancer Research * Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics * Center for Cardiac Arrest Prevention * Center for Integrated Research in Cancer and Lifestyle * Center for Neural Science and Medicine * Center for Outcomes Research and Education * Diabetes and Obesity Research * Digestive Diseases Research * Division of Informatics * Endocrinology Research * Genetics and Genomics Research * Heart Research * Imaging Research * Immunology and Infectious Diseases Research * Medically Associated Science and Technology * Neurosciences Research * Pulmonary Research * Regenerative Medicine Research * Surgery Research * Women's Health Research

Cedars-Sinai Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

The Cedars-Sinai Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (formerly known as the Cedars-Sinai's Graduate Research Education division), established in 2008, is a graduate college at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. It offers PhD and Masters programs in Biomedical Sciences and healthcare fields. There are more than 100 faculty, and over 150 enrollment; the Dean is Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, FRCP, MACP. The school offers programs at the Masters and Doctoral levels. Didactic lectures are conducted at the

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while research is conducted at the medical center, specifically at the

Research Institute (named for George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen), which is located inside the Barbara and Marvin Davis Research Building on Cedars-Sinai campus. Opened in 1996, it houses biomedical research aimed at discovering genetic, molecular and immunological factors that trigger disease. In 2013 new research labs were created, when Cedars-Sinai opened its 800,000-square-foot Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion, which consists of eight stories of program space located over a six-story parking structure, on the eastern edge of its campus at the corner of San Vicente Boulevard and Gracie Allen Drive. Designed by architectural firm

, the pavilion brings patient care and translational research together in one site. The Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion houses the Cedars-Sinai's neurosciences programs, the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Regenerative Medicine Institute laboratories, as well as outpatient surgery suites, an imaging area, and an education center. PhD Program: * Biomedical Sciences Masters Programs * Magnetic Resonance in Medicine * Health Delivery Science Professional Training Programs: * Postdoctoral Scientist Program * Clinical Scholars Program * Research Internship Program

Notable staff

* Keith Black, Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery and Director of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, has performed over 4,000 brain surgeries and has made significant medical advances relating to neurosurgery.
at Cedars-Sinai official website. * Bruce Gewertz, Surgeon-in-Chief, Chair of the Department of Surgery, Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs and Vice-president for Interventional Services. *

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was a resident at Cedars-Sinai when he encountered some of the first cases of what was later labeled

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. *

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, internist and chairman of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's medical advisory committee. Mason gave the disease sickle cell anemia its name. *

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, chair of Pediatrics for 18 years, specialized in genetics and was a pioneer researcher in dwarfism and

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. Together with Michael Kaback, he discovered the enzyme screening for Tay-Sachs disease, reducing incidence of the deadly disease by 90 percent. * William Shell was a director of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Cedars-Sinai. * Esther Somerfeld-Ziskind, a neurologist and psychiatrist who was chair of the Department of Psychiatry. *

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, is now a Labor and Delivery scheduler. * Jeremy Swan co-invented the pulmonary artery catheter together with

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while at Cedars-Sinai.

Controversy

In 2008, state regulators found that Cedars-Sinai had placed the Quaid twins and others in immediate jeopardy by its improper handling of blood-thinning medication. According to articles in the '' Los Angeles Times'' in 2009, Cedars-Sinai was under investigation for significant radiation overdoses of 206 patients during CT brain perfusion scans during an 18-month period.''Cedars-Sinai investigated for significant radiation overdoses of 206 patients'', Alan Zarembo, Los Angeles Times, October 10, 2009; "4 patients say Cedars-Sinai did not tell them they had received a radiation overdose", Alan Zarembo, Los Angeles Times, October 15, 2009; ''Cedars-Sinai finds more patients exposed to excess radiation'', Nicole Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times, November 9, 2009; Since the initial investigation, it was found that GE sold several products to various medical centers with faulty radiation monitoring devices. In 2011, Cedars-Sinai again created controversy by denying a liver transplant to

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patient Norman Smith. They removed Mr. Smith from a transplant waiting list for "non-compliance of our substance abuse contract", despite his own oncologist at Cedars-Sinai having recommended that he use the marijuana for his pain and chemotherapy. Dr. Steven D. Colquhoun, director of the Liver Transplant Program, said that the hospital "must consider issues of substance abuse seriously", but the transplant center did not seriously consider whether Mr. Smith was "using" marijuana versus "abusing" it. In 2012, Cedars-Sinai denied a liver transplant to a second patient, Toni Trujillo, after her Cedars-Sinai doctors knew and approved of her legal use of medical marijuana. In both cases, the patients acceded to the hospital's demand and stopped using medical marijuana, despite its therapeutic benefits for them, but were both sent back to the bottom of the transplant list. Smith's death inspired

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to lobby for the California Medical Cannabis Organ Transplant Act (AB 258), which was enacted in July 2015 to protect future patients from dying at the hands of medical establishments prejudiced against the legal use of medical cannabis.

Patient data security breaches

On June 18 through June 24, 2013, six employees were terminated for inappropriately accessing 14 patient records around the time

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and Kanye West's daughter was born at the hospital. On June 23, 2014, an unencrypted employee laptop was stolen from an employee's home. The laptop contained patient Social Security numbers and patient health data.

Art collection

First developed by philanthropists Frederick and Marcia Weisman, Cedars-Sinai's modern and contemporary art collection dates to 1976 and includes more than 4,000 original paintings, sculptures, new media installations and limited-edition prints by the likes of

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Robert Rauschenberg Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement. Rauschenberg is well known for his Combines (1954–1964), a group of artwor ...

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, Sam Francis,

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, Willem de Kooning,

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and Pablo Picasso. Ninety to 95 percent of the collection is on display at any given time. Nine large-scale works are located in courtyards, parking lots and public walkways throughout the approximately 30-acre campus. The collection consists entirely of gifts from donors, other institutions and occasionally the artists themselves. There is a statue of Moses in the parking lot. However the two tablets of the covenant that, according to the story, Moses received at

, are blank on the statue. This led many people to ask, "why is Moses in the parking lot?" In response, the director of community engagement, Jonathan Schreiber, has given a brief lecture explaining the history of the statues role in the hospital merger.

Notable patients

Births

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, actor and singer, July 13, 1934. * Donald Roulet, civil rights activist and head of the Roulet family, June 1, 1936. *

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, actress and singer, March 12, 1946. *

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, actor, son of actors

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and

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, September 30, 1964. *

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, film critic, August 30, 1972. *

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, daughter of

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, January 17, 1986. * Zachary Phillips, children's book author, August 5, 1986. * Francis Bean Cobain- Daughter of rock musicians Kurt Cobain and

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, August 18, 1992. *

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's son, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr, February 13, 1997. * Madonna and Guy Ritchie's son, Rocco John Ritchie, August 11, 2000. *

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, actor, June 9, 2001. * Mark Wahlberg and

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's eldest daughter, Ella Rae on September 2, 2003, oldest son, Michael on March 21, 2006, youngest son, Brendan Joseph on September 16, 2008, and youngest daughter, Grace Margaret on January 11, 2010. * Kate Hudson's eldest son, Ryder Russell Robinson on January 7, 2004 (with ex-husband Chris Robinson), youngest son, Bingham Hawn Bellamy on July 9, 2011 (with ex-fiancé Matt Bellamy), and daughter, Rani Rose Hudson Fujikawa on October 2, 2018 (with boyfriend Danny Fujikawa). * Julia Roberts and

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's twins, Hazel Patricia and Phinnaeus Walter on November 28, 2004 and youngest son, Henry Daniel on June 18, 2007. *

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's oldest son, Sean Preston on September 14, 2005 and youngest son, Jayden James on September 12, 2006. *

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and Peter Hermann's eldest son, August Miklos Friedrich Hermann, June 28, 2006. * Tori Spelling and

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's eldest son, Liam Aaron on March 13, 2007, oldest daughter, Stella Doreen on June 9, 2008, youngest daughter, Hattie Margaret on October 10, 2011, second son, Finn Davey on August 30, 2012, and youngest son, Beau Dean on March 2, 2017. * Salma Hayek and

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's daughter, Valentina Paloma Pinault, September 21, 2007. *

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's daughter, Harlow Winter Kate on January 11, 2008 and son, Sparrow James Midnight on September 9, 2009. *

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's son Max Liron Bratman on January 12, 2008 (with ex-husband Jordan Bratman) and daughter Summer Rain Rutler (with fiancé Matthew Rutler) on August 16, 2014. * Crown Prince Pavlos and Marie-Chantal's son, Aristidis-Stavros, June 29, 2008. *

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and Pete Wentz's son, Bronx Mowgli Wentz, November 20, 2008. * Heidi Klum and

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's youngest daughter, Lou Sulola Samuel, October 9, 2009. *

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's eldest son, Mason Dash on December 14, 2009, daughter, Penelope Scotland on July 8, 2012, and youngest son, Reign Aston on December 14, 2014 (with ex-boyfriend Scott Disick). *

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and Orlando Bloom's son, Flynn Christopher Blanchard Copeland Bloom, January 6, 2011. * Victoria Beckham and David Beckham's daughter, Harper Seven Beckham, July 10, 2011. * Mel B's youngest daughter, Madison Brown Belafonte, September 1, 2011 (with ex-husband Stephen Belafonte). *

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and Eric Johnson's eldest daughter, Maxwell Drew on May 1, 2012, son, Ace Knute on June 30, 2013, and youngest daughter, Birdie Mae on March 19, 2019. *

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's elder son, Brooks Alan Stuber, June 19, 2012. *

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' son, Jack Pratt, August 25, 2012. *

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and

Adam Housley Arthur Adam Housley (born August 13, 1971) is an Emmy winning American journalist, winemaker, and former professional baseball player. He worked for Fox News from 2001 until 2018. Professional career Baseball A graduate of Pepperdine University ...

's son, Aden John Tanner Housley, November 12, 2012. *

Daisy Eagan Daisy Eagan is an American actress. Early life Eagan was born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family. Her mother, Andrea Boroff Eagan, was a medical writer; she died when Eagan was 13. Her father, Richard Eagan, is a visual and performing artist. Da ...

’s son, Monty Harrison Eagan-Bloom, May 11, 2013 (with boyfriend Kurt Bloom). *

and Kanye West's eldest daughter, North West on June 15, 2013, oldest son, Saint West on December 5, 2015, youngest daughter, Chicago West (via a surrogate) on January 15, 2018, and youngest son, Psalm West (via a surrogate) on May 9, 2019. * Fergie and

Josh Duhamel Joshua David Duhamel (; born November 14, 1972) is an American actor and former fashion model. After various modeling work, he made his acting debut as Leo du Pres on the ABC daytime soap opera ''All My Children'' and later starred as Danny M ...

's son, Axl Jack Duhamel, August 29, 2013. *

Kendra Wilkinson Kendra Leigh Wilkinson (formerly Baskett; born June 12, 1985) is an American television personality and model. She is known for being one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends and for her role on the E! reality television series ''The Girls Next Door'', ...

and

Hank Baskett Henry Randall Baskett III (born September 4, 1982) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League for the Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles and Indianapolis Colts. A native of Clovis, New Mexico, Ba ...

's daughter, Alijah Mary Baskett, May 16, 2014. *

Rob Kardashian Robert Arthur Kardashian (born March 17, 1987) is an American television personality. He is known for appearing on ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'', a reality television series that centers on his family, as well as its spin-offs. In 201 ...

and

Blac Chyna Angela Renée White (born May 11, 1988), known professionally as Blac Chyna, is an American model and socialite. She originally rose to prominence in 2010 as the stunt double for Nicki Minaj in the music video for the song "Monster" by Kanye ...

's daughter, Dream Renée Kardashian, November 10, 2016. * Jimmy Kimmel's son, William “Billy” John Kimmel, April 21, 2017 (with wife Molly McNearney). *

Beyoncé Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...

and Jay-Z's twins, Rumi and Sir Carter, June 13, 2017. * Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott's daughter, Stormi Webster on February 1, 2018 and son, Wolf Jacques Webster on February 2, 2022. *

Chiara Ferragni Chiara Ferragni () (born May 7, 1987) is an Italian blogger, businesswoman, fashion designer and model who has collaborated with fashion and beauty brands through her blog ''The Blonde Salad''. Biography Ferragni was born in Cremona in 1987. ...

and

Fedez Federico Leonardo Lucia (born 15 October 1989), known professionally as Fedez (), is an Italian rapper, singer, songwriter, social media personality and businessman. In 2011, he released the albums ''Penisola che non c'è'' and ''Il mio primo di ...

's son, Leone, March 19, 2018. * Eva Longoria's son, Santiago Enrique Bastón, June 19, 2018 (with husband José Antonio Bastón). *

Drew Seeley Andrew Michael Edgar Seeley (born April 30, 1982) is a Canadian actor, singer, songwriter and dancer. He has recorded many songs for the Walt Disney Company. He danced as a child in Ontario until he was about preteen age and then moved to Florid ...

and

Amy Paffrath Amy Paffrath (born July 22, 1983) is an American television presenter and actress. Early life Paffrath was born in St. Louis on July 22, 1983 to Mark and Mary Paffrath. She is the middle child of seven. Her grandfather, Herman Paffrath, was ...

's daughter, Ember Florence Seeley, July 20, 2019. *

Cameron Diaz Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress. With a variety of works in film, she is widely recognised for her work in romantic comedies and animation. Diaz has received various accolades, including nominations for fo ...

and

Benji Madden Benjamin Levi Madden ( né Combs; born March 11, 1979) is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the band Good Charlottefor which he has received various awardsas well as pop rock collaboration the Madden Brot ...

's daughter, Raddix Chloe Wildflower Madden, December 30, 2019. *

Elon Musk Elon Reeve Musk ( ; born June 28, 1971) is a business magnate and investor. He is the founder, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; owner and CEO of Twitter, Inc.; founder of The B ...

and Grimes son, X AE A-Xii Musk, May 4, 2020

Deaths

* July 11, 1937: Composer

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

- a malignant brain tumor. * August 5, 1941: Actor

Barnett Parker Barnett Parker (September 11, 1886 – August 5, 1941) was a British actor. Biography He appeared in the films '' The Misleading Lady'', '' Roaming Lady'', ''The President's Mystery'', '' Adventure in Manhattan'', ''Born to Dance'', '' We Who Ar ...

- heart attack. * March 5, 1950: Showman

Sid Grauman Sidney Patrick Grauman (March 17, 1879 – March 5, 1950) was an American showman who created two of Hollywood's most recognizable and visited landmarks, the Chinese Theatre and the Egyptian Theatre. Biography Early years Grauman was the s ...

coronary occlusion A coronary occlusion is the partial or complete obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery. This condition may cause a heart attack. In some patients coronary occlusion causes only mild pain, tightness or vague discomfort which may be ignored ...

. * May 29, 1951: Comedienne Fanny Brice - cerebral hemorrhage. * December 5, 1953:

Jorge Negrete Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno (; 30 November 1911 – 5 December 1953) was a Mexican singer and actor. Life and career Negrete was born in the city of Guanajuato and had two brothers and three sisters; his father was a Mexican Army Colonel who f ...

, Mexican actor, singer, important icon of Mexican culture, and important figure of

Golden Age of Mexican cinema The Golden Age of Mexican cinema ( es, Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano) is a period in the history of the Cinema of Mexico between 1930 and 1969 when the Mexican film industry reached high levels of production, quality and economic success of its ...

- complications of liver cirrhosis. * April 25, 1957:

Belle Baker Belle Baker (December 25, 1893 in New York City – April 29, 1957 in Los Angeles) was an American singer and actress. Popular throughout the 1910s and 1920s, Baker introduced a number of ragtime and torch songs including Irving Berlin's " Bl ...

, American singer and actress, died. * February 1, 1966: Hedda Hopper, gossip columnist and actress, - pneumonia. * May 5, 1972: Animator, comics artist, children's writer, illustrator, screenwriter, and film director Frank Tashlin - heart failure. * January 26, 1973: Actor

Edward G. Robinson Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-American actor of stage and screen, who was popular during the Hollywood's Golden Age. He appeared in 30 Broadway plays and more than 100 films duri ...

- bladder cancer. * December 20, 1973: Actor and singer-songwriter

Bobby Darin Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American musician and actor. He performed jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music. He started his career as a songwriter for Connie Fr ...

- surgical team worked for over six hours to repair his damaged heart. * May 4, 1975: Moe Howard, American actor and comedian, leader of the Three Stooges - lung cancer. * August 19, 1977: Actor and comedian

Groucho Marx Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (; October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, actor, writer, stage, film, radio, singer, television star and vaudeville performer. He is generally considered to have been a master of quick wit an ...

- pneumonia. * September 9, 1978: Film executive

Jack L. Warner Jack Leonard Warner (born Jacob Warner; August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978) was a Canadian-American film executive, who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Warner's career spanned some ...

- heart disease. * July 12, 1979: Singer-songwriter Minnie Riperton - metastatic breast cancer. * November 4, 1982: Actress

Dominique Dunne Dominique Ellen Dunne (November 23, 1959 – November 4, 1982) was an American actress. Born and raised in Santa Monica, California, Dunne studied acting at Milton Katselas' Workshop, where she appeared in stage productions. She made her ...

was declared

brain dead Brain death is the permanent, irreversible, and complete loss of brain function which may include cessation of involuntary activity necessary to sustain life. It differs from persistent vegetative state, in which the person is alive and some au ...

died five days after being strangled by her former boyfriend. * December 15, 1983: American film actress

Eden Hartford Eden Hartford (born Edna Marie Higgins; April 10, 1930 – December 15, 1983) was an American film actress from 1957 to 1962. She is best known as the third wife of comedian Groucho Marx from 1954 until their divorce in 1969. She was born to ...

- cancer. * May 16, 1984: Actor and entertainer

Andy Kaufman Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman ( ; January 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984) was an American entertainer and performance artist. While often called a "comedian", Kaufman preferred to describe himself instead as a "song and dance man". He has sometimes b ...

- kidney failure that was related to Large-cell lung carcinoma. * December 24, 1984: Rat Pack member

Peter Lawford Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford ( Aylen; 7 September 1923 – 24 December 1984) was an English-American actor.Obituary ''Variety'', 26 December 1984. He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and the brother-in-law of US president John F. Kennedy and sen ...

- liver and kidney disease. * August 19, 1986: Character actress Hermione Baddeley - series of strokes. * December 10, 1987: Violinist

Jascha Heifetz Jascha Heifetz (; December 10, 1987) was a Russian-born American violinist. Born in Vilnius, he moved while still a teenager to the United States, where his Carnegie Hall debut was rapturously received. He was a virtuoso since childhood. Fritz ...

- complications arising from a fall and subsequent neurosurgery. * May 18, 1988: Voice actor

Daws Butler Charles Dawson Butler (November 16, 1916May 18, 1988) was an American voice actor. He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company where he originated the voices of many familiar characters, including Yogi Bear, Huckleberry H ...

- heart attack. * April 26, 1989: Actress and comedian Lucille Ball - dissecting aortic aneurysm. * May 20, 1989: '' Saturday Night Live'' comedian

Gilda Radner Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American actress and comedian, and one of the seven original cast members of the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players" on the NBC sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''). In h ...

- ovarian cancer. * July 10, 1989:

Mel Blanc Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Blank ; May 30, 1908July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years. During the Golden Age of Radio, he provided character voices and vocal sound effects for comedy ra ...

, famed voice artist, -

cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels. CVD includes coronary artery diseases (CAD) such as angina and myocardial infarction (commonly known as a heart attack). Other CVDs include stroke, h ...

. * July 18, 1989: Actress Rebecca Schaeffer was shot at her home by stalker

Robert John Bardo Robert John Bardo (born January 2, 1970) is an American man serving life imprisonment without parole after being convicted in October 1991 for the July 18, 1989, murder of American actress and model Rebecca Schaeffer, whom he had stalked for thr ...

, and died a few minutes later in the hospital. * February 24, 1990: Singer

Johnnie Ray John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and bl ...

- liver failure. * July 21, 1991: Actor

Theodore Wilson Theodore Rosevelt "Teddy" Wilson (December 10, 1943 – July 21, 1991) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He is best known for his recurring roles as Earl the Postman on the ABC sitcom ''That's My Mama'', and Sweet Daddy Will ...

- stroke. * November 10, 1992: Actor

Chuck Connors Kevin Joseph Aloysius "Chuck" Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have p ...

- lung cancer and pneumonia. * October 31, 1993: Actor

River Phoenix River Jude Phoenix (; August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an American actor, musician and activist. Phoenix grew up in an itinerant family, as the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix. He h ...

was pronounced dead at the hospital after a drug overdose at Johnny Depp's nightclub

The Viper Room The Viper Room is a nightclub and live music venue located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, United States. It was established as The Viper Room in 1993 and was partly owned by actor Johnny Depp. The other part owner was Sal J ...

. * February 23, 1995:

Temptations The Temptations are an American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top 1 ...

bass singer Melvin Franklin - heart failure after he was admitted following a series of seizures. * March 26, 1995: Rapper

Eazy-E Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1964 – March 26, 1995), known professionally as Eazy-E, was an American rapper who propelled West Coast rap and gangsta rap by leading the group N.W.A and its label, Ruthless Records. He is often referred to ...

succumbed to

. He had been admitted to the hospital earlier and announced his condition publicly from the hospital. * February 3, 1996: Actress

Audrey Meadows Audrey Meadows ( Cotter, February 8, 1922 – February 3, 1996) was an American actress best known for her role as the deadpan housewife Alice Kramden on the 1950s American television comedy ''The Honeymooners''. She was the younger sister of ...

- lung cancer. * May 24, 1996: Actor

John Abbott Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (March 12, 1821 – October 30, 1893) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the third prime minister of Canada from 1891 to 1892. He held office as the leader of the Conservative Party. Abb ...

- natural causes. * June 7, 1996: Television writer and producer Marjorie Gross - ovarian cancer. * October 28, 1996: Actor and comedian Morey Amsterdam - heart attack. * March 9, 1997: Rapper

The Notorious B.I.G. Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), better known by his stage names the Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie, was an American rapper. Rooted in East Coast hip hop and particularly gangsta ...

, - result of 4 gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen, suffering internal organ damage and blood loss. * October 16, 1997: Actress

Audra Lindley Audra Marie Lindley (September 24, 1918 – October 16, 1997) was an American actress, most famous for her role as landlady Helen Roper on the sitcom ''Three's Company'' and its spin-off ''The Ropers''. Life and career Audra Lindley was born ...

- complications of leukemia. * May 14, 1998: Singer and film actor Frank Sinatra - heart attack. * August 2, 1998: Shari Lewis, puppeteer and star of Lamb Chop's Play-Along and Charlie Horse Music Pizza, - uterine cancer and viral pneumonia. * November 3, 1998: Comic Book artist, known as the creator of Batman.

Bob Kane Robert Kane (born Robert Kahn ; October 24, 1915 – November 3, 1998) was an American comic book writer, animator and artist who co-created Batman (with Bill Finger) and most early related characters for DC comics. He was inducted into the com ...

- undisclosed causes. * November 18, 1999: Television actress

Beatrice Colen Beatrice Colen (January 10, 1948 – November 18, 1999) was an American television and film actress. Her most famous roles were Marsha Simms on ''Happy Days'' and Etta Candy on ''Wonder Woman''. Early life Colen was born to Anne and Bruce D Cole ...

- lung cancer. * February 7, 2000: Magician Doug Henning - liver cancer. * July 15, 2001: Rapper

Anthony Ian Berkeley Anthony Ian Berkeley (November 15, 1964 – July 15, 2001) better known as Too Poetic, was an American rapper and producer. He was also a founding member of the hip-hop group Gravediggaz, for which he used the alias Grym Reaper. He also used t ...

, also known as Poetic, the founder of Gravediggaz, -

colorectal cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel m ...

. * January 7, 2002: Actor

Avery Schreiber Avery Lawrence Schreiber (April 9, 1935 – January 7, 2002) was an American actor and comedian. He was a veteran of stage, television, and movies who came to prominence in the 1960s in a comedy duo with Jack Burns. He acted in an array of roles ...

- heart attack. * February 24, 2003: Pastor E.V. Hill - after severe pneumonia. * July 4, 2003: Soul singer

Barry White Barry Eugene Carter (September 12, 1944 – July 4, 2003), better known by his stage name Barry White, was an American singer and songwriter. A two-time Grammy Award winner known for his bass voice and romantic image, his greatest success came ...

- kidney failure. * July 12, 2003: Jazz musician

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

- complications of

bronchitis Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi (large and medium-sized airways) in the lungs that causes coughing. Bronchitis usually begins as an infection in the nose, ears, throat, or sinuses. The infection then makes its way down to the bronchi. S ...

. * August 30, 2003: Actor

Charles Bronson Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. Known for his "granite features and brawny physique," he gained international fame for his starring roles in action, Western, and war ...

- after severe pneumonia. * November 12, 2003: Actor

Jonathan Brandis Jonathan Gregory Brandis (April 13, 1976 – November 12, 2003) was an American actor. Beginning his career as a child model, Brandis moved on to acting in commercials and subsequently won television and film roles. Brandis made his acting debut ...

- injuries after a suicide attempt. * February 8, 2004: Gang member Antoine Miller, one of several men who attacked Reginald Denny in 1992, - one week after being shot during an altercation outside a nightclub. * January 23, 2005: '' The Tonight Show'' host Johnny Carson - respiratory failure arising from emphysema. * September 25, 2005: Actor

Don Adams Donald James Yarmy (April 13, 1923 – September 25, 2005), known professionally as Don Adams, was an American actor. In his five decades on television, he was best known as Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) in the television situation comedy ''Ge ...

- lymphoma. * January 6, 2006: Musician Lou Rawls - cancer. * February 10, 2006: Record producer and rapper

J Dilla J, or j, is the tenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its usual name in English is ''jay'' (pronounced ), with a now-uncommon vari ...

- blood disease. * February 24, 2006: Actor Don Knotts - pulmonary/respiratory complications due to pneumonia that was related to lung cancer. * August 13, 2006: Actor

Tony Jay Tony Jay (2 February 1933 – 13 August 2006) was a British actor. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he was known for his voice work in radio, animation, film, and video games. Jay was particularly noted for his distinctive bari ...

- complications from having a non-cancerous tumor removed from his lungs during a surgery. * September 14, 2006: Bodybuilder and actor Mickey Hargitay -

multiple myeloma Multiple myeloma (MM), also known as plasma cell myeloma and simply myeloma, is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that normally produces antibodies. Often, no symptoms are noticed initially. As it progresses, bone pain, anem ...

. * January 8, 2007: Animator Iwao Takamoto - heart attack. * January 27, 2007: Actress and producer

Marcheline Bertrand Marcia Lynne "Marcheline" Bertrand (May 9, 1950 – January 27, 2007) was an American actress. She was the former wife of actor Jon Voight, and the mother of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven. Early life Born at St. Francis Hospital ...

- an 8-year battle with ovarian and breast cancer. * August 12, 2007: Merv Griffin, host of

The Merv Griffin Show ''The Merv Griffin Show'' is an American television talk show starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, May 10, 1965 to July 4, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 ...

and creator of Jeopardy! and

Wheel of Fortune The Wheel of Fortune or '' Rota Fortunae'' has been a concept and metaphor since ancient times referring to the capricious nature of Fate. Wheel of Fortune may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Art * ''The Wheel of Fortune'' (Burne-J ...

, - prostate cancer. * August 24, 2007: Film producer and political activist

Aaron Russo Aaron Russo (February 14, 1943 – August 24, 2007) was an American entertainment businessman, film producer and director, and political activist. He was best known for producing movies including ''Trading Places'', '' Wise Guys'', and '' The Ro ...

bladder cancer Bladder cancer is any of several types of cancer arising from the tissues of the urinary bladder. Symptoms include blood in the urine, pain with urination, and low back pain. It is caused when epithelial cells that line the bladder become mal ...

. * October 30, 2007: Singer Robert Goulet - idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. * November 11, 2007: Film and television director Delbert Mann - severe pneumonia. * December 13, 2007: Musician and actor

Floyd Westerman Floyd Westerman, also known as ''Kanghi Duta'' ("Red Crow" in Dakota) (August 17, 1936 – December 13, 2007), was a Dakota Sioux musician, political activist, and actor. After establishing a career as a country music singer, later in his life h ...

- leukemia. * June 17, 2008: American Dancer

Cyd Charisse Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea; March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008) was an American actress and dancer. After recovering from polio as a child and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually featured her abilit ...

- heart attack. * September 1, 2008: Voice actor

Don LaFontaine Donald Leroy LaFontaine (August 26, 1940 – September 1, 2008) was an American voice actor who recorded more than 5,000 film trailers and hundreds of thousands of television advertisements, network promotions, and video game trailers over four ...

- complications from a pneumothorax. * May 18, 2009: Rapper Dolla - after having been shot 5 times at the Beverly Center Shopping Mall. * August 21, 2009: Entrepreneur Frank Fertitta Jr. - surgical complications from heart surgery. * December 20, 2009: Actress

Brittany Murphy Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack (; November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was an American actress and singer. Born in Atlanta, Murphy moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and pursued a career in acting. Her breakthrough role was as Tai Fras ...

- cardiac arrest due to pneumonia. * March 23, 2011: Actress

Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. ...

- heart failure. * April 11, 2011: Designer

Bijan Pakzad Bijan Pakzad (; fa, بیژن پاکزاد, ), generally known simply as Bijan (4 April 1940 - 16 April 2011), was an Iranian designer of menswear and fragrances. Biography Bijan Pakzad was born in Tehran, Iran in either 1940 or 1944.Parisa Miche ...

- stroke. * November 8, 2011: Rapper

Heavy D Dwight Arrington MyersCuda, Heidi Sigmund Keeping it reel. ''Vibe'' ("born Dwight Arrington Myers")Samuels, Anita M. (January 12' 1996)Heavy D, the C.E.O. ''New York Times'' (May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011), known professionally as Heav ...

- complications from pneumonia after having collapsed outside his home. * January 26, 2012: British actor

Ian Abercrombie Ian Abercrombie (11 September 1934 – 26 January 2012) was an English actor and comedian. He was best known for playing Justin Pitt (Elaine Benes' boss) during the sixth season of ''Seinfeld''. He also played Alfred Pennyworth on ''Birds of Pre ...

- kidney failure. * February 1, 2012: American television show host

Don Cornelius Donald Cortez Cornelius (September 27, 1936 – February 1, 2012) was an American television show host and producer widely known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance and music show ''Soul Train'', which he hosted from 1971 until 1993 ...

- self-inflicted gunshot wound. * April 18, 2012: American film score composer Robert O. Ragland - after hospitalization. * July 8, 2012: Actor Ernest Borgnine - kidney failure. * September 3, 2012: Actor Michael Clarke Duncan - heart complications. * October 9, 2012: Actress

Sammi Kane Kraft Sammi Kane Kraft (April 2, 1992 – October 9, 2012) was an American baseball player, musician and actress. Born in Livingston, New Jersey, she starred in the 2005 remake of '' Bad News Bears'' as Amanda Wurlitzer. She was featured in an ...

- injuries sustained in an automobile accident. * February 18, 2013: Owner of the Los Angeles Lakers

Jerry Buss Gerald Hatten Buss (January 27, 1933 – February 18, 2013) was an American businessman, investor, chemist, and philanthropist. He was the majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning 10 l ...

- at age 80 after having been hospitalized with an undisclosed form of cancer. His immediate cause of death was listed as kidney failure. * October 14, 2014: Actress

Elizabeth Peña Elizabeth Maria Peña (September 23, 1959 – October 14, 2014) was an American actress, writer and musician. Her work in films included '' Nothing like the Holidays'', '' Batteries Not Included'', '' La Bamba'', '' Down and Out in Bever ...

- after a brief illness. * January 5, 2015: Actress

Francesca Hilton Constance Francesca Gabor Hilton (March 10, 1947 – January 5, 2015) was an actress and comedian who was the only child of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton and his second wife, actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor. Early life and family Hil ...

- after suffering a large stroke. * January 9, 2015: American film producer

Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Samuel John Goldwyn Jr. (September 7, 1926 – January 9, 2015) was an American film producer. Early life Samuel Goldwyn Jr. was born on September 7, 1926, in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Frances Howard (born Frances Howard McL ...

- congestive heart failure. * December 31, 2015: Singer–songwriter, actress Natalie Cole - congestive heart failure. * February 4, 2016: Model Katie May - stroke. * June 6, 2016: Actress

Theresa Saldana Theresa Saldana (August 20, 1954 – June 6, 2016) was an American actress, activist, and writer. She is known for her role as Rachel Scali, the wife of Police Commissioner Tony Scali, in the 1990s television series ''The Commish'', for which sh ...

- severe pneumonia. * October 20, 2016: Actor

Michael Massee Michael Groo Massee (September 1, 1952 – October 20, 2016) was an American actor. Active on screen during a three decade career, he frequently portrayed villainous characters. His film roles include Funboy in the dark fantasy ''The Crow'' (1994 ...

- stomach cancer * November 24, 2016: Actress Florence Henderson - heart failure. * December 28, 2016: Actress Debbie Reynolds - stroke, just one day after her daughter

Carrie Fisher Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the '' Star Wars'' films (1977–1983). She reprised the role in'' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), ''The Last ...

, the portrayal of Princess Leia from the '' Star Wars'' universe, had died. * February 25, 2017: Actor

Bill Paxton William Paxton (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017) was an American actor and filmmaker. He appeared in films such as '' Weird Science'' (1985), '' Aliens'' (1986), ''Near Dark'' (1987), '' Tombstone'' (1993), ''True Lies'' (1994), ''Apollo 13 ...

- stroke. * May 31, 2017: Actor

Tino Insana Silvio Peter "Tino" Insana (February 15, 1948 – May 31, 2017) was an American actor, producer, writer, and comedian. Life and career Insana was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 15, 1948, the son of Silvio A. Insana, a musician, and Hilora ...

- cancer. * June 16, 2017: Director

John G. Avildsen John Guilbert Avildsen (December 21, 1935 – June 16, 2017) was an American film director. He is perhaps best known for directing ''Rocky'' (1976), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Director, and the first three ''The Karate Kid'' fil ...

- complications from pancreatic cancer. * September 15, 2017: Actor

Harry Dean Stanton Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor, musician, and singer. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films including ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), ''Kelly's Heroes ...

- undisclosed illness. * April 8, 2018: Actor

Chuck McCann Charles John Thomas McCann (September 2, 1934 – April 8, 2018) was an American actor, comedian, puppeteer, commercial presenter and television host. He was best known for his work in presenting children's television programming and animation, a ...

- congestive heart failure. * November 12, 2018:

Marvel Marvel may refer to: Business * Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company ** Marvel Comics, the primary imprint of Marvel Entertainment ** Marvel Universe, a fictional shared universe ** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics ...

Comic-book writer Stan Lee - after he had been rushed to the hospital that morning. * April 29, 2019: In a notice from his family following his death from a stroke, it was stated that

John Singleton John Daniel Singleton (January 6, 1968 April 28, 2019) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer. He made his feature film debut writing and directing ''Boyz n the Hood'' (1991), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for B ...

had been taken there and treated for a stroke, and that he had been removed from life support after having fallen into a coma earlier due to the stroke. His death was confirmed hours after being removed from life support. * August 25, 2019: Musician

Clora Bryant Clora Larea Bryant (May 30, 1927 – August 25, 2019) was an American jazz trumpeter. She was the only female trumpeter to perform with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and was a member of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. Early life B ...

- after suffering a heart attack at her home. * October 6, 2019: Comedian

Rip Taylor Charles Elmer "Rip" Taylor Jr. (January 13, 1931 – October 6, 2019) was an American actor and comedian, known for his exuberance and flamboyant personality, including his wild moustache, toupee, and his habit of showering himself (and others ...

- heart failure. * December 1, 2019: Actress

Shelley Morrison Shelley Morrison (born Rachel Mitrani; October 26, 1936 – December 1, 2019) was an American actress. Morrison was known for her role as maid Rosario Salazar in the NBC comedy '' Will & Grace'', which she played from 1999 to 2006. She was als ...

- heart failure. * December 4, 2019: Film and television producer Leonard Goldberg - injuries sustained in a fall. *January 8, 2020: Actor, writer and producer

Buck Henry Buck Henry (born Henry Zuckerman; December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020) was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. Henry's contributions to film included his work as a co-writer for Mike Nichols's ''The Graduate'' (1967) for which he re ...

- heart attack. * February 19, 2020: Rapper and Songwriter Pop Smoke - multiple gunshot wounds. *March 31, 2020: Actress

Julie Bennett Julie Bennett (January 24, 1932 – March 31, 2020) was an American actress and later talent agent and realtor. Early years Bennett was born in Manhattan, New York, on January 24, 1932. Acting career A native of Hollywood, Bennett worked as a ...

- complications from COVID-19. *July 5, 2020: Broadway performer

Nick Cordero Nicholas Eduardo Alberto Cordero (September 17, 1978 – July 5, 2020) was a Canadian actor and singer. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Cheech in the 2014 Broadway musical ''Bullets Over ...

- result of complications from COVID-19 after a months-long battle with the disease. *September 27, 2020: Television, film producer, director, and screenwriter

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- cardiac arrest. *December 4, 2020: Actor

David Lander David L. Lander (born David Leonard Landau, June 22, 1947 – December 4, 2020) was an American actor, comedian, musician, and baseball scout. He was best known for his portrayal of Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman in the ABC sitcom ''Laverne & Shirl ...

- complications from multiple sclerosis. *January 4, 2021: Actress

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- complications from a UTI. *January 23, 2021: Television host Larry King -

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. *April 29, 2021: TV actress

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- natural causes. *July 28, 2021: Inventor and marketing personality

Ron Popeil Ronald Martin Popeil (; May 3, 1935 – July 28, 2021), was an American inventor and marketing personality, and founder of the direct response marketing company Ronco. He made appearances in infomercials for the Showtime Rotisserie and coined t ...

- brain hemorrhage. *August 7, 2022: Actor, director, and writer

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- injuries. *October 7, 2022: Actor

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- renal failure

Other

*Film Producer Edward L. Montoro was hospitalized with an illness in May, 1984 shortly before his mysterious disappearance. *Actor Josh Hartnett was taken to the hospital via ambulance after suffering from gastrointestinal issues in April, 2009. He was discharged after five days. *Rapper Kanye West was sent here after a near-fatal car crash in 2002. It is the inspiration for his song

Through the Wire "Through the Wire" is the debut single by American rapper and producer Kanye West, who wrote and recorded the song with his jaw wired shut after a car crash in October 2002. The song samples Chaka Khan's 1985 single " Through the Fire" and was rel ...

. *Actor/Musician Daniel Newman was involved a near-fatal hit and run incident in 2009. *Singer Travis Barker of

Blink-182 Blink-182 (stylized as blink-182) is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Poway, California in 1992. Their current lineup consists of bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus, guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. Though their ...

was hospitalized in late June, 2022 due to pancreatic issues. *Comedian, actor, singer, game show host, announcer, spokesman,

Ed McMahon Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009) was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor, singer, and combat aviator. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their association in their first TV series, the ABC game sh ...

had surgery on his broken back as well as neck surgery.

References

External links

Official Cedars-Sinai website

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- California Healthcare Atlas, California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development * * {{authority control Hospital buildings completed in 1910 Hospital buildings completed in 1930 Hospitals established in 1961 Hospitals in Los Angeles Jewish medical organizations Teaching hospitals in California Wilshire, Los Angeles Westside (Los Angeles County) Trauma centers UCLA Health Del E. Webb buildings