Quirky Coconut Grove artist Leonard Krakovitch King dies
Take an object. Now do something with it. Now do something else with it.
View ArticleRobert Christy, Manhattan Project physicist, dies
Robert F. Christy, a former California Institute of Technology professor who helped design the trigger mechanism for the atomic bombs used in World War II, died Wednesday. He was 96.
View ArticleLA kids' TV show host 'Sheriff' John Rovick dies
The host of a cartoon show known as "Sheriff John" to children in Los Angeles throughout the 1950s and 60s has died.
View ArticleLA kids' TV show host 'Sheriff' John Rovick dies
John Rovick, the beloved host of a children's cartoon show in Los Angeles throughout the 1950s and 60s, has died.
View ArticlePublicist to the stars Lois Smith dies at 85
A longtime New York City publicist who worked with celebrities including Marilyn Monroe, Robert Redford and Martin Scorsese has died. Lois Smith was 85.
View ArticleFormer CA lawmaker, US Rep. Mervyn Dymally dies
Mervyn Dymally, the former California assemblyman, senator and lieutenant governor who also served in Congress for more than a decade, has died.
View ArticleDanish saxophonist John Tchicai dies
Danish saxophonist and pioneer of free jazz in Europe, John Tchicai, has died. He was 76.
View ArticleVeteran AP Georgia newsman Dick Pettys dies at 66
From Georgia's last segregationist governor to the first Republican to hold the office since Reconstruction, Dick Pettys covered Georgia politics for The Associated Press for more than three decades....
View ArticleEric Lomax, ex-POW who forgave captor, dies at 93
It's an unusual man who can forgive his wartime torturer - or whose quest to do so can touch so many people around the world.
View Article1940s Hollywood actor dies in Austria
Turhan Bey, an actor whose exotic good looks earned him the nickname of "Turkish Delight" in films with Errol Flynn and Katherine Hepburn before he left Hollywood for a quieter life in Vienna, has...
View ArticleAlex Karras dies at 77; actor also starred in the NFL
LOS ANGELES - Alex Karras, an All-Pro defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions who later worked as a "Monday Night Football" co-host and parlayed his hulking strength into a Hollywood acting career, died...
View ArticleFormer Fla. congressman Sam Gibbons dies at 92
Former U.S. Rep. Sam M. Gibbons, who served 17 terms in Congress and rose to head the powerful Ways and Means Committee before his retirement, died late Tuesday or early Wednesday at a Tampa retirement...
View ArticleAlex Karras, former NFL lineman, actor, dies at 77
Alex Karras was a man of many roles.
View ArticleVietnam vet Plumley dies; featured in war movie
Basil L. Plumley, a renowned career soldier whose exploits as an Army infantryman were portrayed in a book and the movie "We Were Soldiers," has died at 92 - an age his friends are amazed that he lived...
View ArticleAlex Karras, actor who also starred in the NFL, dies at 77
Alex Karras, an All-Pro defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions who later worked as a "Monday Night Football" co-host and parlayed his hulking strength into a Hollywood acting career, died Wednesday. He...
View ArticleScientist who helped clone sheep Dolly dies
Keith Campbell, a prominent biologist who worked on cloning Dolly the sheep, has died at 58, the University of Nottingham said Thursday.
View ArticleAcclaimed cinematographer Harris Savides dies
Harris Savides, the acclaimed cinematographer who worked frequently with Gus Van Sant and David Fincher, has died at 55.
View ArticleErica Jong's mother, Eda Mirsky Mann, dead at 100
Eda Mirsky Mann, a painter and designer and the mother of "Fear of Flying" novelist Erica Jong, has died.
View ArticleESPN college football guru Beano Cook dead at 81
Beano Cook, the college football commentator with an encyclopedic knowledge of the sport he dearly loved, has died.
View ArticleMary Dimakis, oldest Greek-American, dies at 109
In 1903, the year Mary Dimakis was born, the Wright Brothers put the first plane in the air, Henry Ford rolled out the Model A and the first World Series game was played.
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