'Big Valley' star Peter Breck dead at age 82
The actor who played a son of ranch owner Barbara Stanwyck on the 1960s Western "The Big Valley," has died. Peter Breck was 82.
View ArticleLongtime AP correspondent Carl Hartman dies
Carl Hartman had big ideas before he joined The Associated Press in 1944 and became a foreign correspondent.
View ArticleWall Street Journal reporter Jeffrey Zaslow dies in car crash at 53
Jeffrey Zaslow, a Wall Street Journal reporter with a flair for inspirational stories who produced three nonfiction bestsellers, beginning with the 2008 book "The Last Lecture" about life lessons from...
View ArticleJill Kinmont Boothe, ski champ disabled in crash who became role model, dies...
Jill Kinmont Boothe was the national women's slalom champion and on the cover of Sports Illustrated when she set out to win a 1955 race that would help put her on the U.S. Olympic ski team. As she sped...
View ArticleWhitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies
Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.
View ArticleEugene Weston III, modernist architect, dies at 87
Modernist architect Eugene Weston III was in his early 30s when he declared that "the house is the last of the handcrafted objects" in an industrial age.
View ArticleWhitney Houston, pop titan, dies at 48
Whitney Houston, a willowy church singer with a towering voice who became a titan of the pop charts in the 1980s and 1990s but then saw much of her success crumble away amid the fumes of addiction and...
View ArticleBobby Brown on Miss. stage: 'I love you Whitney'
It was an emotional night for soul singer Bobby Brown as he performed hours after learning that his ex-wife Whitney Houston had died in Beverly Hills.
View ArticleReactions to Whitney Houston's death
A collection of reactions to Whitney Houston's death Saturday in Beverly Hills at age 48:
View ArticleBobby Brown on Miss. stage: 'I love you, Whitney'
It was an emotional night for soul singer Bobby Brown as he performed Saturday night before thousands just hours after learning that his ex-wife Whitney Houston had died in Beverly Hills.
View ArticleKey dates from Whitney Houston's life and work
1963: Whitney Elizabeth Houston is born in East Orange, N.J. to gospel singer Cissy Houston on Aug. 9.
View ArticleCorrection: Obit-Hartman story
In a Feb. 10 story about the death of longtime Associated Press foreign correspondent Carl Hartman, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Hartman served as chief of the AP bureau in Frankfurt,...
View ArticleZina Bethune, dancer, choreographer and actress, dies at 66
It would not be out of character for actress, dancer and choreographer Zina Bethune to stop her car for an injured animal, say those who knew her.
View Article49ers family mourns the loss of inspirational team leader Freddie Solomon
Freddie Solomon, who helped the 49ers win their first two Super Bowls and who served as a mentor to players such as Jerry Rice and Ronnie Lott, has died. He was 59.
View Article'Valley of Dolls' co-composer Previn Shannon dies
Dory Previn Shannon, who helped pen the score for the film "Valley of the Dolls" and the theme for "Last Tango in Paris," has died. She was 86.
View ArticleDr. Jeffrey Augenstein, pioneeer trauma doctor, dead at 64
The Miami Beach native improved highway safety and the treatment of wounded soldiers on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan
View ArticleLillian Bassman, groundbreaking fashion photographer, dies at 94
"I didn't bring you to Paris to make art; I brought you here to do the buttons and bows," Harper's Bazaar editor Carmel Snow famously snapped at photographer Lillian Bassman during a fashion shoot for...
View ArticleIrish character actor David Kelly dies at 82
Irish character actor David Kelly, who played Grandpa Joe in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and motorcycled naked in "Waking Ned Devine," has died. He was 82.
View ArticleCharles Anthony, Met record-holder, dies at 82
Charles Anthony, a character singer who set the record for most appearances at the Metropolitan Opera - 2,928 - during a career that spanned from 1954 to 2010, died Wednesday. He was 82.
View ArticleDory Previn, Oscar-nominated songwriter, dies at 86
Although she was an Oscar-nominated songwriter, Dory Previn was better known for ballads that spoke to wounded souls. A gifted lyricist, she mined her traumatic childhood and later mental illness to...
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