`Selena' star Lupe Ontiveros dies of cancer at 69
Veteran actress Lupe Ontiveros, who appeared in scores of TV shows and movies including "Desperate Housewives," "Selena" and "As Good As It Gets," has died. She was 69.
View ArticleGrace Keillor, mother of Garrison Keillor, dies
Grace Keillor, the mother of "A Prairie Home Companion" host Garrison Keillor, has died at age 97.
View ArticleAide to NY pols Rockefeller and Lindsay dies at 80
A political aide who served in influential roles with New York Republican heavyweights such as Mayor John Lindsay and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and managed part of President Richard Nixon's reelection...
View ArticleLupe Ontiveros, 'Desperate Housewives' actress, dies at 69
Veteran actress Lupe Ontiveros, the El Paso, Texas-born daughter of Mexican immigrants, once estimated that she had played the role of a maid more than 150 times during her career.
View ArticleSteven McGovern, son of former SD senator, dies
Steven McGovern, the son of former South Dakota senator George McGovern, has died. He was 60.
View ArticleRetired Adm. James D. Watkins, leader of AIDS, ocean commissions, dies at 85
Navy Adm. James D. Watkins was considered "an unlikely hero" after he was called out of retirement in 1987 to accomplish what many considered a near-impossible task - taking over the leadership of a...
View ArticleRev. John A. Ferguson, prominent Miami-Dade pastor, dies at 89
The pastor who built a Richmond Heights church and, later in life, saw a high school named after him was known and trusted inside and outside the halls of power.
View ArticleMarker, famed French director of 'La Jetee,' dies
Chris Marker, the influential French filmmaker whose career spanned six decades, has died, France's Culture Ministry confirmed Monday. He was 91.
View ArticleRomantic crooner Tony Martin dies at 98
Tony Martin, the romantic singer who appeared in movie musicals from the 1930s to the 1950s and sustained a career in records, television and nightclubs from the Depression era into the 21st century,...
View ArticleTony Martin, singer-actor in Hollywood musicals, dies at 98
Tony Martin, the last of the big-name singer-actors from the golden age of Hollywood musicals, has died. He was 98.
View Article'Born to Shop' author Suzy Gershman dies at 64
Suzy Gershman, whose "Born to Shop" travel guides have helped readers find where to browse and buy from Paris to Hong Kong, has died. She was 64.
View ArticlePopular Irish author Maeve Binchy dies at 72
Bestselling Irish author Maeve Binchy, one of Ireland's most popular writers who sold more than 40 million books worldwide, died in Dublin after a brief illness, Irish media and national leaders said....
View ArticleAlaska philanthropist Mary Louise Rasmuson dies
A philanthropist whose family foundation has awarded more than $200 million in grants to nonprofit Alaska organizations has died at the age of 101, foundation officials said Tuesday.
View ArticleChris Marker, avant-garde French filmmaker, dies at 91
Chris Marker, an enigmatic figure in French cinema who avoided publicity and was loath to screen his films yet was often ranked with countrymen Alain Resnais and Jean-Luc Godard as an avant-garde...
View ArticleGore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies
The nephew of Gore Vidal says the author, playwright and commentator has died in Los Angeles.
View ArticleGore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies
In a world more to his liking, Gore Vidal might have been president, or even king. He had an aristocrat's bearing - tall, handsome and composed - and an authoritative baritone ideal for summoning an...
View ArticleGore Vidal, iconoclastic author, dies at 86
Gore Vidal was impossible to categorize, which was exactly the way he liked it.
View ArticleWilliam H. 'Bill' Mensing, maker of water-drop tanks, dies at 88
William H. "Bill" Mensing, the owner of an aircraft sheet-metal business whose improved water-drop tanks made for Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopters in the early 1970s became widely used,...
View ArticleRenowned Romanian pianist Ursuleasa dead at 33
Internationally renowned Romanian pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa has been found dead in her apartment in the Austrian capital. She was 33.
View ArticleJoan Stein, Tony-winning theater and TV producer, dies at 59
LOS ANGELES-Joan Stein, a Tony-winning theater and television producer who helped to launch several long-running L.A. stage productions, including "Love Letters," "Forever Plaid" and Steve Martin's...
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