Soft Machine co-founder Kevin Ayers dies in France
Kevin Ayers, an influential singer-songwriter who co-founded the band Soft Machine, has died in France, his record label said Thursday. He was 68.
View ArticleBlues guitarist Magic Slim dies in Pa. at age 75
Magic Slim, a younger contemporary of blues greats Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf who helped shape the sound of Chicago's electric blues, died Thursday. He was 75.
View ArticleBishop Dorsey dies in Orlando of cancer
Bishop Norbert M. Dorsey, who served as an auxiliary bishop in Miami where fellow priests kiddingly called him “the monk from Rome,” died Thursday night in Orlando of cancer. He...
View ArticleCleotha Staples of Staple Singers siblings dies
In a family of vocalists, it was Cleotha Staples' smooth and velvety voice that helped set apart the sound of the influential and best-selling gospel group The Staple Singers.
View ArticleRex Scouten, former White House chief usher, dies
Rex Scouten, who served 10 first families as a Secret Service agent, White House chief usher and chief curator, has died.
View ArticleOberdorfer, judge and ex-deputy to RFK, dies at 94
Louis F. Oberdorfer, a former deputy to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in the 1960s who later heard hundreds of cases as a federal judge in Washington, has died.
View ArticleNY songwriter Diane Lampert dies at age 88
Diane Charlotte Lampert, an accomplished songwriter of the 1950s and 1960s who wrote lyrics to title songs for more than 20 movies, has died.
View ArticleCEO Paul McIlhenny of Tabasco sauce company dies
Paul C.P. McIlhenny, chief executive and chairman of the board of the McIlhenny Co. that makes the trademarked line of Tabasco hot pepper sauces sold the world over, has died. He was 68.
View ArticleGerman conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch dies at 89
German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch, acclaimed for his musical brilliance and unpretentious leadership of the Bavarian State Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra, has died. He was 89.
View Article"Damon" Harris, a former Temptations member, dies
Otis "Damon" Harris, a former member of the Motown group The Temptations, has died of prostate cancer. He was 62.
View ArticleCorrection: Obit-Cleotha Staples story
In a story Feb. 22 about the death of singer Cleotha Staples, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Pervis Staples was a sister. He was a brother and performed with The Staple Singers until 1968.
View ArticleC. Everett Koop, 'rock star' surgeon general, dies
Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation's doctor- even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general.
View ArticleHighlights of nation's most famous surgeon general
With a fiery drive belying the courtly beard and bow tie, C. Everett Koop led a groundbreaking fight against smoking and brought AIDS to the attention of a reluctant nation. Koop was the only surgeon...
View ArticleCoral Gables native Martin Zweig, Wall Street wiz, dies in Florida
A decade before he foresaw the 1987 stock market crash, Coral Gables native Marty Zweig was already considered a Wall Street wizard.
View ArticleBaltimore Sun editor Mary J. Corey dies at 49
Mary J. Corey, the first woman to hold the top editorial post at The Baltimore Sun, died Tuesday of breast cancer. She was 49.
View ArticleHessel, France's surprise elder icon, dies at 95
Stephane Hessel of France was a man of many talents.
View ArticleVan Cliburn, legendary pianist, dead at 78
Van Cliburn's talent alone might have earned him a place among the 20th-century giants of his instrument, alongside classical pianists like Arthur Rubinstein and Vladimir Horowitz. But after a magical...
View ArticleVan Cliburn, American classical pianist, dies
Van Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to...
View ArticleJuan Clark, Cuba scholar and Bay of Pigs vet, dies
Juan Clark took part in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and then taught sociology for many years at Miami Dade College.
View ArticleFormer Allman Brothers band member dies in Florida
Former Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dan Toler has died following a two-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, otherwise known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 65.
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