Robert Lawrence Balzer, critic and author who championed Calif. wine...
Robert Lawrence Balzer, a wine critic and educator whose career stretched from the post-Prohibition era through the explosion of the California wine industry he championed, has died. He was 99.
View ArticlePolice: Pa. man fakes mom's obit to get time off
Authorities in northwestern Pennsylvania say a man published an obituary for his living mother in a ploy to get paid bereavement time off from work.
View ArticleBob Burnett, member of folk group the Highwaymen, dies at 71
The members of the folk group the Highwaymen were freshmen in the same fraternity at Wesleyan University in Connecticut when they came together to perform at a campus party in 1958.
View ArticleFormer dancer Ron Fletcher dies at 90; opened West Coast's first Pilates studio
Ron Fletcher, a former dancer and choreographer who helped popularize the Pilates exercise system when he opened the first West Coast studio in 1972, died Tuesday at his home in Stonewall, Texas. He...
View ArticleCardinal Foley, who led order in Jerusalem, dies
The Philadelphia Archdiocese says Cardinal John Foley, a priest who rose to lead an ancient Catholic order in the Holy Land and for 25 years provided commentary for American television viewers of the...
View ArticleCardinal John P. Foley, host of Christmas Mass, dies at 76
Cardinal John P. Foley, a jovial, popular priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who rose from working-class roots to become a "prince of the church" and the Vatican's longtime spokesman on Catholic...
View ArticleMonte Factor, clothier to the stars, dies at 94
Monte Factor, a Beverly Hills clothier and arts patron who co-founded the End Hunger Network and a groundbreaking Los Angeles child care center, died Dec. 5 at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles...
View ArticleJoseph Farrell, movie market researcher, dies at 76
As founder, chairman and chief executive of the National Research Group Inc. from 1978 to 2003, movie market researcher Joseph Farrell introduced the concept of market testing to Hollywood, originating...
View ArticleBert Schneider, producer of 'Easy Rider, 'Five Easy Pieces,' dies at 78
Bert Schneider, the iconoclastic producer behind a trio of influential movies - "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces" and "The Last Picture Show" - that captured the rootlessness and discontent of the late...
View ArticleCaptain America co-creator Joe Simon dies in NYC
Joe Simon, who along with Jack Kirby co-created Captain America and was one of the comic book industry's most revered writers, artists and editors, has died at age 98.
View ArticleJoe Simon, comic book pioneer who co-created Captain America, dies at 98
Joe Simon, a comic book industry pioneer whose defining career moment came in the dark days of March 1941 when he delivered a star-spangled superhero named Captain America, has died. He was 98.
View ArticleChristopher Hitchens, militant pundit, dies at 62
Christopher Hitchens, the author, essayist and pundit, has died after a lengthy, public battle with cancer. He was 62.
View ArticleChristopher Hitchens, contrarian author and essayist, dies at 62
Christopher Hitchens, the engaging and enraging British-American author and essayist whose polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other provocations established him as one of his...
View ArticleQuotes on the death of pundit Christopher Hitchens
Reactions to the death of author and pundit Christopher Hitchens:
View ArticleMurphy, police chief who urged restraint, dies
Patrick V. Murphy, a police reformer who urged officers to hold their fire as head of the New York, Detroit and Washington police during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s, died Friday. He was 91.
View ArticleMurphy, police chief who urged restraint, dies
Patrick V. Murphy, who battled police corruption and urged officers to hold their fire as head of the New York, Detroit and Washington forces during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s, died Friday. He was 91.
View Article'Sanford & Son' actor Graham Brown dies in NJ
An actor who appeared on stage at London's Globe Theatre and on television in "Sanford & Son" has died in New Jersey.
View ArticleGrammy-winning singer Cesaria Evora dies at age 70
Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy in 2003 after she took her African islands music to stages across the world, died...
View ArticleMARK GOLDWEBER, LEADING DANCER WITH JOFFREY, DIES AT 53
Mark Goldweber, who was a leading classical dancer with the Joffrey Ballet in the 1970s and ‘80s and who won wide acclaim as the Blue Skater in Frederick Ashton's ballet...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....