Polio vaccine developer Koprowski dies in Pa.
Dr. Hilary Koprowski, a pioneering virologist who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio, has died. He was 96.
View ArticleJonathan Winters, comedian who defied categorization, dies at 87
Comic great Jonathan Winters was struggling to make a name for himself in the early 1950s when a man at the nightclub where he was performing offered some life-changing advice.
View ArticleChi Cheng, former bassist for Deftones, dies at 42
A candlelight vigil is planned for Chi Cheng, the bassist of the Grammy-winning rock band Deftones who died after struggling to recover from serious injuries suffered in a car crash more than four...
View ArticleFrances Greer, first woman to head Miami’s Office of Health Services,...
Frances Kruvand Greer, Miami-Dade County’s top public health official in the 1980s, championed programs for the needy — because she could relate.
View ArticleRosann Sidener, Miami Beach High principal, succumbs to cancer
Rosann Sidener, the beloved principal of Miami Beach Senior High School, died Monday after a year-long battle with ovarian cancer.
View ArticleRock and soul songwriter George Jackson dies at 68
Songwriter George Jackson, co-author of "Old Time Rock and Roll" and hundreds of other soul, rock and rhythm and blues tunes, has died. He was 68.
View ArticleFounder of Wienerschnitzel chain John Galardi dies
John Galardi, who opened a Wienerschnitzel hot dog stand in Los Angeles in 1961 and expanded it into a chain with more than 300 outlets in 10 U.S. states, has died, his company said Sunday.
View ArticleFormer US Rep. Charlie Wilson of Ohio dies at 70
Former U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, a Democrat who represented eastern Ohio in Washington for two terms after winning a write-in campaign, died Sunday in a Florida hospital, the Ohio Democratic Party...
View ArticlePerry remembered as titan of political spending
Once in a rare interview, the Texas tycoon who gave at least $75 million in political contributions over his lifetime argued that writing big checks didn't buy big influence.
View ArticleLondon Symphony conductor Colin Davis dies at 85
Colin Davis, the former principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and one of Britain's elder statesmen of classical music, has died at 85.
View ArticleLos Angeles Chicano rights activist Castro dies
Sal Castro, a social studies teacher who played a leading role in 1960s Chicano student walkouts, has died at age 79.
View ArticleSuper voice gone: Pat Summerall dead at 82
The voice of football. The NFL's narrator for generations. A master of restraint.
View Article'Leave It to Beaver' actor Frank Bank dies
Frank Bank, who played oafish troublemaker Lumpy on the sitcom "Leave It to Beaver," has died. He was 71.
View ArticleActor who played choked Death Star commander dies
Character actor Richard LeParmentier, who as a young Death Star commander learned the hard way that Darth Vader brooks no disrespect, died Tuesday. He was 66.
View ArticleGeorge Beverly Shea dies; sang at Graham crusades
George Beverly Shea, whose booming baritone voice echoed through stadiums, squares and souls during a decades-long career with evangelist Billy Graham, died Tuesday. He was 104.
View ArticleTire company heir Anne Firestone Ball dies at 79
Tire company heir and philanthropist Anne Firestone Ball has died from injuries she suffered during a fire in her Connecticut home. She was 79.
View ArticleAward-winning architect Barry Sugerman dies
Well known South Florida architect Barry Sugerman, who designed dozens of capacious luxury homes with tropical touches in a prolific career that spanned more than four decades, died Tuesday.
View ArticleMargarita Dosal, tobacco company president, dies
Margarita Chavez Dosal, the flamboyantly fancy, gleefully generous matriarch of a family that reestablished its Cuban tobacco company in Opa-locka after fleeing the Castro regime, died Monday night at...
View ArticlePink Floyd album designer Storm Thorgerson dies
English graphic designer Storm Thorgerson, whose eye-popping album art for Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin encapsulated the spirit of 1970s psychedelia, died Thursday. He was 69.
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