Former US Sen. Bill Hathaway of Maine dies at 89
Former Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Hathaway, a World War II prisoner of war who upset Maine legend Margaret Chase Smith but then lost his seat after one term to William Cohen, has died. He was 89.
View ArticlePardoned financier Marc Rich dies in Switzerland
He was a wheeler-dealer pardoned by another consummate dealmaker, a working-class Jewish boy who left Belgium to escape the Nazis and rose to become the billionaire "King of Commodities."
View ArticleAlbert Azaria, father of actor Hank Azaria, dies in Miami
Albert Azaria made up goofy names for his kids.
View ArticleHead of Vietnam-era draft lottery dies at 88
Curtis Tarr, the former head of the Selective Service System who oversaw the lottery for the draft during the Vietnam War, has died.
View ArticleDevo drummer Alan Myers dies of brain cancer
Alan Myers, the former longtime drummer for the band Devo, best known for "Whip It," has died after a battle with brain cancer. He was 58.
View ArticleStern, who shot '62 Marilyn Monroe portraits, dies
Bert Stern, a commercial photographer best known for his images of Marilyn Monroe in what became known as "The Last Sitting," has died in New York City. He was 83.
View ArticleJackson ‘legend’ pioneered kids’ heart surgeries
Dr. Gerard A. Kaiser, a Jackson Memorial Hospital surgeon who pioneered heart surgeries for young children, died Friday morning at the hospital he’d helped lead for almost 40 years. He was...
View ArticleFormer Miami-Dade Judge Robert Deehl dead at 87
Former Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Robert Deehl, who served for 50 years in various South Florida courts, died on Friday in North Carolina, two days short of his 88th birthday.
View ArticleMiami-Dade County Judge Robert M. Deehl, 87, dies
Senior Judge Robert Marion Deehl had a reputation among the lawyers who appeared in his court as being both tough and kind.
View ArticleFrank Natoli, WWII veteran and longtime Herald business executive, dies after...
Nearly three decades after Frank Natoli left his job as a business executive with the Miami Herald, crowds still cheered when they heard his name. He was that popular, said son Joe Natoli.
View ArticleDr. James Fulton, co-creator of Retin-A and acne researcher, dies
Dr. James E. Fulton Jr., the Key Biscayne dermatologist who assured pimply-faced Baby Boom teenagers that chocolate didn’t cause zits — and later armed that same generation with...
View ArticleCorrection: Obit-Gray story
In a story July 1 about the death of former U.S. Rep. William H. Gray III, The Associated Press erroneously reported the location of Drew Theological Seminary. It is in Madison, N.J., not Jersey City.
View ArticleJazz pianist, music arranger Paul Smith dies at 91
Paul Smith, a jazz pianist, composer and arranger who worked with such greats as Bing Crosby, Nat "King" Cole and Dizzy Gillespie, has died at 91.
View ArticleAla. man who drove Hank Williams on last trip dies
Charles Carr, who was just a college freshman when he drove country music legend Hank Williams on his final, lonesome journey six decades ago, has died.
View ArticleEngelbart, inventor of computer mouse, dies at 88
Doug Engelbart, a visionary who invented the computer mouse and developed other technology that has transformed the way people work, play and communicate, died late Tuesday. He was 88.
View ArticleSister-group singer Bernie Nolan dies at 52
Bernadette Nolan, a member of singing sister act The Nolans, has died of cancer aged 52.
View ArticleFormer NM Gov. David Cargo dies at age 84
David F. Cargo, a maverick Republican who became the youngest governor of New Mexico and served two terms in the turbulent 1960s, died Friday at the age of 84.
View ArticleAuthor of book about forced US deportations dies
Raymond Rodriguez, who wrote about 1 million Mexicans and Mexican-Americans who were forced out of the United States in the 1930s, has died. He was 87.
View ArticleEdmund S. Morgan, colonial scholar, dies at 97
Edmund S. Morgan, a leading scholar of the colonial era who helped reinvigorate the reputations of the founding fathers, probed the country's racial and religious origins and, in his 80s, wrote a...
View ArticleJim Foglesong, label exec, hall of famer, dies
Jim Foglesong, a record label executive and music producer who helped launch Garth Brooks' career and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, died Tuesday. He was 90.
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