Robert Osborne Has Passed Away

Actor and Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne has passed away in his sleep from natural causes at the age of 84. Osborne also wrote for the Hollywood Reporter from 1977 until he left the publication in 2009. 

Steven Spielberg released the following statement: "My condolences to the family and friends of Robert Osborne who championed the Golden Age of movies to an entire generation who never grew up in the wonderful world of black and white. He got us excited and reawakened to the greatest stories ever told with the most charismatic stars in the world. I will miss all the backstage stories he told us before and after the films. He sure opened my eyes to all that has come before and put TCM solidly on the map while ensuring his own legacy as the man who brought us back to the movies." 

Read his full obituary at The Hollywood Reporter.

Today we say good-bye to a dear member of our TCM family. Our thoughts are with all who love, as we do, Robert Osborne. #TCMRemembers pic.twitter.com/egWsPRGnJb

— TCM (@tcm) March 6, 2017