Jimmy Carter, longtime Channel 4 entertainment reporter, dies - The Tennessean

Jimmy Carter, a Nashville entertainment correspondent known for covering red carpets, award shows and Music Row, died October 13 at 73. Prefer HTon Google Jimmy Carter, an entertainment correspondent based in Nashville who maintained a prominent career spanning multiple decades, died in his sleep on October 13. This information was disclosed by WSM Radio, a former employer, as well as his granddaughter, Kira Sparks, through a Facebook post. He was 73. Jimmy Carter began his broadcasting career as a teenager and went on to become a prominent Nashville entertainment correspondent. Who was Jimmy Carter? Carter was born on October 15, 1952, and spent his formative years in Montgomery, Alabama. At the age of 15 in 1962, Carter commenced his career in broadcast journalism through on-the-job training at his preferred rock radio station. Later, Carter applied his accumulated expertise to WSMV 4, where he assumed the position of executive producer. Carter gained considerable recognition for his extensive 21-year tenure covering red carpet events and various Music Row engagements in his capacity as an entertainment correspondent for WSMV Channel 4.

Marvel Studios’ release of Avengers: Endgame: Encore was a shrewd gambit for a few reasons: It put the studio’s most successful film back in conversation right after the juggernaut success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day; it tided die-hards over with new footage ahead of December’s Avengers: Doomsday; and, perhaps most importantly, it raked in an additional $138 million for the film, reinstating its position as the worldwide box office champion over James Cameron’s Avatar. Cameron, who certainly doesn’t spend his precious time fretting about such matters as lifetime financial grosses and being the best in the world at stuff, recently expressed his congratulations to Marvel for once again overtaking his 2009 sci-fi film. “You are one of the people,” the director wrote (per The Wrap) in a composite image from Avatar, with Iron Man at the center of a welcoming Na’vi tribe. “Congratulations to Marvel and the #1 Avengers: Endgame: Encore for bringing moviegoers to the cinemas! – Jim Cameron.”

John Alexander Greer III, age 44, passed away suddenly on October 12, 2026. Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick to John Alexander Greer II, Shelley Ann Greer, ( Stewart Allan), John lived his life devoted to caring for those he loved. Above all, John’s greatest joy was being a father to his sons, Jonathan and Nathaniel. He was a hero to his brothers, Jobi James and Jermey Dale Greer, and a loving partner to his fiancée, Samantha Vernon. Possessing a heart of gold, John brought warmth to everyone around him and found his ultimate freedom riding his motorcycles on the open road. He is reunited in rest with his late grandparents, Fred and Gladys Ramsey, and John Greer I and Shirley Gould