Central Pa. radio host 'Frogman' Kelsey dead at 56
The host of a popular central Pennsylvania FM radio morning show known on the air as Steve "Frogman" Kelsey has died.
View ArticleMary Tumpkin, senior minister of Miami Gardens church, dies at 64
The Universal Truth Center started in the Rev. Mary Tumpkin’s living room, moved to funeral homes and hotels, but eventually settled at its 22,000-square-foot home in Miami Gardens. Tumpkin...
View ArticleDoris Lessing, British novelist of the 'female experience,' dies at 94
When Doris Lessing learned she had been chosen as the 2007 Nobel laureate in literature, her response was something less than joyous.
View ArticleSyd Field, author of screenplay how-to, dies
The author of the screenplay manual that inspired James Cameron and Judd Apatow to make movies has died.
View ArticleEdmund Reggie, JFK ally and former judge, has died
Edmund Reggie, who managed John F. Kennedy's Louisiana campaign and whose daughter later married Sen. Edward Kennedy, has died at his home in Lafayette. He was 87.
View ArticlePresident emeritus of Florida Memorial University, Albert E. Smith, dies at 81
As the president of Florida Memorial University for more than a decade, Albert E. Smith would ride around campus in a golf cart. Always dapper in a shirt and tie, he often stopped to talk to students...
View ArticleDiane Disney Miller, Walt Disney's daughter, dies
Diane Disney Miller, Walt Disney's daughter and one of his inspirations for building the Disneyland theme park, has died at her Northern California home. She was 79.
View ArticleDiane Disney Miller, Walt Disney's daughter, dies
Diane Disney Miller, Walt Disney's daughter and one of his inspirations for building the Disneyland theme park, has died at her Northern California home. She was 79.
View ArticleFrederick Sanger, double Nobel winner, dies at 95
British biochemist Frederick Sanger, who twice won the Nobel Prize in chemistry and was a pioneer of genome sequencing, has died at the age of 95.
View ArticleDiane Disney Miller, philanthropist and daughter of Walt Disney, dies at 79
Walt Disney's name is on Los Angeles' world-famous concert hall, but it was a far less-known Disney who came from behind the scenes to ensure that architect Frank Gehry's vision for the building stayed...
View ArticlePsychic Sylvia Browne dies at 77 in California
Sylvia Browne once said she was just 3 when she discovered she could look into the future and know what was coming.
View ArticleTop Italian hair stylist dies at 73
Aldo Coppola, a Milan hairstylist who helped merge hair styling with fashion, has died at the age of 73.
View ArticleNY Times journalist, author Mitgang dies at age 93
Herbert Mitgang, a longtime New York Times journalist and author of several books, died Thursday at age 93.
View ArticleMLB players' union head Michael Weiner dies at 51
Michael Weiner, the plain-speaking, ever-positive labor lawyer who took over as head of the powerful baseball players' union four years ago and smoothed its perennially contentious relationship with...
View ArticleFred Kavli, science research supporter, dies at 86
Fred Kavli, who launched a foundation to support science research and award prizes of $1 million to scientists, has died. He was 86.
View ArticleFrench film director Georges Lautner dies at 87
Director Georges Lautner, whose films from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s are part of the French canon and still adored, has died.
View ArticleUpstate NY Marine who guarded FDR dies at 93
Dante J. Orsini Sr., a former Marine who guarded President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his "Day of Infamy" speech after the Pearl Harbor attack, has died at age 93.
View ArticleLongtime Progressive CEO Peter Lewis dies at 80
Peter Lewis, who shepherded Progressive Corp. from a small-time operation to one of the largest auto insurers in the country and later became the billionaire backer of marijuana legalization, died...
View ArticleTobacco whistleblower dies in Mississippi
A paralegal who supplied documents that set off a legal assault that staggered the nation's biggest tobacco companies has died.
View ArticleTobacco whistleblower dies in Mississippi
Merrell Williams Jr., a one-time Kentucky paralegal who took on Big Tobacco as a whistleblower who leaked internal documents exposing health risks and the addictiveness of cigarettes, has died in...
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