Robert A. Connell, America’s Cup sailor, dies after heart attack
Robert A. “Bob’’ Connell, a sea-going adventurer who competed in five America’s Cups, fell in love with sailboat racing as a youngster on Long Island Sound.
View ArticlePete Fornatale, pioneering NY rock DJ, dies at 66
Rock music fans Thursday were mourning the death of Pete Fornatale, a beloved New York radio disc jockey who promoted the best new musicians for decades in his easy, free-form style. He was 66.
View ArticleCallenbach, `Ecotopia' author, dies in Calif at 83
Ernest "Chick" Callenbach, a film scholar who wrote the novel "Ecotopia," a 1975 underground classic that inspired generations of environmentalists and readers yearning for an ecologically sustainable...
View ArticleBert Weedon, guitarist and author of 'Play in a Day' book, dies at 91
Bert Weedon was a legendary British guitar player who influenced a generation of budding rock stars with his popular "Play in a Day" instructional book.
View Article‘Charm school’ teacher Edith Zipp, son Bob Zipp, die days apart
Edith Zipp, who taught aspiring fashion models at the dawn of the feminist movement that inner beauty counted more than the skin-deep kind, died in her sleep April 16 at her Pompano Beach home.
View ArticleSki goggle pioneer Bob Smith dies at 78
Robert Earl "Bob" Smith, an orthodontist whose passion for skiing deep powder snow helped turn him into a goggle and sunglasses pioneer, has died of complications related to heart surgery.
View ArticleMan who may be last Golden Gate Bridge worker dies
Jack Balestreri was 17 when he got a job helping build the Golden Gate Bridge. He had hoped to make it to the span's 75th anniversary next month.
View Article5-time champion Moose Skowron dead at 81
Moose Skowron, a five-time World Series champion and one of only two players to hit three home runs in Game 7s, died Friday of congestive heart failure at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington...
View ArticleE. Richard 'Rick' Brown, health care data analyst, dies at 70
E. Richard "Rick" Brown, the founding director of the University of California, Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research who pioneered the collection and wide dissemination of health survey data...
View ArticleLongtime labor journalist John Moody dies in NJ
John P. Moody, a longtime journalist who won praise for his coverage of organized labor and business issues, died Saturday. He was 95.
View ArticleWalter L. Gordon Jr., pioneering lawyer in segregated era, dies at 103
The legal establishment in Los Angeles was segregated in 1937 when black American attorney Walter L. Gordon Jr. pulled on a childhood connection to set up his new practice. The former newspaper carrier...
View ArticleBen-Zion Netanyahu, father of Israeli prime minister, dies at 102
JERUSALEM - Ben-Zion Netanyahu, a historian and the father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, died early Monday in his Jerusalem home at age 102.
View ArticleBen-Zion Netanyahu, father of Israeli prime minister, dies at 102
Historian Ben-Zion Netanyahu, the father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the man said to have had the most profound influence on the conservative Israeli leader, died Monday in his Jerusalem...
View ArticleAmarillo Slim, legend on world poker circuit, dies at 83
It was 3 a.m. in Las Vegas in May 1972.
View ArticleSwimming world champ Dale Oen dies in Arizona
The Norwegian swimming federation says world champion Alexander Dale Oen has died during a training camp in Flagstaff, Ariz. He was 26.
View ArticleLast living founder of Sandinista movement dies
Tomas Borge Martinez, the last surviving founder of the Sandinista guerrilla movement that overthrew Nicaragua's U.S.-backed right-wing dictatorship in 1979 and replaced it with a leftist system...
View ArticleMedical examiner at JFK assassination dies in Iowa
In the turbulent hours following President John F. Kennedy's assassination, many were uncertain about what to do, but medical examiner Earl Rose knew one thing: The shooting happened in Dallas, and it...
View Article'Shaft' guitarist Pitts passes away in Memphis
Charles "Skip" Pitts, the longtime Memphis guitar player for Isaac Hayes whose distinctive sound helped define soul and make "Shaft" cool, has died. He was 65.
View ArticleTomas Borge Martinez, Sandinista leader in Nicaragua, dies at 81
Tomas Borge Martinez, the last surviving founder of Nicaragua's Sandinista Front and a hero of the 1979 revolution that toppled the decades-long Somoza family dynasty, has died at age 81, and the...
View ArticleJoseph Allison, health advocate for children, dies at 88
Dr. Joseph Allison, an activist pediatrician of the house-call era who fought to bring health care and fitness into the Miami-Dade public schools, and keep junk food and drugs out, died April 26 at...
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