Did Cheetah from 1930s Tarzan flicks die?
A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah, the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died at 80. But other accounts call that claim into question.
View ArticleCheetah the chimp from Tarzan movies dead at (about) 80
Cheetah the chimpanzee, who acted in the classic Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, died of kidney failure Saturday at Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, a sanctuary spokeswoman said.
View ArticleCelebration of life of social activist Bruce Netter planned
In the early 1960s, Bruce Netter left Coney Island with a carnival. He was a teenager growing up in a kosher household and getting a yeshiva education.
View ArticleSean Bonniwell, lead singer of the Music Machine, dies at 71
Sean Bonniwell, lead singer and songwriter of the Music Machine, a 1960s Los Angeles band regarded as one of the most original of the garage-punk era, has died. He was 71.
View ArticleViennese Cafe Icon Hawelka dead at 100
Andy Warhol stopped by for a cup of his coffee. So did princes, paupers, playwrights, poets and untold thousands for whom a visit to Vienna was unthinkable without a cup of steaming brew served by the...
View ArticleSinger/actress Kaye Stevens, who put Margate on the map
Singer/actress Kaye Stevens, a longtime resident and commercial champion of Margate, died Wednesday at The Villages Hospital, north of Orlando. She was 79.
View ArticleSinger, actress Kaye Stevens dies in Florida
Singer and actress Kaye Stevens, who performed with the Rat Pack and was a frequent guest on Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show," has died at a central Florida hospital. She was 79.
View ArticleIn memoriam: Celebrity deaths of 2011
Elizabeth Taylor. Steve Jobs. Amy Winehouse. Joe Frazier. View a poster of the top celebrities who died in 2011.
View ArticleThomas T. Johnson, L.A. judge who ruled that Holocaust was a fact, dies at 88
Retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Thomas T. Johnson, who in 1981 ruled that the Holocaust was "a fact and not reasonably subject to dispute," died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at...
View ArticleMexican architect Ricardo Legorreta dies at 80
Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta has died at the age of 80.
View ArticleYaffa Yarkoni, Israeli wartime singer, dies at 86
Yaffa Yarkoni, a singer who belted out wartime songs only to become a critic of the Israeli military late in life, died Sunday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 86.
View ArticleSimms Taback, praised children's author, illustrator, dies at 79
Simms Taback, an award-winning children's book author and illustrator best known for his version of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" and "Joseph Had a Little Overcoat," his Caldecott...
View ArticleFormer Ga. congressman Ed Jenkins dies at 78
Former U.S. Rep. Ed Jenkins, a Democrat who represented Georgia in Congress for 16 years, has died after a long illness. He was 78.
View ArticleFormer Ga. congressman Ed Jenkins dies at 78
Former U.S. Rep. Ed Jenkins, a Democrat who represented north Georgia in Congress from 1977 to 1993, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 78.
View ArticleFormer Macedonian president Kiro Gligorov dies
Kiro Gligorov, the first democratically elected president of Macedonia who shepherded his nation through a bloodless secession from the former Yugoslavia and narrowly survived an assassination attempt,...
View ArticleMovie sword-fight master Bob Anderson dies at 89
Olympic fencer and movie sword master Bob Anderson appeared in some of film's most famous dueling scenes - though few viewers knew it.
View ArticleWilliam Carey, donated millions to education, dies
William Polk Carey, an entrepreneur who founded a New York-based investment management firm bearing his name and donated millions of dollars to help found business schools at universities in Maryland...
View ArticleCzech author Josef Skvorecky dies at 87
Josef Skvorecky, a Czech exile and author who published works by Vaclav Havel and Milan Kundera that had been banned by communist authorities in their native country, has died. He was 87.
View ArticleFred Milano of Dion and the Belmonts dies at 72
Fred Milano, who made rock and roll history on doo-wop hits with Dion and the Belmonts in the 1950s and continued to perform while starting a late-in-life career with the New York City Department of...
View ArticleSt. Trinian's cartoonist Ronald Searle dies at 91
British cartoonist Ronald Searle, the creator of the willfully wicked schoolgirls of St. Trinian's who amused generations of Britons, has died, his family said Tuesday. He was 91.
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