Sheila MacRae of 'Honeymooners' fame dies at 92
Sheila MacRae starred on the Broadway stage and in films, yet it was her small-screen role as the tolerant and brassy wife of a Brooklyn bus driver for which she is most remembered.
View ArticleGOP fundraiser Welch dies at 80
Ted Welch, a prolific fundraiser in Tennessee Republican politics for four decades, has died. He was 80.
View ArticleAfghan VP, ex-Northern alliance commander, dies
Afghanistan's influential Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, a leading commander in the alliance that fought the Taliban who was later accused with other warlords of targeting civilian areas during...
View ArticleRevolutionary opera director Gerard Mortier dies
Gerard Mortier, a Belgian opera director whose nonconformist style often grated the tradition-bound elite and who became a fiercely avant-garde impresario, has died. He was 70.
View ArticleLions owner William Clay Ford dies at 88
William Clay Ford was born into a fortune and spent much of his life staying away from fame as he steered the family business and owned an NFL franchise.
View Article'Band of Brothers' vet William Guarnere dies at 90
William "Wild Bill" Guarnere, one of the World War II veterans whose exploits were dramatized in the TV miniseries "Band of Brothers," has died. He was 90
View ArticleWilliam Clay Ford, car-company leader and Detroit Lions owner, dies at 88
DETROIT - William Clay Ford, owner of the NFL Detroit Lions, a philanthropist and the last surviving grandson of Henry Ford who helped steer the company into a modern design era, died Sunday morning of...
View ArticleHernandez, heroine of Cuban revolution, dies at 92
Melba Hernandez, one of two women who helped Fidel Castro launch his revolutionary battle with a failed 1953 attack on a military barracks, and who was later named a "heroine of the Cuban Revolution"...
View ArticleMarie Elia Chery, research nurse and Haitian humanitarian, dies at 59
The road to better quality of life and improved healthcare in Haiti’s Central Plateau is a long, arduous one. And no one knew it better than humanitarian activist and research nurse Marie...
View Article'Fatal Vision' author Joe McGinniss dies at age 71
Joe McGinniss, the adventurous and news-making author and reporter who skewered the marketing of Richard Nixon in "The Selling of the President 1968" and tracked his personal journey from sympathizer...
View ArticleBritish transit union leader Bob Crow dies at 52
British transit union leader Bob Crow — a hero to many of his members but a scourge to London commuters — has died at the age of 52.
View Article'Fatal Vision' author Joe McGinniss dies at age 71
Joe McGinniss wasn't one to let a story tell itself.
View ArticlePioneering paramedic developed priority system for mass-casualty scenes
Mark Bonawitz had already spent a decade as one of Miami’s earliest certified paramedics when he realized that scenes of mass casualties needed to be handled with precision to maximize the...
View ArticleDr. Catherine Poole, the first female to lead UM’s radiology...
Dr. Catherine Poole’s first impression of Miami was hot.
View ArticleCzech filmmaker Vera Chytilova dies at 85
Czech film director Vera Chytilova, one of the leading filmmakers of the new wave of Czechoslovak cinema in the 1960s, has died. She was 85.
View ArticlePlayer who inspired 'Kuykenstrong' dies at age 32
Former D.C. United midfielder Shawn Kuykendall has died from a rare form of cancer at the age of 32.
View ArticlePioneering bodybuilder Larry Dee Scott dies at 75
Larry Dee Scott, a trailblazing bodybuilder who rose to fame in the 1960s and became the first Mr. Olympia by winning the top international competition, has died at the age of 75.
View ArticleEl Portal activist and volunteer Libby Bowen dies at 94
Whether it was cooking for 400 people or assisting the mentally disabled, Elizabeth "Libby" Bowen dedicated her life to volunteering.
View ArticleFormer Florida Gov. Reubin Askew dies
Former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew, who guided the state through a period of school busing to achieve integration in the 1970s, died early Thursday. He was 85.
View ArticleFormer Florida Gov. Reubin Askew dies at 85
Reubin Askew, one of the most popular and effective governors in Florida history and a fiercely determined advocate for tax reform, racial equality, managed growth and ethical government, died early...
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