Spain: Flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia dies at 66
Paco de Lucia, one of the world's greatest 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 ArticleMiami Lakes doctor Raquel Maria Cruz-Alvarez dies at 83
Dr. Raquel Maria Cruz-Alvarez became a doctor in Cuba at a time when women really were not expected to follow such an unconventional path.
View ArticleLongtime museum director Martin Sullivan dies
Martin Sullivan, the former director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, has died at his home in Piney Point, Md. He was 70.
View ArticleJim Lange, 'The Dating Game' host, dies
Jim Lange, the first host of the popular game show "The Dating Game," has died at his home in Mill Valley, Calif. He was 81.
View ArticleBelgian modern art director Jan Hoet dies at 77
Belgian contemporary art director Jan Hoet, who organized a major exhibition in the homes of ordinary people and curated Germany's Documenta art fair, has died at age 77.
View ArticleMatos, Cuban rebel leader turned Castro foe, dies
Huber Matos Benitez, who helped lead the Cuban Revolution as one of Fidel Castro's key lieutenants before his efforts to resign from the burgeoning communist government landed him in prison for 20...
View ArticleMiG jets designer Rostislav Belyakov dies aged 94
The maker of MiG fighter jets says that its chief designer Rostislav Belyakov has died. He was 94.
View ArticleFrench filmmaker Resnais dies at 91
Alain Resnais, the seminal French filmmaker whose cryptic "Last Year at Marianbad" extended its influence across generations, has died.
View ArticlePioneering Pittsburgh-area DJ Porky Chedwick dies
Pittsburgh-area disc jockey "Porky" Chedwick, who became a regional institution by promoting black R&B artists in the late 1940s and 1950s, has died. He was 96.
View ArticleJustin Kaplan, Bartlett's editor, dead at 88
Justin Kaplan, an author and cultural historian with a taste for troublemaking who wrote a definitive, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Mark Twain and spiced the popular canon as general editor of...
View Article'How We Die' author Nuland dies in Conn. at age 83
Dr. Sherwin Nuland, a medical ethicist who opposed assisted suicide and wrote an award-winning book about death called "How We Die," has died at age 83.
View ArticleAgent: Game show host Geoff Edwards dies at 83
Geoff Edwards, the hip-looking 1970s and '80s host of TV game shows including "Jackpot!" and two incarnations of "Treasure Hunt," died Wednesday, his agent said. He was 83.
View ArticleMerrick widow and UM reference librarian Mildred Merrick dies at 92
Long before Google made fact-finding a click away, Mildred Merrick was a one-stop source of information for countless students at the University of Miami.
View ArticleSports medicine pioneer Frank Jobe dies at 88
Dr. Frank Jobe, a pioneering orthopedic surgeon who was the first to perform an elbow procedure that became known as Tommy John surgery and saved the careers of countless major league pitchers, died...
View ArticlePeter Lickman, longtime Northeast Miami-Dade pastor and lover of animals,...
Pastor Peter Lickman, who served the St. Basil Byzantine Catholic Church in Northeast Miami-Dade for more than four decades, died this week. He was 70.
View ArticleJohn Cyril Malloy, patent and intellectual lawyer, dies at 83
John Cyril Malloy, a fixture in patent and intellectual property law in South Florida for more than five decades and an avid environmentalist, has died.
View ArticleWife of longtime Yankee Yogi Berra dies at 85
Carmen Berra, the wife of New York Yankees great Yogi Berra, has died. She was 85.
View ArticleFormer TV academy president Hank Rieger dies
Family members say the former president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has died in Oceanside, Calif.
View ArticleProducer of early Grammy, NFL telecasts dead at 93
The producer of early Grammy and National Football League telecasts has died.
View ArticleActress Sheila MacRae of 'Honeymooners' dies at 92
Sheila MacRae, a veteran stage, film and TV performer best known for playing Alice Kramden in the 1960s re-creation of "The Honeymooners," has died. She was 92.
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