Utah man uses obituary to confess indiscretions
A 59-year-old Utah man who wrote his own obituary before he died last week used the opportunity to come clean.
View Article`I Love Lucy' director Bill Asher dies at 90
The director and producer behind the television classics "I Love Lucy" and "Bewitched" has died. Bill Asher was 90.
View ArticleCzech chemist Antonin Holy dies at 75
Antonin Holy, a renowned Czech scientist whose research significantly contributed to the development of antiviral drugs, has died, his long-time research institute said Tuesday.
View ArticleFunk Brothers bass player Bob Babbitt, 74, dies
Motown bass player Bob Babbitt, whose work lit up a host of hits in the '60s and '70s, died Monday morning in Nashville, friends said. He was 74.
View ArticlePulitzer-winning columnist William Raspberry dies
William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post and one of the most widely read black journalists of his generation, died Tuesday. He was 76.
View ArticleEarly Miami Dolphins kicker G. Booth Lusteg diest at 73
Former professional football player Gerald Booth Lusteg dies at 73 from lung cancer.
View ArticleNorth Miami Beach stationer Harold Jaffe, 85
To Harold Jaffe, a thriving business community was as important as the success of his own enterprise.
View ArticleFormer Kennedy Space Center director dies
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Forrest McCartney, a former director of Kennedy Space Center who was crucial in getting NASA's shuttles flying again after the Challenger tragedy, has died. He was 81
View ArticleTom Davis, Al Franken's 'SNL' writing partner, dies at 59
Tom Davis, a comedy writer who teamed with Al Franken to write memorable bits on "Saturday Night Live" from the time the late-night show first aired in the mid-1970s, has died. He was 59.
View ArticleNelson Lyon, director of sex comedy 'The Telephone Book,' dies at 73
Decades after writer-director Nelson Lyon released the X-rated sex comedy "The Telephone Book" in 1971, the film was hailed as a neglected masterpiece. By then Lyons was a former "Saturday Night Live"...
View ArticleSylvia Woods, who started Harlem restaurant, dies
Sylvia Woods, founder of the famed Harlem soul food restaurant that carries her name and is a must-stop for locals, tourists and politicians, has died. She was 86.
View ArticleWarren Jabali was a star on court, teacher off it
Warren Jabali, who went from ABA All-Star to caretaker for the young or troubled in the Miami area, died a week ago in his sleep at age 65.
View ArticleTom Davis, Al Franken's 'SNL' partner, dies in NY
Tom Davis, a writer who with Al Franken helped develop some of the most popular skits in the early years of "Saturday Night Live," was remembered by his former partner as "great friend, a good man, and...
View ArticleJoyce Miller, who broke glass ceiling atop AFL-CIO, dies at 84
Joyce D. Miller, who rose from an assembly line job to the top ranks of American labor as the first woman on the AFL-CIO executive council, died June 30 in Washington. She was 84.
View ArticleRadical writer Alexander Cockburn dead at 71
Radical writer Alexander Cockburn, a longtime columnist for The Nation and editor of the political newsletter CounterPunch, died Friday in Germany at age 71.
View ArticleJacqueline Piatigorsky, chess champion and sculptor, dies at 100
LOS ANGELES-Jacqueline Piatigorsky was born into the Rothschild banking clan and grew up in a palace in Paris, but her silver spoon came with a ball and shackles. She rarely left her sumptuous homes...
View ArticleAlexander Cockburn, columnist for the Nation and Wall Street Journal, dies at 71
Alexander Cockburn, the radical and acerbic journalist who had written columns in both the conservative Wall Street Journal and the leftist Nation, died Friday in Germany. He was 71.
View ArticleArt collector Herbert Vogel dies at 89
Herbert Vogel, an art collector who amassed over 5,000 works despite a modest income, has died at age 89.
View ArticleCuba dissident Oswaldo Paya reported dead in crash
Cuban dissidents say prominent fellow government opponent Oswaldo Paya has died in a car crash. He was 60 years old.
View ArticleGinny Tyler, voice actress who was Disney legend, dies at 86
When episodes of "The Mickey Mouse Club" were repackaged for syndication, a new head Mouseketeer held court from Main Street Opera House at Disneyland in 1963.
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