LFO frontman Rich Cronin died Wednesday after battling leukemia.

The 35 year-old singer-songwriter fronted the '90s pop trio LFO (Lyte Funky Ones). The group was perhaps best known for their hit "Summer Girls."

Sad news from Alabama: Actor Glenn Shadix, best known to '80s fans for his role as Otho the interior decorator in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice, died Tuesday morning after a fall in his Birmingham condo, a family member confirmed. Shadix was 58.

Comedian Robert Schimmel died Friday from injuries he suffered in a car accident a week prior, Bob Merlis, his friend and former rep at Warner Bros. Records, confirmed to CNN. He was 60 years old.

Jack Horkheimer, a playwright turned amateur astronomer who inspired millions of people to look a little closer at the nighttime sky with his pioneering planetarium shows and long-running public television show, "Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer," died Aug. 20 in Miami of a respiratory ailment. He was 72.

Satoshi Kon, a highly acclaimed Japanese anime director, died suddenly of cancer on Monday evening, said UK Anime Network News. He was 47.

Just days after the Pirate family lost Nellie King comes news that former GM Joe L. Brown has passed away at the age of 91.

Nelson Joseph "Nellie" King, a former Pirates pitcher and broadcaster and Duquesne University sports information director and broadcaster, died today.

His death was confirmed by Duquesne University athletic spokesman Dave Saba. He was 82.

(CNN) -- Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has died in a plane crash near Dillingham, Alaska, a source familiar with ongoing rescue efforts confirms to CNN.

Glenn Pavone, the longtime guitarist for the Billy Price Band and his own group, The Cyclones, died last night after a three-year battle with cancer at the age of 52.

The inventor of Cheez Doodles, the neon-orange snacks that cling to your hands, died last week at 90.