George Lindsey, known as TV's Goober Pyle, dies
George Lindsey, who made a TV career as a grinning service station attendant named Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Hee Haw," has died. He was 83.
View ArticleArkansas musician 'Iron Man' Burks dies at 54
Alligator Records says Arkansas bluesman Michael "Iron Man" Burks has died after collapsing at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He was 54.
View ArticleBob Stewart, creator of popular TV game shows, dies at 91
Bob Stewart, a television producer who created such popular game shows as "To Tell the Truth," "The $10,000 Pyramid," and the enduring daytime hit "The Price Is Right," has died. He was 91.
View ArticleBen Silver, 85, local TV journalist of the 1950s and ’60s
Ben Silver was a globetrotting television journalist who made it to the networks after covering some of the 1950s and ’60s’ biggest stories for Miami’s WCKT-TV,...
View ArticleMass. trooper in Rockwell work dies at 83
A retired Massachusetts state trooper who was a model for Norman Rockwell's 1958 Saturday Evening Post illustration, "The Runaway," has died.
View ArticleDigby Wolfe, co-creator of 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In,' dies at 82
Digby Wolfe, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer who helped producer George Schlatter develop "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," a landmark TV series that became an overnight sensation in the late...
View Article`Where Wild Things Are' author Maurice Sendak dies
Maurice Sendak, the children's book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen," died early Tuesday. He was 83.
View ArticleMaurice Sendak, author of 'Where the Wild Things Are,' dies at 83
LOS ANGELES - Maurice Sendak, the children's book illustrator and author whose unsentimental approach to storytelling revolutionized the genre and whose best-known tale was the dark fantasy "Where the...
View ArticleRabbi Nathan Bryn, Holocaust survivor, dies
Funeral services for Rabbi Nathan Bryn, a Holocaust survivor who once led Temple Bet Tov in Little Havana, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Riverside Gordon/Aventura, 20955 Biscayne Blvd. Burial...
View Article'Where Wild Things Are' author Maurice Sendak dies
Maurice Sendak didn't think of himself as a children's author, but as an author who told the truth about childhood.
View ArticleMaurice Sendak, author of 'Where the Wild Things Are,' dies at 83
LOS ANGELES - Maurice Sendak, the children's book illustrator and author whose unsentimental approach to storytelling revolutionized the genre and whose best-known tale was the dark fantasy "Where the...
View ArticleNation's longest-serving appeals judge dies in CA
James Browning, the nation's longest-serving federal appellate judge, died more than a half-century after his appointment by President John F. Kennedy. He was 93.
View ArticleViolin instructor Totenberg dies in Mass. at 101
A Massachusetts violin instructor from Poland whose nine-decade career featured concert performances before kings and presidents has died. Roman Totenberg was 101.
View ArticleSidney Rachlin, Hallandale Beach dentist and library founder
Dr. Sidney George Rachlin, who for four decades had a dental practice in Hallandale Beach and helped establish the city library, died April 28 in his Aventura home. He was 95.
View Article'Laugh-In' co-creator Digby Wolfe dies at 82
Digby Wolfe, the comedy writer who co-created the 1960s variety show "Laugh-In," has died. He was 82.
View ArticleJames R. Browning, who led 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, dies at 93
James R. Browning, the rural Montana native who rose to head the powerful 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and unified its diverse judges in campaigns to enlarge the bench and protect the sprawling...
View ArticleW.Va. bluegrass legend Everett Lilly dies
West Virginia bluegrass legend Everett Lilly has died at age 87.
View ArticlePilot who saved 184 in Sioux City crash dies at 69
The pilot who helped save 184 people during a plane crash in Sioux City, Iowa, has died at the age of 69.
View ArticleKennedy, Johnson aide Nicholas Katzenbach dies
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, who held influential posts in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and played a prominent, televised role in federal desegregation efforts in the South, has died. He was 90.
View ArticleHairstyling pioneer Vidal Sassoon dies at 84 in LA
Hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, who undid the beehive with his wash-and-wear cuts and went on to become an international name in hair care, died Wednesday. He was 84.
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