Rock guitarist Alvin Lee dies at 68
British rock guitarist Alvin Lee, founder of the band Ten Years After who burst to stardom with a memorable Woodstock performance, has died. He was 68.
View ArticleCanadian singer Stompin' Tom Connors dies at 77
Canadian country-folk singer Stompin' Tom Connors, whose toe-tapping musical spirit and fierce patriotism established him as one of Canada's biggest cultural icons, has died, his promoter said...
View ArticleMary Ellen Miller, former chairwoman of Miami-Dade GOP, dies
As news of her unexpected death on Wednesday circulated among Florida’s Republicans, many offered tributes to Mary Ellen Miller, a revered party elder stateswoman who twice chaired the party...
View ArticleManhattan Project agent Safferstein dies at 92
Nathan Safferstein was barely 21 when circumstances suddenly propelled him from his job as a supermarket manager into the stealth world of a counterintelligence agent on the project that produced the...
View ArticleCountry singer Claude King dies at 90
Country singer-songwriter Claude King, an original member of the Louisiana Hayride who was best known for the 1962 hit "Wolverton Mountain," has died. He was 90.
View ArticleErwin Harris, Miami businessman and adventurer, dies at 91
An archeologist, ad executive, military veteran, art enthusiast and world traveler, Erwin Harris was a true renaissance man.
View ArticleFrancisco Gonzalez Aruca, founder of Marazul travel agency and radio...
Francisco Gonzalez Aruca was also a Miami radio commentator
View ArticlePrincess whose forbidden love gripped Sweden dies
She was one of the better kept secrets of Sweden's royal household: a commoner and divorcee whose relationship with Prince Bertil was seen as a threat to the Bernadotte dynasty.
View Article'Taxi Driver' character actor Switkes dies in Md.
A character actor who had minor roles in "Tootsie," "Taxi Driver" and dozens of other films has died. Willy Switkes (SWIT'-kehs) was 83.
View ArticleLast survivor of plot to kill Hitler dies at 90
As a 22-year-old German army lieutenant, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist volunteered to wear a suicide vest to a meeting with Adolf Hitler and to blow himself up along with the Nazi dictator.
View ArticleRichard Burton's ex, theater producer, dies at 83
The woman Richard Burton left to marry Elizabeth Taylor has died. Theater producer and nightclub founder Sybil Christopher was 83.
View ArticleJulius Littman, longtime North Miami Beach councilman, dies
Julius Littman led a life of service -- to veterans, the poor, the hungry, homeless and most notably, the citizens of North Miami Beach.
View ArticleDaughter's loving, humorous obituary for Mississippi man goes viral
He enjoyed buttermilk in a martini glass, garnished with cornbread. Not one to suffer cats, "Law and Order" or Martha Stewart gladly, he liked his women smart and his eggs deviled, and he eschewed...
View ArticleFormer Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr dies at 56
Clive Burr, former drummer with heavy metal icons Iron Maiden, has died. He was 56 and had been suffering from multiple sclerosis.
View ArticlePioneering polio surgeon Jacquelin Perry dies
Dr. Jacquelin Perry, a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon who pioneered treatments to help polio patients regain movement, has died at age 94 in California.
View ArticleCountry music's Jack Greene dies in Nashville
Jack Greene, a longtime Grand Ole Opry star who earned fame with the hit "There Goes My Everything," has died in Nashville at 83.
View Article'Bullitt' producer Robert E. Relyea dies
The film producer and director whose credits included "The Magnificent Seven" and "West Side Story has died. Robert E. Relyea was 82.
View ArticleFormer Wash. Gov. Booth Gardner dies
Booth Gardner was a two-term governor whose biggest political effort came long after he left the Washington state Capitol.
View ArticleLarcenia Bullard, former Miami state senator with ‘biggest...
The former lawmaker, who left office in 2012, was well-liked on both sides of the aisle during her 18 years in the Legislature.
View ArticleOlen Burrage, suspect in 1964 Klan slayings, dies
Olen Burrage, who was acquitted in the case of three civil rights workers killed by Ku Klux Klansmen in Mississippi in the 1960s, has died. He was 82.
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