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Comedian and actress Mitzi McCall of comedy duo McCall and Brill died Thursday at 93 years old, according to a statement from her representative. She died in Burbank at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, surrounded by loved ones.

McCall began in the 1950s and made a name for herself on the comedy scene. She was best known for her work as a team with her husband, Charlie Brill. They became mainstays on the era’s variety shows, including “The Ed Sullivan Show” — and were even on the episodes where The Beatles made their American debut.

“Mitzi McCall’s life was a testament to the power of laughter, and her influence on the world of comedy will be remembered for years to come,” the statement from her representative reads. “Her legacy will live on through the countless laughs she inspired and the doors she opened for future generations.”

She appeared on “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In...

Former West Wing co-star Stockard Channing has signed onto Mandy Moore’s ABC comedy pilot.

Channing has joined the untitled half-hour comedy along with Kurt Fuller (Psych) as Moore’s parents on the show. She’ll play the warm and devoted and sometimes overbearing and manipulative matriarch of the family. Fuller plays a good-natured dad who’s used to taking a backseat to his take-charge wife. Majandra Delfino and Erinn Hayes also star.

Channing has a long TV career that includes 1980′s The Stockard Channing Show and the 2005 medical drama Out of Practice.

Ron Silver began his career with regular roles on Chicago Hope, Veronica's Closet, The Stockard Channing Show all preparing him for his Emmy nominated role on The West Wing. It was released this morning that the 62 year old actor passed away after battling esophageal cancer for two years. His rep, Robin Bronk released the following statement this morning, "Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him early Sunday morning." Silver is survived by both parents, brothers Mitchell and Keith, son Adam, and daughter Alexandra. Each day his legacy will be carried on by his family, his fans and his supporters. Silver was born and raised in the Big Apple attending Stuyvesant High School and after wards attending Suny Buffalo where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and Chinese. After returning to the city, Silver went on to earn his masters at St...

Ron Silver began his career with regular roles on Chicago Hope, Veronica's Closet, The Stockard Channing Show all preparing him for his Emmy nominated role on The West Wing. It was released this morning that the 62 year old actor passed away after battling esophageal cancer for two years. His rep, Robin Bronk released the following statement this morning, "Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him early Sunday morning." Silver is survived by both parents, brothers Mitchell and Keith, son Adam, and daughter Alexandra. Each day his legacy will be carried on by his family, his fans and his supporters. Silver was born and raised in the Big Apple attending Stuyvesant High School and after wards attending Suny Buffalo where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and Chinese. After returning to the city, Silver went on to earn his masters at St...

Ron Silver began his career with regular roles on Chicago Hope, Veronica's Closet, The Stockard Channing Show all preparing him for his Emmy nominated role on The West Wing. It was released this morning that the 62 year old actor passed away after battling esophageal cancer for two years. His rep, Robin Bronk released the following statement this morning, "Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him early Sunday morning." Silver is survived by both parents, brothers Mitchell and Keith, son Adam, and daughter Alexandra. Each day his legacy will be carried on by his family, his fans and his supporters. Silver was born and raised in the Big Apple attending Stuyvesant High School and after wards attending Suny Buffalo where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and Chinese. After returning to the city, Silver went on to earn his masters at St...

Actor Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a take-no-prisoners Hollywood producer in David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow" and did a political about-face from loyal Democrat to Republican activist after the Sept. 11 attacks, died Sunday at age 62.

"Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him early Sunday morning" in New York, said Robin Bronk, executive director of the Creative Coalition, which Silver helped found. "He had been fighting esophageal cancer for two years."

Silver, an Emmy nominee for a recurring role as a slick strategist for liberal President Jed Bartlet on "The West Wing," had a long history of balancing acting with left-leaning social and political causes.

But after the 2001 terrorist attacks, longtime Democrat Silver turned heads in Hollywood with outspoken support of President George W. Bush over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Silver spoke at the 2004 Republican National Convention, began referring to himself as...