Daniel Edelman, PR pioneer, dies at 92
When transplanted New Yorker Dan Edelman opened his Chicago-based public relations firm in 1952, he had three employees and one client, the Toni Home Permanent Co., which was located just down the hall...
View ArticleTurkish painter Burhan Dogancay dead at 83
Turkish painter Burhan Dogancay, whose work has been exhibited in some 70 museums worldwide, including New York's Metropolitan Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, has died. He was 83.
View ArticleKey West stunt pilot Fred Cabanas dies in plane crash in Mexico
Key West stunt pilot Fred Cabanas, who has entertained hundreds of thousands of people around the world with his dare-devil aerobatics at air shows, died Tuesday in an aviation accident near Cozumel,...
View ArticleConrad Bain of 'Diff'rent Strokes' dead at 89
Conrad Bain, a veteran stage and film actor who became a star in middle age as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," has died.
View ArticleConrad Bain of 'Diff'rent Strokes' dies; co-stars' tragedies 'painful'
LOS ANGELES - Conrad Bain, the actor who played a white millionaire who adopted two African-American boys on the NBC comedy "Diff'rent Strokes," has died. He was 89.
View ArticleConrad Bain of 'Diff'rent Strokes' dies; co-stars' tragedies 'painful'
LOS ANGELES - Conrad Bain, the actor who played a white millionaire who adopted two African-American boys on the NBC comedy "Diff'rent Strokes," has died. He was 89.
View ArticleConrad Bain, father on TV's 'Diff'rent Strokes,' dies at 89
While portraying the white millionaire father in the hit TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," Conrad Bain was often asked whether he enjoyed working alongside such scene-stealing young co-stars as Gary...
View Article‘Schindler’s List’ survivor, Leon Leyson, dies at 83
Leon Leyson — born Leib Lejzon in Narewka, Poland — could so easily have been among the 1 million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
View Article'Dear Abby' advice columnist dies at age 94
Pauline Friedman Phillips, who as Dear Abby dispensed snappy, sometimes saucy advice on love, marriage and meddling mothers-in-law to millions of newspaper readers around the world and opened the way...
View ArticlePresident of gay, lesbian journalists' group dies
The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association says its president, Michael Triplett, has died. Triplett, who was an assistant managing editor at Bloomberg BNA, was 48.
View ArticleJames Hood dies; defied segregation at U. of Ala.
One of the first black students who enrolled at the University of Alabama a half century ago in defiance of racial segregation has died. James Hood of Gadsden was 70.
View ArticleRobert Chew, actor on 'The Wire' dies at 52
Robert Chew, who played Proposition Joe on the HBO series "The Wire," has died. He was 52.
View ArticlePauline Phillips, 'Dear Abby' columnist, dies at 94
Dear Abby: "What would you do with a man who refuses to use a deodorant, seldom bathes, and doesn't even own a toothbrush?"
View ArticleEarl Weaver dead at 82, Orioles say
Earl Weaver, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who won 1,480 games with the Baltimore Orioles, has died, the team says. He was 82.
View ArticleFiery Orioles manager Earl Weaver dead at 82
Earl Weaver always was up for an argument, especially with an umpire.
View ArticleNixon sister-in-law Clara Jane Nixon dies at 92
Clara Jane Nixon, former President Richard Nixon's sister-in-law who maintained the history of the Nixon family in Southern California, has died.
View ArticleFormer Johns Hopkins president Muller dies at 85
Steven Muller, who led Johns Hopkins University during a period of tremendous growth and also served as president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital for a decade, has died.
View ArticleFormer Miami baseball coach Ron Fraser dies
Ron Fraser coached the national teams from two different countries, is a member of 10 different Halls of Fame, won two NCAA baseball championships and never had a losing record in a 30-year career with...
View ArticleFilmmaker Michael Winner dies at 77
"Death Wish" director Michael Winner, a British filmmaker, restaurant critic and bon vivant, died Monday. He was 77.
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