Lion King Star, 11, Dies of Cancer

Boston boy-band star loses long battle with leukemia

(NEWSER) - Rich Cronin, lead singer of '90s boy band trio LFO, is dead. Cronin, 35, who wrote hits including Summer Girls, suffered a stroke after a long battle with leukemia, TMZ reports. The Boston native set up the Rich Cronin Hope Foundation to raise funds to fight the disease he was diagnosed with in 2005. He toured with a reunited LFO last year and was working on new music. More»

Member of folk trio had been battling leukemia

(AP) - Mary Travers, one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died today after a battle with leukemia, the band's publicist says. She was 72. Travers joined forces with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in the early 1960s. The trio mingled their music with liberal politics, onstage and off. Their version of If I Had a Hammer became an anthem for racial equality. Other hits included Leaving on a Jet Plane and Puff (The Magic Dragon). More»

(NEWSER) - Moved by a video of a young African American girl with leukemia, Rihanna is helping her find a bone marrow donor, People reports. It's the second time the singer has helped a leukemia sufferer seek a match. "When I saw the video of Jasmina it broke my heart," Rihanna said. "It is so unfair that for a black patient it's so much harder to find a bone marrow match." More»

British star of stage and screen won Oscar for A Man for All Seasons

(NEWSER) - Paul Scofield, the British actor who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons, has died at the age of 86. His agent told Reuters that the actor, who eschewed Hollywood stardom for smaller film roles and a robust theater career, had been suffering from leukemia. "Of the 10 greatest moments in the theater, eight are Scofield's," Richard Burton once said. More»

Child star of The Client had run-ins with police, drugs as an adult

(NEWSER) - Actor Brad Renfro, who kicked off his career at age 10 in The Client, was found dead at his Los Angeles home today, "Access Hollywood" reports. He was 25. The LA coroner's office confirmed his death; the cause of death is unknown and an investigation is under way. "There is no suspicion of foul play," a police spokesman told the LA Times. More»