Former Miami Hurricanes AD Paul Dee dies
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Paul Dee, who was University of Miami's athletic director from 1993 to 2008, has died, university officials confirmed Sunday.
View ArticleBiographer C. David Heymann told titillating tales about the rich, famous
LOS ANGELES - C. David Heymann, a bestselling biographer whose titillating accounts of famous lives often were criticized as inaccurate or dishonest, including a book on heiress Barbara Hutton that was...
View ArticleMaine man who cared for famed old tree dies at 103
Frank Knight's decades-long battle to save New England's tallest elm served as an inspiring tale of devotion, so it is fitting that he will be laid to rest in a coffin made from the tree he made famous.
View Article'Swamp People' cast member Mitchell Guist dies
A cast member of the reality TV show "Swamp People" died Monday, a Louisiana sheriff said.
View ArticleDonald 'Duck' Dunn, bassist for Booker T. & the MG's, dies at 70
As the bass player on dozens of the most soulful hits in the history of pop music, Donald "Duck" Dunn often found himself out on the road playing to fans who had assumed he was black like the stars he...
View ArticleHarold 'Red Poling, former Ford CEO, dies at 86
DETROIT - Harold A. Poling, the former head of Ford Motor Co. who oversaw its restructuring and launch of key vehicles, died Saturday at the age of 86.
View ArticleHarold 'Red' Poling, former Ford CEO, dies at 86
DETROIT - Harold A. Poling, the former head of Ford Motor Co. who oversaw its restructuring and launch of key vehicles, died Saturday at the age of 86.
View ArticleReaction to death of Mexican author Carlos Fuentes
Some reactions to the death of Mexican author Carlos Fuentes:
View ArticleMexican novelist, essayist Carlos Fuentes dies
Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America's novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the Mexican revolution, died Tuesday in a Mexico City hospital. He was 83.
View ArticleMexican novelist, essayist Carlos Fuentes dies
Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America's novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the Mexican revolution, died Tuesday in a Mexico City hospital. He was 83.
View ArticleHarold 'Red' Poling, former Ford CEO, dies at 86
Harold A. Poling, the former head of Ford who oversaw its restructuring and launch of key vehicles in the 1980s and early '90s, passed away Saturday at 86.
View ArticleMaude Aimee Humbard, widow of televangelist Rex Humbard, dies at 89
Maude Aimee Humbard - wife of the late Rev. Rex Humbard, the world's first televangelist - was the force that held her family together.
View ArticleMexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dies at 83
If Carlos Fuentes could have invented the perfect character to star in one of his novels, he might have come up with a protagonist named Carlos Fuentes.
View ArticleCarlos Fuentes, eminent Mexican writer, dies at 83
Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America’s novel-writing boom, died at age 83.
View ArticlePaul G. Marshall, entertainment lawyer, dies
Paul G. Marshall, an entertainment lawyer who engineered deals that changed pop-music history, including the Beatles’ initial U.S. recording contract and decades later, sale of the...
View ArticleCorrection: Carlos Fuentes-Reax Quotes story
In a May 15 compilation of comments reacting to the death of Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the director of Mexico's National Council for Culture and the...
View ArticleChuck Brown, pioneer of 'go-go' funk music, dies
Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation's capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75.
View ArticleJim Abdnor, former US senator from SD, dies at 89
Former U.S. Sen. Jim Abdnor gained fame nationally as the South Dakota Republican who ousted George McGovern from the Senate, but he was known in his home state as the farmer-turned-astute-politician...
View ArticleCarol MacKenzie, Broward music teacher, dies
Carol Jo F. MacKenzie spent two-thirds of her 77 years sharing her love of music with Broward County children, 50 of those years at Hollywood Central Elementary School, which plans to name its...
View ArticleRFK Jr.'s troubled estranged wife found dead in NY
Mary Richardson Kennedy's life had both highlights and troubled moments, just like other members of the famous political family she married into in 1994.
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