New Yorker cartoonist Barsotti dies
Charles Barsotti, whose New Yorker cartoons plumbed the human condition featuring characters such as the psychiatrist dog and the pilgrim with the walking stick, has died. He was 80.
View ArticleStanley Marsh 3, creator of 'Cadillac Ranch,' dies
Eccentric Texas businessman-turned-artist Stanley Marsh 3, whose partially buried row of Cadillacs became a road-side tourist attraction in the 1970s, died Tuesday. He was 76.
View ArticleCosmetologist, hairstylist and Miami civic leader Sybil Johnson dies at 93
In Beauty Shop, a hit 2005 comedy film, Queen Latifah plays the ambitious yet sensitive hairstylist and owner of an Atlanta salon where women hang around the shop well after their ’dos are...
View ArticleDaniel Keyes, 'Flowers for Algernon' author, dies
Author Daniel Keyes, whose novel "Flowers for Algernon" became a classroom staple that explored the treatment of the mentally disabled and the ethics of manipulating human intelligence, has died, his...
View ArticleFormer Israeli security director dies at 86
Avraham Shalom, a former director of Israel's Shin Bet security service who led the agency through some of its greatest achievements before resigning in disgrace, died in Tel Aviv on Thursday.
View ArticleHorace Silver, pioneering jazz pianist, dies at 85
Horace Silver, a pianist, composer and band leader with a tireless inventiveness who influenced generations of jazzmen with his distinctive hard bop sound, has died. He was 85.
View ArticleCarlton Sherwood, maker of anti-Kerry film, dies
A Vietnam War veteran and former journalist who produced a film attacking Democrat John Kerry during his failed 2004 presidential campaign has died. Carlton Sherwood was 67.
View ArticleGerry Goffin, Carole King's ex-husband, dies at 75
Gerry Goffin, a prolific and multi-dimensional lyricist who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural...
View ArticleA look at Gerry Goffin's key songs
Gerry Goffin might have been a chemist, but when it came to music, he was a scientist of songwriting.
View ArticleStephanie Kwolek, Kevlar inventor, dies at 90
Stephanie Kwolek, a pioneering female chemist at DuPont who invented the exceedingly tough fibers widely used in Kevlar body armor, has died, colleagues said Friday. She was 90.
View ArticleStephanie Kwolek, Kevlar inventor, dies at 90
Police Lt. David Spicer took four .45-caliber slugs to the chest and arms at point-blank range and lived to tell about it. Like thousands of other police officers and soldiers shot in the line of duty,...
View ArticleStephanie Kwolek, Kevlar inventor, dies at 90
A pioneering DuPont chemist who invented the tough fibers used in Kevlar body armor is being lauded for helping save the lives of thousands of law enforcement officers and soldiers.
View ArticleGerry Goffin, songwriting partner of Carole King, dies at 75
Lyricist Gerry Goffin, whose songwriting partnership in the early 1960s with then-wife Carole King yielded some of the most indelible hits of the era, died Thursday at home in Los Angeles, said his...
View ArticleBelfast man wrongly convicted of IRA bombing dies
Gerry Conlon, who was imprisoned unjustly for an Irish Republican Army bombing and inspired an Oscar-nominated film, has died at age 60 following a long battle with cancer.
View ArticleTheater producer Jay H. Harris dies at 77
Starting as an investor, Harris produced shows in South Florida, on and off Broadway, and in London.
View ArticleDr. Dalia Sanchez Garcia, one-half of mother-daughter dentist duo on Miami...
Dr. Dalia Sanchez Garcia seemed to be the Pied Piper of dentists in Miami Beach.
View ArticleFarewell, Coach Blatch: Longtime Ojus Elementary educator dies just before...
Colleagues and former students gathered at Ojus Elementary School in Northeast Miami-Dade Sunday to say goodbye to Coach Gregory Blatch, who taught P.E. for more than three decades.
View ArticleGrand Ole Opry member Jimmy C. Newman dead at 86
Grand Ole Opry member Jimmy C. Newman, known for mixing Cajun and country music, has died.
View ArticleSteve Rossi, 82, of comedy duo Allen & Rossi, dies
Steve Rossi, one half of the prolific comedy duo Allen & Rossi, which became a favorite of "The Ed Sullivan Show" and other TV variety shows, died Sunday at age 82.
View ArticleFelix Dennis, counterculture publisher, dies at 67
Felix Dennis, a flamboyant publisher who co-edited the 1960s underground magazine Oz and went on to build a magazine empire, has died. He was 67 and had cancer.
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