Placido Paul Debesa, GOP stalwart in Miami, dies at 91
Placido Paul Debesa, veteran activist and iconic figure in the Republican Party in Miami, died Wednesday after a long struggle with lung cancer. He was 91.
View ArticleVersatile TV newsman Garrick Utley dies at 74
Veteran TV journalist Garrick Utley, whose far-ranging career included anchoring duties as well as reporting from more than 70 countries, has died of cancer at 74, NBC said Friday.
View ArticleFormer Seattle U star Ed O'Brien passes away at 83
Former Seattle University basketball and baseball star Ed O'Brien has passed away at age 83.
View ArticleMaria von Trapp, 99, dies in Vermont
Maria von Trapp, a member of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for "The Sound of Music," has died, her brother said Saturday.
View ArticleOldest-known Holocaust survivor dies at 110
Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the oldest Holocaust survivor, died at age 110 on Sunday, a family member said. The accomplished pianist's death came just a week before her extraordinary story of...
View ArticleUruguayan artist Carlos Paez Vilaro dies at 90
Carlos Paez Vilaro, a self-trained painter, sculptor, screenwriter, musician and architect who championed Afro-Uruguayan Candombe music and dance, created colorful murals in dozens of cities around the...
View ArticleFormer Los Angeles Times editor Thomas dies
William F. Thomas, a former editor of the Los Angeles Times who helped the newspaper gain an international reputation and garner 11 Pulitzer Prizes during his 27-year tenure, has died.
View ArticleRamis, Zen master to a wild comedy storm, dies
"Caddyshack." "National Lampoon's Animal House." "Ghostbusters." "Groundhog Day." "Stripes."
View ArticleSocial activist, researcher Maxine Thurston-Fischer dies at 74
T. Willard Fair celebrated his 50th anniversary as the head of Miami’s Urban League in October, a distinction that makes him the longest serving executive with the organization.
View ArticleWW2 Medal of Honor recipient Walter Ehlers dies
During the historic D-Day invasion of World War II, Walter D. Ehlers accomplished some of the most awe-inspiring acts of bravery imaginable, earning a Medal of Honor for knocking out two German...
View ArticleFormer space shuttle astronaut Dale Gardner dies
Former astronaut Dale Gardner, who helped haul a stranded satellite into the space shuttle during a 1984 spacewalk, died Wednesday at age 65.
View Article5 classic comedies Harold Ramis helped create
You may not know his name or remember his face, but you have surely heard of at least some of the movies that Harold Ramis directed, helped write or appeared in. Here are five smash comedies created in...
View ArticleAlice Herz-Sommer, thought to be oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 110
When Alice Herz-Sommer played the piano at Theresienstadt her audience was enthralled.
View ArticleWilliam F. Thomas, former LA Times editor, dies at 89
William F. Thomas, an editor who led the Los Angeles Times during an extraordinary period of expansion in the 1970s and 1980s, when the paper widened its reach nationally and abroad and became a...
View ArticleGuitarist Franny Beecher of rock's Comets dies
Franny Beecher, lead guitarist for Bill Haley and the Comets, which helped kick off the rock and roll era with the hit "Rock Around the Clock" in 1955, has died. He was 92.
View ArticleBroward developer Leonard Miller dies at 84
Developer Leonard Miller wasn’t afraid of elbow grease.
View ArticleJackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Lumumba dies at 66
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba (SHOW-kway Lu-MOOM-bah), a human rights activist and nationally prominent attorney who as city leader persuaded voters to accept a sales tax to fix crumbling infrastructure...
View Article1st-term Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba dies at 66
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba (SHOW-kway Lu-MOOM-bah), a nationally prominent attorney and human rights activist who persuaded voters into accepting a sales tax to fix crumbling roads and infrastructure...
View ArticleSpain: Flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia dies at 66
Paco de Lucia, one of the world's leading guitarists who dazzled audiences with his lightning-speed flamenco rhythms and finger work, has died in Mexico, Spanish officials said Wednesday. He was 66.
View ArticleAlbuquerque Mexican-American leader Casso dies
Henry Casso, a longtime civil rights leader in New Mexico who worked his way out of an orphanage to become a noted educational scholar and a founder of the Mexican American Legal Defense and...
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