Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in NYC apartment
Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote and created a gallery of other vivid characters, many of them slovenly and somewhat...
View ArticleHoffman family 'devastated' by actor's NYC death
The family of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman says his death is "a tragic and sudden loss."
View ArticlePuerto Rico comedian Luis Raul Martinez dies at 51
Puerto Rican comedian and actor Luis Raul Martinez has died at age 51 in his Caribbean homeland.
View ArticleStars young and old reflect on Hoffman's death
Celebrity colleagues and admirers of Philip Seymour Hoffman shared their reaction Sunday to his death at 46 of an apparent drug overdose:
View ArticleCharles Whitehead, former chair of Florida Democratic Party, dies
Charles Whitehead, who served as chairman of the Florida Democratic Party during its years of power in the 1980s and returned a decade later to revive a broke and dispirited party, died Saturday.
View ArticleGerman conductor Gerd Albrecht dies at 78
German conductor Gerd Albrecht, who led orchestras in the Czech Republic, Japan and Denmark and worked to bring music to children, has died, his office said Monday. He was 78.
View ArticleReggae singer 'Bunny Rugs' Clarke dies at age 65
William "Bunny Rugs" Clarke, the husky-voiced lead singer of internationally popular reggae band Third World, died of leukemia at his home in Florida, longtime friends and colleagues said Monday. He...
View ArticleFormer 2nd lady Joan Mondale dies at age
Joan Mondale, who built a reputation as a national cultural arts advocate while her husband was vice president, has died.
View ArticleQuotes about former 2nd lady Joan Mondale
Politicians praised and remembered Joan Mondale, who died Monday at age 83. Mondale was known as "Joan of Art" for her advocacy for the arts while her husband Walter was vice president and a U.S....
View ArticleArts advocate, ex-2nd lady Joan Mondale dies
Joan Mondale was given a grand platform when her husband was elected Jimmy Carter's vice president in 1976. And she used it.
View Article'Little House' star Richard Bull dies at age 89
Richard Bull, who played shopkeeper and put-upon spouse Nels Oleson on TV's "Little House on the Prairie," has died. He was 89.
View Article1st Flyers coach Keith Allen dies at 90
Keith Allen, the first coach of the Philadelphia Flyers who became the general manager that built the organization's Stanley Cup championship teams of 1974 and 1975, died Tuesday. He was 90.
View ArticleSt. Louis pops conductor Richard Hayman dies
Richard Hayman, longtime pops conductor for the St. Louis Symphony and other symphonies around North America, has died.
View ArticleVasil Bilak, hard-line communist leader, dies
Vasil Bilak, a former hard-line communist leader who paved the way for Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, has died. He was 96.
View ArticleHall of Fame slugger Ralph Kiner dies at 91
Ralph Kiner, who slugged his way into the baseball Hall of Fame and enjoyed a half-century career as a popular broadcaster, died Thursday. He was 91.
View ArticleFormer TV Guide columnist Joe Finnigan dies
Joe Finnigan, a veteran Hollywood reporter who chronicled the comings and goings of stars such as John Wayne, Frank Sinatra and even Lassie during a decades-long career, has died at age 88, his family...
View ArticleVeteran Miami-Dade music educator Erslyn Anders dies at 81
Some are born with a silver spoon. Erslyn Ferguson Anders was born with a silver clef.
View ArticleRobert Dahl, political scientist, dead at 98
Robert A. Dahl, an esteemed and influential political scientist who in such books as "Who Governs?" championed democracy in theory and critiqued it in practice, has died. He was 98.
View ArticlePulitzer-winning NH poet Maxine Kumin dies at 88
Maxine Kumin, a prolific New England poet and U.S. poet laureate who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for her work "Up Country," has died. She was 88.
View ArticleMarty Plissner, veteran CBS political sage, dies
Marty Plissner, the longtime political director of CBS News, died Thursday of lung cancer. He was 87.
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