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Ex-NBC reporter who covered RFK death dies in Md.

A former NBC News reporter who covered the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy for the network in 1968 has died in Maryland. Charles Quinn was 82.

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TV's 'Waltons' storekeeper Joe Conley dies at 85

Joe Conley, an actor best known as the small town storekeeper on the TV series "The Waltons," has died at age 85.

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Toshi Seeger, wife of Pete Seeger, dies at 91

Toshi (TOH'-shee) Seeger, the wife of folk singer Pete Seeger for 70 years, has died. She was 91.

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Inventor of iconic party game Twister dies

Twister called itself "the game that ties you up in knots." Its detractors called it "sex in a box."

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Toshi Seeger, wife of Pete Seeger, dies at 91

Toshi Seeger, folk singer Pete Seeger's wife of 70 years and a close partner in his social and environmental activism, has died. She was 91.

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Former Ford CEO Philip Caldwell dies at age 93

Philip Caldwell, the first person to lead Ford Motor Co. who wasn't a member of the founding family, died Wednesday at his home in New Canaan, Conn., at the age of 93.

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UK broadcaster Alan Whicker dies at 87

Veteran British broadcaster Alan Whicker, known for his globe-spanning travel shows over a career spanning 60 years, has died. He was 87.

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India's legendary actor Pran dies at 93

India's legendary actor Pran, who played some of Bollywood's most memorable villains in a career that spanned six decades, died of pneumonia at a Mumbai hospital Friday, his doctor said. He was 93.

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India's legendary actor Pran dies at 93

India's legendary actor Pran, who played some of Bollywood's most memorable villains in a career that spanned six decades, died of pneumonia at a Mumbai hospital Friday, his doctor said. He was 93.

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Founder of Mass.-based Bose audio firm dies at 83

Acoustics pioneer Amar Bose, founder and chairman of the audio technology company Bose Corp., known for the rich sound of its small tabletop radios and its noise-canceling headphones popular among...

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Conn. man who lost wife, daughter on 9/11 dies

A Connecticut man who lost his wife and their 4-year-old daughter in the 9/11 terrorist attacks has died of cancer. David McCourt was 71.

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Cory Monteith, star of hit show 'Glee,' found dead

Cory Monteith, the handsome young actor who shot to fame in the hit TV series "Glee" but was beset by addiction struggles so fierce that he once said he was lucky to be alive, was found dead in a hotel...

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Ex-UT AG Vernon Romney dead at 89; Mitt's cousin

Former Utah Attorney General Vernon B. Romney, a first cousin of 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and unsuccessful GOP gubernatorial nominee in 1976, has died at the age of 89.

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Former state Sen. Henry Braden IV dies at 68

Former state Sen. Henry Braden IV of New Orleans has died.

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Former state lawmaker Kip Tokuda dies

Kim Tokuda, a former state lawmaker and community activist, has died. He was 66.

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Coral Gables High journalism teacher Marlene Adams dies

High school journalism teacher Marlene E. Adams spent her life pushing people to do better, inspiring them to believe and persuading them they could achieve.

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Stanley Davidson, founder of lumber yard chain, dies

Stanley Davidson, the founder of Davidson Lumber, a chain of lumber yards and home building supply stores throughout South Florida, died Monday. He was 88.

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Former head of bank-rescue program dies at 69

Herbert Allison Jr., a former head of the U.S. government's bank rescue program and CEO of Fannie Mae after it was taken over by the government, died Sunday. He was 69.

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Miss. blues guitarist, singer 'T-Model' Ford dies

James Lewis Carter "T-Model" Ford, a hard-living Mississippi blues singer who taught himself to play guitar at 58, has died at his home in Greenville.

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Miss. blues guitarist, singer 'T-Model' Ford dies

James Lewis Carter "T-Model" Ford, a hard-living blues singer who taught himself to play guitar when he was 58 years old and his fifth wife left him, died Tuesday at his home in Greenville, Miss.

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