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Lee Reherman ... who was Hawk on "American Gladiators" ... was found dead in his house Tuesday morning, TMZ has learned.

Reherman's rep says the actor's girlfriend found him in their Manhattan Beach, CA home. The rep says 49-year-old Reherman had been complaining about "not feeling well" in the last week. He was also recovering from hip replacement surgery several weeks ago.

Reherman most recently played a secret service agent on the TV show, "The First Family" -- and guest roles on tons of other TV shows including, "Jane The Virgin," 'X-Files' and "NCIS." But he was best known as Hawk.

Cause of death is unclear at this point, but law enforcement sources tell us there's no initial sign of foul play.

Katt Williams' explanation for his latest arrest is a classic Katt tale -- accusing a store clerk of racism and outright disrespect of, not just him, but black people everywhere.

TMZ broke the story ... the comedian got arrested Monday for allegedly punching a pool supply store employee in Georgia. But Katt says the worker started the altercation by subtly accusing him of being a criminal, and then hurling a racial epithet.

As Katt put it, "He used the n-word on the last day of Black History Month." And Katt wasn't having it.

You've got to see him describe what happened next. Important note: He doesn't deny punching the guy, and Katt talks a lot about Katt in the 3rd person in this clip.

We got him on his way into an L.A. courthouse where he had a hearing for a different case -- assault with a deadly weapon in Inglewood. He entered a not guilty plea.

Man's got a lot of cases.

Meek Mill did NOT spend one of his final nights before house arrest with his main chick -- Nicki Minaj -- he spent it with MANY chicks ...as in the Philly strippers he showered with $75k!!

Meek hit up the Vanity Grand Cabaret: Philadelphia Premier Gentlemen's club Sunday night for Future's after-party ... but the night was less sad, going away and more celebration ... of ass.

We're told Meek brought his artist Chino MMG, who just survived a shooting a few days ago ... so you know he was ready to party.

Of course, the fact he wasn't with Nicki is a strong sign there's trouble in paradise ... as we've reported, the couple's been feuding.

As for his house arrest ... the Philly D.A.'s Office tells us everything's set for Meek to go under lockdown ... including his monitoring device and clearing his home of contraband and weapons.

Sam Smith got a fitting thank you for his Oscars LGBT shout-out -- getting serenaded by a famous drag queen at legendary gay bar, The Abbey.

We're told Sam and his crew rolled into the club around 11 PM for their Monday night Lip Service drag show and stayed till about 1:30 AM fueled on vodka.

It’s quickly becoming Sam’s tradition … he hit the same spot after his Golden Globes win, but this time he was singled out by Vicki Vox ... who's a legend in the drag world for her parody hit, "This Boy Is A Bottom."

Vox had some sweet words for Sam during the show ... for a drag queen at least.

Patrick Schwarzenegger is moving on from Miley Cyrus nearly a year after their split -- and his new chick is younger, blonder and more Southern than his ex.

TMZ has learned Schwarzenegger just bagged a hot Alabama native named Abby Champion.

Sources close to the pair tell us the relationship is super new -- but 22-year-old Patrick's clearly ready to get couple-y with this one ... the two were spotted running errands together on Abby's birthday.

Champion's signed to Next models and turned 19 on Sunday.

Good job, Patrick. Dad must be proud.

Fetty Wap is doing a complete 180 -- he's now owning up to being the father of Masika's baby after vehemently denying it at first, and he's dropping major coin on her and the kid.

We're told Fetty dropped $20k on baby clothes, toys and furniture over the weekend while out shopping with the ex "Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood" star at fancy LA baby shop, Petit Tresor.

He's come a long way since Masika filed paternity docs 2 months ago when Fetty claimed he wasn't the father of her baby. Our sources say Fetty's now doing everything he can to help out, including taking care of Masika.

No word if they're rekindling the romance or if he's just playing nice with his baby mama -- either way she seemed very pleased at Mastro's last weekend.

11:15 AM PT: Leon's rep tells TMZ ... Leon is legally authorized to license and sell Hendrix-themed merchandise and has been doing so for years. As for the latest liquor lawsuit ... Leon's rep says Leon's not to blame, claiming some former business associates went rogue a few years back -- and, in fact, Leon is planning to sue as well.

Jimi Hendrix was all for Purple Haze, all in your brain, but his estate ain't down to push a specialty liqueur that jacked his famous song title ... according to a new lawsuit.

The company that controls the late guitar great's merchandising is going after Leon Hendrix ... one of Jimi's relatives because he's hawking something called Purple Haze Liqueur. Bottles of the berry-flavored cognac and vodka blend also feature a picture of Jimi.

Experience Hendrix wants a judge to shut down all sales for obvious reasons -- it says Leon has no authority to use the name or likeness, plus he's done this before. In 2008, Experience Hendrix blocked sales of Jimi Hendrix Electric Vodka ... which it believes Leon was behind.

EH points out Leon is kind of a black sheep in the fam, saying Jimi's father purposely left him out when he doled out control of Jimi's music and merchandising.

The keepers of all things Jimi are suing Leon and his biz partner for all their profits and to get an injunction blocking all future sales.

A New York City judge just ordered Howard Stern "Wack Packer" High Pitch Erik to steer clear from The Elephant Boy after allegedly threatening to kill him.

Erik's attorney, Jeff Scaggs, tells TMZ the judge issued a no-contact order Tuesday at his arraignment on one count of aggravated harassment. However, the order allows for "incidental" contact, meaning the two can still interact through public appearances or on 'The Stern Show.'

Scaggs tells us the whole thing has been extremely stressful for Erik, especially because he says EB still attacks him about his weight and dead mom on Twitter.

TMZ broke the story ... Erik was arrested in January for texting threatening messages to Elephant Boy. Cops say the messages read, "You're a dead mother f***er I'll break your face and strangle you."

Erik will be back in court next month.

Adele kicked off her world tour by helping a female fan take a leap of faith ... dropping a Leap Year proposal on her boyfriend in the middle of the concert -- but it did not go as planned.

No one will question the power of Adele's voice, but during Monday night's show in Belfast ... even that wasn't enough to convince the reluctant dude to say "yes" to his gf.

Watch ... things got uncomfortable when the crowd started booing the bf for beating around the bush after Adele and his gf single him out in the crowd.

Jerry Maren -- the last surviving 'Wizard of Oz' munchkin -- is keeping his title ... because he's alive and well.

There were multiple reports Monday 96-year-old Maren passed away after a bout with pancreatic cancer. But TMZ spoke with Steve Cox -- one of Maren's close friends -- who said he spoke with Jerry yesterday after the death reports ... and verified his pal's doing just fine.

Steve says Maren doesn't even have pancreatic cancer, and is well cared for by relatives in Southern California. He doesn't do appearances any more, but he's about as healthy as can be at 96.

Jerry is currently the last surviving actor still repping the Lollipop Guild.

Bradley Cooper doesn't have the elusive Oscar yet -- a la Leonardo DiCaprio -- but arguably he has something better ... a breakfast date with Naomi Campbell.

Bradley and the supermodel were together Saturday morning at a West Hollywood restaurant and even drove off together.

BC was with Irina Shayk for several months before this ... so clearly, he's got a type -- smoking hot supermodels. Brad has a lot in common with Leo, just get him an Oscar.

Although Naomi will do just fine, for now.

Conor McGregor rolled into a megafan's L.A. apartment this week -- after seeing a cardboard cutout of himself on the guy's balcony ... and the fan was so blown away, he could barely hold himself together.

Conor was driving to the gym when he noticed the cutout (which was displayed along with an Irish flag) -- and screamed up to the guy that he would drop in.

What ensues is pretty awesome ... you gotta watch the clip.

As for Conor's opponent at UFC 196 (which goes down March 5th in Vegas) -- we also got video of Nate Diaz in a recent training session ... acknowledging that he might get "merked."

It's pretty revealing footage ... Diaz knows McGregor is a dangerous guy -- but warns Conor not to underestimate him.

One last thing ... check out this video of McGregor hitting up Rodeo Drive in Bev Hills after tooling around in his Lambo -- dude LOVES to be rich!!!

Watch UFC 196 – McGregor vs. Diaz – Live on PPV on Saturday, March 5.

Gwyneth Paltrow needs to tell her estranged hubby to get off the dime, because we've learned he never responded to her divorce petition and the judge has taken notice.

Gwyneth filed for divorce April 20, 2015. Chris was served with legal docs on May 18th and the case has laid dormant since then. According to legal docs the Coldplay frontman never filed an answer to her divorce petition.

The judge has now notified Gwyneth and Chris, the actress may now be eligible to get a default judgment. Typically, that means she'd get what she asked for in her divorce petition. We broke the story, Gwyneth wants joint custody of their 2 kids. BTW ... she filed her petition without a lawyer.

But, as we reported, we're told business managers for Gwyneth and Chris have been privately hashing out a settlement, mostly involving their considerable assets. Based on what we know, it looks like Chris and his team simply never got around to filing an answer, which they'll probably do now.

One of the drug cartel bad dudes from "Sicario" was on the run from real life cops in L.A. before they chased him down and arrested him for DUI.

Law enforcement sources tell us cops spotted Bernardo Saracino -- drug lord Manuel Diaz in "Sicario" -- around 3:30 AM swerving on an L.A. freeway. Officers lit him up and the chase was on. We're told Saracino refused to pull over for about 8 minutes, leading LAPD cops on a chase that covered 3 freeways ... although never exceeding speed limits.

We're told Saracino -- who's also in Tina Fey's "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" -- eventually pulled over and surrendered peacefully. Officers booked him for misdemeanor DUI and evading police.

We reached out to Saracino's rep for comment ... so far, no word back.

Miley Cyrus took full advantage of SoHo's relaxed dress code during a Monday afternoon shopping trip.

It's hard to find good support in show biz.

Akon lives by a simple precept ... if someone doesn't want to be with you, just let them go.

We got Akon at LAX Monday and he sounds like the ultimate voice of reason. He's not taking sides with either Kesha or Luke, but he has a hard time believing the Sony producer is a rapist.