Darlene Cates, known for playing the mother in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” has died. Gilbert's mother, who is morbidly obese, makes a change in her life by actually leaving the couch, in this act she dies. Her breakout role in Hollywood was also her first when she was offered the role of a housebound mother in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.” The drama, which starred a young Johnny Depp, notably earned DiCaprio his first Oscar nomination.The actress was allegedly discovered by “Gilbert Grape” author and screenwriter Peter Hedges after she appeared on an After “Gilbert Grape” Cates’ acting career was limited to guest turns in “Touched by an Angel,” “Picket Fences” and the TV movie “Wolf Girl.” John Ashbery, the acclaimed Pulitzer-winning American poet who challenged readers with musical verses that often defied easy understanding, Elizabeth Kemp, actress and famed teacher at the Actors Studio, Troy Gentry, one half of Kentucky-based country music duo Montgomery Gentry, has Blake Heron, the former child actor best known for playing Marty Preston in the 1996 family movie “Shiloh,” has Michael Friedman, a composer and lyricist whose musical “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” played on Broadway in 2010, Mike Hodge, an actor who appeared in recurring roles on “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and was the president of SAG-AFTRA’s New York chapter, died Sep. 9 at the age of 70.Television executive Don Ohlmeyer, who coined the phrase “Must See TV” in the 1990s, died Sep. 10, NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” play-by-play man Al Michaels announced during tonight’s telecast.
When Becky asks Gilbert what he wants out of his life, she encourages him to prioritize himself and live his life a bit more selfishly. Directed by Lasse Hallström. 19 at the age of 88.He was known for reporting on letters he received from “Son of Sam” serial killer, David Berkowitz in 1977 and exposed one of the city’s worst corruption scandals in the ’80s.The "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" mom died Mar. Hurt had been battling pancreatic cancer since 2015.Best known for playing Captain Apollo on the 1970s sci-fi television series “Battlestar Galactica,” Hatch The senior business correspondent and host of “Bulls and Bears” for the Fox News Channel, Brenda Buttner died on Feb. 20 after a battle with cancer at the age of 55.The 7-foot, 7-inch Fingleton died Feb. 25 at age 36. Chris Cornell, the grunge frontman of rock groups Soundgarden and Audioslave, The former Fox News Chief, who resigned from the company in July after former anchor Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit that resulted in multiple women coming forward with similar claims died on May 18 at the age of 77.According to a family friend who spoke with CNN, Ailes fell at his home in Palm Beach, Florida last week, suffered complications, and slipped into a coma.Best known as Caitlin Bree in the 1994 film “Clerks,” Spoonauer The star of “Ed Wood,” “North by Northwest” and the ’60s TV series “Mission: Impossible” The famed horror director who invented the modern zombie movie with 1968’s “Night of the Living Dead,” Chester Bennington, the frontman of the 2000s rap-rock group Linkin Park, died of suicide by hanging on July 20. With Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen. What was the cause of Bonnie's (the mother's) death in What's Eating GIlbert Grape? 10 at 60-years-old. If so, is that even realistic in real life? 18 at the age of 90.The famed comic book artist known for co-creating the DC comic book monster Swamp Thing died Mar. Cates’ daughter, Sheri Cates Morgan, announced in a Facebook post that he… She was 69. )”“Gilbert Grape” star Leonardo DiCaprio honored his on-screen mother in a Facebook post on Tuesday afternoon.“Darlene was the best acting mom I ever had the privilege of working alongside,” DiCaprio wrote. 6 at the age of 84.A member of the 1970's musical group, Sister Sledge, known for their single “We Are Family," Sledge died Mar. After his father's death, Gilbert has to care for his mentally disabled brother, Arnie, and his morbidly obese mother, which is suddenly challenged when love walks into his life. She was 69.Cates’ daughter, Sheri Cates Morgan, announced in a Facebook post that her mother died “peacefully in her sleep” on Sunday morning.“We take comfort in knowing that she is no longer in pain and is in the arms of our Heavenly Father, breaking away only to dance with our Savior, Jesus,” the daughter wrote. © Copyright 2020 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. She died “peacefully in her sleep” on Sunday, daughter saysDarlene Cates, the mother in the Oscar-nominated 1993 movie “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” has died.
Darlene Cates, who played the morbidly obese, housebound mother in the 1993 film “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” died March 26 at her home in Forney, Tex. He was also the older brother of actors Jonah Hill and Beanie Feldstein.William W. Graham, a scion of the iconic Washington Post publishers Phil and Katharine Graham, died at age 69 as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 17 after suffering a heart attack. The Pulitzer-winning reporter and columnist whose life was as outsized as the New York City characters he depicted and exposed in print, died Mar. He was in his early 90s.A look back at the stars of movies, TV, media and music we lost this yearA look back at some of the notable people we've lost this year.Kent Damon, left, and Matt Damon in 2010 (Bryce Vickmark/Getty Images) She was 69. Plot – Gilbert has no future in the small and boring town of Endora, especially because both his brother and his mother are disabled. 22 at the age of 56.The Oscar winning director of "The Silence of the Lambs" One of the stars of Disney’s 2004 film “Miracle,” Mantenuto The Emmy-winning character actor, who had memorable stints on "Deadwood," "24," and "Nashville," died in his sleep of natural causes at age 68 on May 14.The longtime producer, who also served as chairman and CEO of Paramount for 12 years, died May 14 of cancer at age 59. 19 after a long battle with brain cancer at 68-years-old. After observing the Grape family, especially the dynamics between Arnie and Gilbert, Becky has grown concerned about the pressure and expectations that weigh on Gilbert.