Pro-Tape Staff

09/18/2026

RIP Duncan Sheik...

Musician Duncan Sheik has died of heart failure leading to cardiac arrest at the age of 56, his rep confirms to PEOPLE. Sheik was a singer-songwriter who found success with his hit song “Barely Breathing.” He then moved into musical theater, most notably composing the score for “Spring Awakeni...

08/28/2026

RIP TIm Curry....

Tim Curry has died at 80. The beloved character actor created a gallery of delicious, loony villains for stage and screen. Curry gained fame as Dr.

08/28/2026

how??

08/25/2026

RIP Legend....

Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.

08/21/2026

RIP Frank Beard....

Frank Beard, ZZ Top's hard-shuffling drummer who performed with the group for more than 55 years, has died at age 77.

08/17/2026

RIP Tommy John....

“Tommy John surgery” is now named after the pitcher, who became known as the “Bionic Man” following a thrilling return from what should have been a career-ending injury.

08/17/2026

RIP Hayden Panettiere....

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/arts/television/hayden-panettiere-dead.html?

In May, she published a memoir after a tumultuous decade that involved depression, substance abuse, losing custody of her daughter and stints in rehab.

07/18/2026

Birth of Van Hagar....

07/18/2026

Betcha didn't know....

02/27/2026

RIP Neil Sedaka....

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/arts/music/neil-sedaka-dead.html?

He sang and co-wrote some of the definitive teenage anthems of the 1950s and early ’60s, including “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” and then reinvented his career in the ’70s.