George W. Bush impersonator Steve Bridges dies at 48
Steve Bridges, 48, a comic actor and impersonator who was best known for his mimicry of President George W. Bush and appeared alongside the chief executive at the 2006 White House Correspondents'...
View ArticleComic impressionist Steve Bridges dies in LA
Comic impressionist Steve Bridges, best known for impersonating former President George W. Bush, has died at home in Los Angeles.
View ArticleRalph McQuarrie, illustrator who created the look of 'Star Wars,' dies at 82
When director George Lucas hired illustrator Ralph McQuarrie in 1974 to do a series of paintings visualizing scenes from his script for an intergalactic war movie he was trying to sell, McQuarrie liked...
View ArticleEarly Pilot Don Mincher dead at 73
First baseman Don Mincher, who represented the Seattle Pilots at the All-Star Game in 1969 in their lone American League season, has died at the age of 73.
View ArticleIll. inmate known as the 'Lipstick Killer' dies
A Chicago man who confessed to one of the most shocking slayings in the city's history and paid for it with more years of his life than any Illinois state prison inmate has died.
View ArticleNew Jersey Rep. Donald Payne, 77, dies after colon cancer battle
Rep. Donald Payne, the first African-American elected to Congress from New Jersey and the dean of that state's delegation, died Tuesday after a long battle with colon cancer. He was 77.
View Article'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' composer dies
How do you sum up the work of songwriter Robert B. Sherman? Try one word: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."
View ArticleDesigner of 'Star Wars' look dies in Calif. at 82
Ralph McQuarrie, the artist who developed the look of the first "Star Wars" trilogy's signature characters, sets and spaceships, has died. He was 82.
View ArticleRep. Donald Payne of New Jersey dies at age 77
Days before U.S. Rep. Donald Payne died of cancer, it wasn't the phone calls of encouragement from presidents that cheered him. It was when a Washington hospital orderly recognized the New Jersey...
View ArticleRobert Sherman dies at 86; songwriter known for Disney work
At the Academy Awards ceremony in 1965, Robert and Richard Sherman already had accepted their Oscar for best score for "Mary Poppins" when they returned to the stage to pick up another statuette for...
View ArticleRobert Sherman dies at 86; songwriter known for Disney work
At the Academy Awards ceremony in 1965, Robert and Richard Sherman already had accepted their Oscar for best score for "Mary Poppins" when they returned to the stage to pick up another statuette for...
View ArticleMaxwell Keith, defense attorney for 2 Manson family members, dies at 87
Maxwell S. Keith, the defense attorney for two members of the Manson family who went to prison for their roles in the grisly 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders, died Tuesday of natural causes in the San Luis...
View ArticleMaxwell Keith, lawyer in Manson case, dies at 87
Maxwell Keith, an attorney who defended two members of the Manson family during their trials for the 1969 Tate-LaBianca killings, has died in California. He was 87.
View ArticleJames T. Ellis, singer for The Trammps, dies at 74
James T. "Jimmy" Ellis, who belted out the refrain "Burn, baby burn!" in a 1970s-era disco hit that's still replayed in modern sports arenas, has died. He was 74.
View ArticleRobert Ayres, illustrator who created Ponderosa map, dies at 98
As a set illustrator for Hollywood studios, Robert Temple Ayres created his most famous work at Paramount in 1959. Officially called "Map to Illustrate the Ponderosa in Nevada," it was conjured up just...
View ArticleRoger Dunwell, owner of famous Haitian hotel, succumbs to cancer
Just after a monster earthquake ripped through Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, a worried Roger Dunwell, in South Miami, connected with his daughter by phone at the family’s hotel outside...
View ArticleLongtime MLB umpire Harry Wendelstedt dead at 73
Longtime umpire Harry Wendelstedt, who worked five World Series and made a call involving Don Drysdale that became one of baseball's most disputed plays in the late 1960s, died Friday. He was 73.
View ArticleRobert Temple Ayres, `Bonanza' illustrator, dies
Robert Temple Ayres, the set illustrator whose burning Ponderosa map opened TV's long-running Western series "Bonanza," has died in California. He was 98.
View ArticleHarry Wendelstedt, MLB umpire for 33 years who also ran school, dies at 73
Harry Wendelstedt, a retired 33-year Major League Baseball umpire who also nurtured a new generation of the game's arbiters for more than 30 years, died Friday at a hospital in Daytona Beach, Fla. He...
View ArticlePeter Bergman, comic who co-founded the Firesign Theatre, dies at 72
Peter Bergman, a founder of Firesign Theatre, the comic quartet that channeled the absurdist sensibility and chaotic impulses of the countercultural 1960s and '70s into a popular radio show and a...
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