Television pioneer Grant Gravitt dies
From The Beatles to James Brown, Grant Gravitt worked with them all.
View ArticleFormer UCLA, NBA star Walt Hazzard dies
Walt Hazzard, the former UCLA and NBA star who played on the Bruins' first NCAA championship basketball team in 1964 and later coached the team for four seasons in the 1980s, died Friday. He was 69.
View ArticleWalt Hazzard, former UCLA basketball star and coach, dies at 69
Walt Hazzard, a stellar point guard who helped John Wooden win his first national championship at UCLA and became the fifth coach to follow the college basketball legend, died Friday. He was 69.
View ArticleTahína Planas, attorney and example, dies at 61
Tahína Trinidad Planas Navarro, who for over two decades made a selfless contribution as attorney at the Department of Children and Families (DCF), after a long battle against cancer passed...
View ArticleFormer Procter & Gamble CEO John Smale dies at 84
John G. Smale enjoyed his work at Procter & Gamble, throwing himself into it through late nights and weekends as he rose from the toilet goods division to the top of the consumer products giant....
View ArticleAl Boeke, 'father' of Northern California's Sea Ranch, dies at 88
Al Boeke, the developer-architect whose vision spawned Sea Ranch, the sprawling Northern California coastal enclave known for elegantly rustic homes built to harmonize with a breathtaking natural...
View ArticleDevoted, witty teacher at Chaminade-Madonna
Brother Charles Roggemann left Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory six years ago. But when a man with gentle wit and a quirky personality teaches three decades’ worth of students, his...
View ArticleLongtime CNN radio anchor killed in Ala. wreck
A longtime anchor with CNN Radio is dead after a car crash in Alabama.
View ArticleGeorge Gallup Jr., Gallup Poll founder's son, dies
Pollster George Gallup Jr. has died in New Jersey, a year after being diagnosed with liver cancer, his family said Wednesday. He was 81.
View Article`Dragonriders' author Anne McCaffrey dies aged 85
Anne McCaffrey, whose vision of an interstellar alliance between humans and dragons spawned two dozen "Dragonriders of Pern" novels, has died in Ireland aged 85, her publisher and family announced...
View ArticleRussell Garcia, arranger, composer and conductor, dies at 95
Russell Garcia, an arranger, composer and conductor who was an influential figure in the West Coast music scene during the 1950s and '60s and whose work in Hollywood included writing the score for the...
View ArticlePaul Motian, jazz drummer and composer, dies at 80
Paul Motian, an influential and much-admired jazz drummer who first gained renown in the late 1950s as part of the Bill Evans Trio and later became a composer and the leader of his own groups, has...
View Article1960 Indy 500 winner Jim Rathmann dies
Jim Rathmann won seven times on auto racing's biggest stages.
View ArticleJack Block, longtime South Miami mayor and judge, dies
For 16 years, Jack Block led the city of South Miami, helping to develop the city’s master plan, creating an afterschool program for children and developing the South Miami...
View ArticleRuth Stone, award-winning poet, dies in Vt. at 96
Award-winning poet Ruth Stone, a late bloomer who peaked after age 70, has died in Vermont. She was 96.
View ArticleArmy says oldest 4-star general has died at 98
An Army spokesman says a four-star general has died of natural causes in San Antonio at age 98.
View ArticleAndrea True, porn star who turned disco singer, dies at 68
Andrea True, a porn star turned pop singer who recorded a classic hit of the disco era, "More, More, More," died Nov. 7 at a hospital in Kingston, N.Y. She was 68.
View ArticleRuth Stone, award-winning poet, dies in Vt. at 96
Ruth Stone, an award-winning poet for whom tragedy halted, then inspired a career that started in middle age and thrived late in life as her sharp insights into love, death and nature received...
View ArticleJeno Paulucci, pizza roll architect, dies at 93
Jeno Paulucci, a Minnesota business icon whose restaurant ventures included a company that popularized the finger food known as pizza rolls, has died. He was 93.
View ArticleFormer Chicago first lady Maggie Daley dies at 68
Maggie Daley, the wife of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and a gracious promoter of the city's cultural and educational programs, has died. She was 68.
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