NEW YORK — Tony Randall, the actor America knew as television’s most fastidious neat freak, carried a private life so carefully compartmentalized that even those closest to him…

Rosemary Clooney, the velvet-voiced icon who defined mid-century American elegance, lived a double life that remained hidden from the public for decades, a life marked by profound childhood…

Paul Lynde, the comedian whose withering one-liners and unmistakable voice made him one of the most recognizable faces on American television, died alone in his Beverly Hills home…

Stephen Colbert, the man America has welcomed into its living rooms for nearly three decades as a sharp-witted satirist and late-night host, has quietly carried a profound and…

Charlie Chaplin, the silent-film genius who made the world laugh while carrying the wounds of a childhood spent in London workhouses and psychiatric wards, lived what amounted to…

Jonathan Winters, the improvisational genius who transformed American comedy with nothing more than a shifting voice and a twisted expression, lived a hidden double life that few understood…

LOS ANGELES — Valerie Bertinelli has become the unexpected center of a national conversation about inheritance, legacy, and the emotional weight of what famous people leave behind, after…

LOS ANGELES — For more than three decades, American audiences believed they knew everything there was to know about Smiley Burnette, the stocky, guitar-strumming sidekick who rode alongside…

Barry Gibb has broken decades of silence about the youngest Bee Gees brother, revealing that Andy Gibb’s death at 30 was the end of a long, hidden battle…