Joseph Unanue, 81, patriarch of Goya Foods, dies
When Joseph Unanue began to formally work at Goya Foods in 1952, the family business was a regional enterprise.
View ArticleA. Lionel Bosem, pre-boom South Beach hotelier, dies of MS
A. Lionel Bosem was studying architecture at the University of Florida in the 1950s when his father died, so he came home to Miami Beach and took over the family’s hotels.
View ArticleFamily: Country singer Slim Whitman dies at age 90
Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars Attacks!,"...
View ArticleBest-selling author Vince Flynn dies at age 47
Best-selling author Vince Flynn, who wrote the Mitch Rapp counterterrorism thriller series and sold more than 15 million books in the U.S. alone, died Wednesday in Minnesota after a more than two-year...
View ArticleAlternative comic books co-publisher dies
Kim Thompson, co-publisher of influential Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics Books - known for celebrated alternative comics, graphic novels and comic strip anthologies - has died.
View ArticleThompson, Fantagraphics co-publisher, dies at 56
Kim Thompson - co-publisher of the influential Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics Books known for celebrated alternative comics, graphic novels and comic strip anthologies - has died.
View ArticleActor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO's "The Sopranos" helped create one of TV's greatest drama series and turned the mobster stereotype on its head, died...
View ArticleSlim Whitman, country singer who won new fame with TV sales, dies at 90
The down-on-his-luck singer sat on the steps of Nashville's famed Grand Ole Opry, bemoaning the job he'd just lost at a radio station, when out walked country legend Hank Williams.
View ArticleSome of Tony Soprano's memorable lines
Some memorable lines spoken by the late James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in "The Sopranos":
View ArticleAP PHOTOS: The career of James Gandolfini
James Gandolfini, who won three Emmy Awards for his indelible role as mob boss Tony Soprano in HBO's "The Sopranos," died while on vacation in Italy at age 51. While Tony Soprano was a larger-than-life...
View ArticleJames Gandolfini, actor who starred in 'The Sopranos,' dies at 51
James Gandolfini, the Emmy-winning actor who swaggered his way to fame as the murderous, clinically depressed mob boss on HBO's groundbreaking drama "The Sopranos," died Wednesday on vacation in Rome....
View ArticleEdward Iacobucci, Citrix founder, dies of pancreatic cancer
Tech industry entrepreneur Edward Iacobucci, founder of the multinational software corporation Citrix Systems, died Friday morning of pancreatic cancer at his home in Boca Raton.
View ArticleJournalist, editor, publisher John Dotson dies
John L. Dotson Jr., a longtime journalist, editor and newspaper publisher who championed diversity in the newsroom, has died at age 76.
View ArticleWoman whose arrest triggered 1965 Watts riot dies
The woman who intervened when an officer pulled over one of her sons, leading to a racially-charged scuffle that set off the 1965 Watts riot, has died.
View ArticleBlues singer Bobby 'Blue' Bland dies at 83
Bobby "Blue" Bland, a distinguished singer who blended Southern blues and soul in songs such as "Turn on Your Love Light" and "Further On Up the Road," died Sunday. He was 83.
View ArticleHolly Skolnick, prominent Greenberg Traurig attorney, dies
During a quarter-century at the prestigious Miami-based law firm Greenberg Traurig, attorney Holly R. Skolnick defended high-profile white-collar defendants accused of money laundering, racketeering...
View ArticleWriter who sued over 'Da Vinci Code' dies in UK
Writer Michael Baigent, who gained attention for launching a lawsuit contending that "The Da Vinci Code" stole ideas from his own book, has died of a brain hemorrhage at age 65, his literary agent said...
View Article'Family Ties' creator Gary David Goldberg dies
Gary David Goldberg, who created the 1980s sitcom hit "Family Ties" and expanded into feature films, has died.
View Article'I Am Legend' author Richard Matheson dies at 87
Richard Matheson, the prolific sci-fi and fantasy writer whose "I Am Legend" and "The Shrinking Man" were transformed into films, has died. He was 87.
View ArticleEd Mashal, classic rock recording engineer, dies of heart attack
Edward Mashal was a recording engineer who worked on some of rock’s classic albums at studios in Miami, including the Eagles’ 1977 “Record of the...
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