Wife of ex-Sen. Slade Gorton, Sally Gorton dies
The wife of former Sen. Slade Gorton, Sally Clark Gorton, died from breast cancer Saturday at her home in Clyde Hill. She was 80.
View ArticleDoctor: Dennis Farina was being treated for cancer
Dennis Farina's doctor says the actor died while being treated for lung cancer.
View ArticleBoxing champ Emile Griffith dead at 75; known for fatal beating of Cuba's...
Inside the smaller theater at Madison Square Garden about five years ago, shortly before a world title fight, Emile Griffith was introduced one more time to the crowd. He rose shakily from his seat,...
View ArticleWitness to Emmett Till lynching dies in Illinois
Hearing the screams of 14-year-old lynching victim Emmett Till from inside a Mississippi barn left a teenage field hand with an unbearable choice. He could tell a courtroom and risk paying for it with...
View ArticleSan Francisco socialite found dead in Nevada home
Sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a San Francisco businesswoman, jewelry designer and socialite whose body was found last week in her Nevada apartment.
View ArticleHugo L. Black Jr., prominent attorney, dies at 91
After the 1954 landmark U.S. Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of Education decision that desegregated public schools, life in his native Alabama became more difficult for Hugo Lafayette Black Jr.
View ArticleVirginia Johnson, renowned sex researcher, dies
In an era when even talking about sex was virtually taboo, Virginia Johnson had a way of putting research subjects at ease, persuading them to participate in groundbreaking investigations that changed...
View ArticleEldest Ochoa brother of Medellin cartel dies
The eldest of the three Ochoa brothers who founded the Medellin cocaine cartel in the 1980s with Pablo Escobar has died of a heart attack at age 65.
View ArticleFormer Paducah Sun-Democrat executive editor dies
Preston Kennedy, who was the first executive editor at The Paducah Sun-Democrat, which later became The Paducah Sun, has died. He was 90.
View ArticleProvocative Argentine artist Leon Ferrari was 92
Leon Ferrari, a conceptual artist and rights activist who clashed with Pope Francis when he led Argentina's church and relished provoking dictators, bishops and a world at war, has died at age 92.
View ArticleTexas oilman, fracking pioneer Mitchell dies at 94
George P. Mitchell leveraged a penchant for hard work, an appetite for risk and dogged persistence in the face of futility into a technological breakthrough that reshaped the global energy industry and...
View ArticleFormer Rep. Lindy Boggs of Louisiana dies at 97
Former Rep. Lindy Boggs, a plantation-born Louisianan who used her soft-spoken grace to fight for civil rights during nearly 18 years in Congress after succeeding her late husband in the House, died...
View ArticleBBC foreign correspondent Jon Leyne dies at 55
BBC foreign correspondent Jon Leyne, who spent more than 25 years crossing continents and covering conflicts for the broadcaster, has died. He was 55.
View ArticleMusician JJ Cale dies; wrote Clapton, Skynyrd hits
If musicians were measured not by the number of records they sold but by the number of peers they influenced, JJ Cale would have been a towering figure in 1970s rock 'n' roll.
View ArticleFormer Rep. Lindy Boggs of Louisiana dies at 97
Former Rep. Lindy Boggs of Louisiana, who used the soft-spoken grace of a plantation lady to fight for civil rights during nearly 18 years in Congress, has died. She was 97.
View ArticleFormer Rep. Lindy Boggs of Louisiana dies at 97
Former Rep. Lindy Boggs, a plantation-born Louisianan who used her soft-spoken grace to fight for civil rights during nearly 18 years in Congress after succeeding her late husband in the House, died...
View ArticleCuban ballet co-founder Fernando Alonso dies at 98
Cuban state media say that Fernando Alonso, co-founder of Cuba's National Ballet, has died. He was 98.
View ArticleRadio, TV personality David 'Kidd' Kraddick dies
David "Kidd" Kraddick, the high-octane radio and TV host of the "Kidd Kraddick in the Morning" show heard on dozens of U.S. radio stations, has died at a charity golf event near New Orleans, a...
View ArticleMusician JJ Cale dies; wrote Clapton, Skynyrd hits
If musicians were measured not by the number of records they sold but by the number of peers they influenced, JJ Cale would have been a towering figure in 1970s rock 'n' roll.
View ArticleCo-founder of Russia's biggest search engine dies
Ilya Segalovich, the co-founder of Russia's largest search engine, Yandex, has died, the company said Sunday. He was 48.
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