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‘Scary Movie’ actress Erica Ash dies aged 46 after cancer battle
Scary Movie franchise as well as a number of comedy sketch shows, has died at the age of 46.Her publicist confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that she passed away on Sunday (July 28) in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer.“Erica was an amazing woman and talented entertainer who touched countless lives with her sharp wit, humor and genuine zest for life,” said her family in a statement. “Her memory will live eternally in our hearts.”Ash starred as Kendra Brooks in Scary Movie 5 in 2013 alongside Ashley Tisdale and Simon Rex, with other feature film credits in her career including the 2018 sports comedy Uncle Drew, 2021’s Violet, opposite Olivia Munn and Justin Theroux, and the 2023 supernatural horror We Have A Ghost, where she starred alongside David Harbour and Anthony Mackie.She was born Erica Chantal Ash on September 19, 1977 in Florida and grew up in Atlanta.Her breakthrough came in The Big Gay Sketch Show, which aired on Logo from 2006 to 2008, and she later starred on the Fox sketch show MADtv for the following two years, where she became known for impressions including Michelle Obama and Whoopi Goldberg.Ash played Mary Charles Calloway on all four seasons of Survivor’s Remorse, a comedy drama series produced by LeBron James that ran from 2014 to 2017 on Starz.She later made a name for herself as the ex-partner of Kevin Hart on the spoof reality show Real Husbands of Hollywood, which ran from 2013-16.Comedian, talk show host and personal friend of Ash, Loni Love, shared her own tribute on social media, writing: “Sad to confirm my friend and fellow actress Erica Ashe’s passing.
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Jimmy Kimmel’s son Billy, 7, undergoes third open-heart surgery: ‘A lot of optimism’ and ‘fear’
Jimmy Kimmel revealed over the weekend that his 7-year-old son, Billy, underwent his third open-heart surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.“Our boy Billy had his third (of three, we hope) open heart surgery. We went into this experience with a lot of optimism and nearly as much fear and came out with a new valve inside a happy, healthy kid,” he captioned an Instagram photo of his son resting and smiling in a hospital bed.“Once again Billy’s doctors, led by the brilliant surgeon Vaughn Starnes, cardiologist Tim Casarez and the excellent, hard-working staff, doctors, nurses and nurse practitioners at CHLA, including, but certainly not limited to Misty, Ann, Sylvia, Dana, Caleigh, Nick, Bekah, Julie, Kenny, Caroline, Lisa, Stephanie, Ellize, Ivy, Pam and Carrie came through for us with immeasurable kindness and expertise.”“Walking around this hospital, meeting parents at their most vulnerable, children in pain and the miracle workers who do everything in their considerable power to save them is a humbling experience,” he went on.“We hope you never need CHLA, but if you do – know that they help families regardless of their ability to pay, thanks largely to the Affordable Care Act (another salute to the late Senator John McCain), generous donations from companies like Disney, which I am proud to work for and especially from generous people like you.”The Oscars host also thanked Dr.
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