Jean Giraud, comics artist who influenced alien worlds, dies at 73
Jean Giraud, an enduring figure in European comics whose fantasy and sci-fi work - which he signed with his alias, Moebius - deeply influenced alien-world imagery throughout pop culture, has died. He...
View ArticleF. Sherwood Rowland, Nobel Prize winner who warned of CFCs danger, dies at 84
F. Sherwood Rowland, the University of California, Irvine chemistry professor who warned the world that man-made chemicals could erode the ozone layer, has died. He was 84.
View ArticleOregonian editorial page editor dies
The editorial page editor of The Oregonian, a longtime staff member, has died of a heart attack, the newspaper reported.
View ArticleNobel scientist who warned of thinning ozone dies
F. Sherwood Rowland, the Nobel prize-winning chemist who sounded the alarm on the thinning of the Earth's ozone layer and crusaded against the use of man-made chemicals that were harming earth's...
View ArticleOregon physician behind suicide law dies
A Portland physician who campaigned for Oregon's Death With Dignity Act has died using lethal chemicals obtained under the law he championed. He was 83.
View ArticleOregon physician behind Death With Dignity dies
A Portland physician who campaigned for an Oregon law that allows patients with terminal conditions to end their lives died Sunday after using lethal chemicals obtained under the initiative he...
View ArticleRichard Milanovich, longtime chairman of Agua Caliente tribe, dies at 69
LOS ANGELES - Richard Milanovich, who as chairman of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians helped to usher in a new age of wealth and political muscle for many Native Americans through the...
View ArticleRushworth M. Kidder, former columnist was ethics expert, dies at 67
Rushworth M. Kidder, a former Christian Science Monitor columnist who taught and wrote books about ethics, died March 5 of natural causes in Naples, Fla. He was 67.
View ArticleLongtime Doobie Brothers drummer Hossack dies
Longtime Doobie Brothers drummer Michael Hossack, whose work is heard on the hits "Listen To The Music" and "China Grove," died of cancer at age 65, his manager said Tuesday.
View ArticleDavid W. Kenney, SeaWorld's first veterinarian, dies at 77
David W. Kenney, SeaWorld's first veterinarian, who played a key role in bringing the original Shamu to the San Diego amusement park as well as a gray whale believed to be the first raised by humans,...
View ArticleWar film maker Pierre Schoendoerffer dies at 83
Pierre Schoendoerffer, an Oscar-winning French filmmaker who was held prisoner in Indochina and chronicled war on screen and on the page, has died. He was 83.
View ArticleThomas Puccio, lawyer for von Bulow, dies at 67
A prominent defense lawyer who won an acquittal for socialite Claus von Bulow on charges of trying to kill his heiress wife has died. He was 67.
View ArticleReigning 'world's ugliest dog' dies in California
When a beloved pet dies, good manners usually dictate saying something nice about the departed companion.
View ArticleNorman Rales, South Florida philanthropist, dies at 88
He grew up in an orphanage to become a wealthy businessman and South Florida philanthropist.
View ArticleJohn Demjanjuk, convicted Nazi death camp guard, dies at 91
John Demjanjuk, a retired Ohio autoworker convicted of serving as a guard at a Nazi extermination camp and being complicit in the deaths of more than 28,000 people, died Saturday in Germany. He was 91.
View ArticlePope of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church dies
Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, died Saturday. He was 88.
View ArticlePope Shenouda III, patriarch who doggedly protected Coptic interests, dies at 88
Pope Shenouda III, the charismatic patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church whose shrewd grasp of religion and politics guided Egypt's Christians through deepening animosities with Muslims, died...
View ArticleJohn Demjanjuk, convicted death camp guard, dies
John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name - a legal battle that had not yet ended when he died...
View ArticleSportswriter Furman Bisher dies at 93
Sportswriter Furman Bisher has died of a massive heart attack at the age of 93.
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