James Lipton, Longtime Host of Inside the Actors Studio, Dies at 93

James Lipton, executive producer, writer and host of Inside the Actors Studio, has died. He was 93.
Lipton’s wife Kendekai Turner told The New York Times that he died at his Manhattan home Monday from bladder cancer.
In 1994, he created Inside The Actors Studio and served as the host and executive producer from its inception until he stepped down in September 2018 after nearly 25 years. He had also served as the Dean Emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York