Will Alsop, British architect with unique style, dies at 70
LONDON -- British architect Will Alsop, whose exuberant buildings enliven cities on both sides of the Atlantic, has died, his company said Sunday. He was 70.
View ArticleDoug Ford, Masters and PGA Championship winner, dies at 95
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Doug Ford, the oldest surviving Masters champion and a former PGA player of the year, has died. He was 95.
View ArticleSam Marino dies; longtime Newsday pressman, sports buff was 62
Sam Marino might not have been the best player on his sports teams, his friends said, but he was always the heart and soul of the teams.
View ArticleRay Wilson, who won World Cup with England, dies at 83
HUDDERSFIELD, England -- Ray Wilson, the left back in all six of England's games in its World Cup-winning campaign in 1966, has died. He was 83.
View ArticleRichard Goodwin, speechwriter for Kennedys, LBJ, dies at 86
Richard N. Goodwin, an aide, speechwriter and liberal force for the Kennedys and Lyndon Johnson who helped craft such historic addresses as Robert Kennedy's "ripples of hope" and LBJ's speeches on...
View ArticleWilliam Allee dies at 76; was NYPD chief of detectives during 9/11
William Allee, who served as the NYPD's chief of detectives from 1997 to 2003, died Thursday morning from an illness related to his work at Ground Zero, officials said. He was 76.
View ArticleAmanda Abbate dies at 29; well-loved Manorville native
Lighthearted, loving and giving, Amanda Abbate only stood a few inches past 5 feet, but the radiance she emitted could envelop everyone around her.
View ArticleHerman Farrell dies at 86; exemplified 'the best of politics'
ALBANY -- Former Assemb. Herman "Denny" Farrell, who represented Harlem and other parts of Manhattan in the Assembly since 1974 with grace that earned him deep respect from fellow liberals and...
View ArticleAstronaut and moonwalker Alan Bean dies at 86
Former Apollo 12 astronaut and painter Alan Bean, who was the fourth person to walk on the moon and later turned his passion for space into art, has died. He was 86.
View ArticleGlenn Snoddy, inventor of fuzz pedal for guitarists, dies at 96
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- A recording engineer whose invention of a pedal that allowed guitarists to create a fuzzy, distorted sound most famously used by Keith Richards in the Rolling Stones' hit "(I...
View ArticlePaul Bloch, veteran Hollywood publicist, dies at 78
Paul Bloch, a veteran Hollywood publicist for Rogers & Cowan who counted John Travolta, Eddie Murphy and Tom Cruise among his clients in a career that spanned more than five decades, died Friday...
View ArticleSerge Dassault, French aviation industrialist, dies at 93
PARIS -- French business executive Serge Dassault, a top aviation and arms industrialist and one of France's richest men, died Monday in his Paris office. He was 93.
View ArticleJoan P. Yale, LI law enforcement trailblazer, dies at 72
Joan P. Yale was a trailblazer in Nassau policing who in her career became the highest-ranking woman to serve in any Long Island law enforcement agency.
View ArticleDick Quax, New Zealand 5,000m silver medalist, dies at 70
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand runner Dick Quax died on Monday at the age of 70 after a long battle with cancer.
View ArticleBill Gold, designer of famous movie posters, dies at 97
Bill Gold, who designed more than 2,000 movie posters, from "Casablanca" and "My Fair Lady" to "Dirty Harry," "The Exorcist" and "Goodfellas," making him one of the film world's leading image-makers,...
View ArticleMadiha Yousri, iconic Egyptian actress, dies at 97
CAIRO -- Madiha Yousri, an Egyptian actress known for her iconic, classical romance roles in the heyday of Egypt's cinema in the second half of the 20th century, has died. She was 97.
View ArticleSeymour Glanzer, Watergate prosecutor, dies at 91
Seymour Glanzer, a lawyer whose five decades of practice ranged from the prosecution of the original Watergate break-in defendants to the defense of the American convicted in the Washington, D.C.,...
View ArticleElla Brennan, who mentored Prudhomme, Lagasse, dies at 92
NEW ORLEANS -- Ella Brennan, who couldn't cook but played a major role in putting New Orleans on the world's culinary map, died Thursday. She was 92.
View ArticleHenry Bock, designer of auto racing safety barrier, dies at 81
INDIANAPOLIS -- Dr. Henry Bock, a pioneering doctor in racing and a key player in creating the SAFER barrier, has died. He was 81.
View ArticleDick Tuck, Democratic prankster who targeted Nixon, dies at 94
Dick Tuck, an impish Democratic Party operative whose practical jokes and pranks helped define modern election combat and who was the political hobgoblin of Richard M. Nixon for decades, died Monday at...
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