Kabuki actor Kanzaburo Nakamura dies at age 57
Kabuki actor Kanzaburo Nakamura, who helped boost the popularity of the traditional Japanese art form, has died. He was 57.
View ArticleDave Brubeck, legend who helped define jazz, dies
You don't have to be a jazz aficionado to recognize "Take Five," the smoky instrumental by the Dave Brubeck Quartet that instantly evokes swinging bachelor pads, hi-fi systems and cool nightclubs of...
View ArticleRussian writer Vasily Belov dies at 80
Vasily Belov, a writer who paid homage to old rural Russia in his books, has died. He was 80.
View ArticleOscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, dies at 104
Architect Oscar Niemeyer, who recreated Brazil's sensuous curves in reinforced concrete and built the capital of Brasilia on the empty central plains as a symbol of the nation's future, died on...
View ArticleJazz legend Dave Brubeck dies at 91
Dave Brubeck changed the sound of jazz in profound ways, unexpectedly becoming something of a pop star in the process.
View ArticleHouston-area town's mayor for 63 years dead at 92
Hilmar Moore, who has been mayor of the Southeast Texas town of Richmond since 1949, has died at age 92.
View ArticleBritish composer Jonathan Harvey dies at 73
Jonathan Harvey, a British modernist composer whose operas and other works reflected a deep engagement with spirituality, has died at age 73.
View Article1st editor of The Washington Times dies
James R. Whelan, who served as the first editor of The Washington Times and left in a public dispute with its Unification Church owners, has died.
View ArticleBoston U. killed on bike student wrote own obit
A Boston University graduate student killed while riding his bicycle described the pivotal moment when he decided he wanted to become a photojournalist in an obituary he wrote for himself for a class...
View ArticleTV helicopter news coverage pioneer dies in Calif.
The Los Angeles television engineer who won Emmy Awards for creating helicopter news coverage in 1958 has died in Southern California at 92.
View ArticleJoe Parrinello, the Miami Heat’s ‘Dancing Joe,’ dies at 91
Long before the Miami Heat became world champions, Joe Parrinello, sitting in section 201, would shimmy, shake and moonwalk.
View ArticleHistorian and Miami High teacher Lamar Louise Curry dies at 105
Middle school carries the name of teacher who prodded students’ intellect for 35 years.
View ArticleBritish astronomer Patrick Moore dies at 89
British astronomer and broadcaster Patrick Moore died Sunday, according to friends and colleagues. He was 89.
View ArticleJenni Rivera, soulful, troubled Mexican music star
Jenni Rivera launched her career hawking cassette recordings of her songs at flea markets, but a powerful voice, soulful singing style and frank discussion of personal troubles powered her to the...
View ArticleRussian opera diva Vishnevskaya dies at 86
World-renowned Russian opera diva Galina Vishnevskaya, who with her husband defied the Soviet regime to give shelter to writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn and suffered exile from her homeland, has died at 86.
View ArticleSerial drama producer Paul Rauch dies in NY at 78
Paul Rauch, a longtime executive in the daytime drama world who produced "Another World," "One Life to Live" and "Santa Barbara," has died at age 78.
View ArticleSD mother of 1st surviving US quintuplets dies
As the mother of five children in a small South Dakota town, the limelight was the furthest thing from Mary Ann Darling Fischer's mind. All that changed on Sept. 14, 1963, when Fischer gave birth to...
View ArticleProgressive Catholic bishop Walter Sullivan dies
Former Bishop Walter F. Sullivan, a progressive leader in the U.S. Roman Catholic church and the longest-serving head of the Richmond diocese, died Tuesday. He was 84.
View Article9-time LPGA Tour winner Colleen Walker dies
Colleen Walker, the former LPGA Tour player who won nine times during her 23-year career, died Tuesday night after her second battle with cancer. She was 56.
View ArticleIndian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92
Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade...
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