Cuban filmmaker, cultural leader Alfredo Guevara dies
HAVANA -- Prominent filmmaker, intellectual and cultural leader Alfredo Guevara has died, Cuban state media reported Friday. He was 87.
View ArticleAl Neuharth, USA Today founder, dies at 89
COCOA BEACH, Fla. -- Al Neuharth, whose desire for a bright, breezy and fun newspaper led to the creation of USA Today, died yesterday in Cocoa Beach, Fla. He was 89.
View ArticleRichard LeParmentier, 'Star Wars' actor, dies
AUSTIN, Texas -- Character actor Richard LeParmentier, who as a young Death Star commander learned the hard way that Darth Vader brooks no disrespect, has died. He was 66.
View ArticleHall of Fame horse trainer T.J. Kelly dies
MIAMI -- Hall of Fame horse trainer T.J. "Tommy" Kelly has died after a 54-year career in which he won 65 stakes races. He was 93.
View ArticleOilman Robert Earl Holding dies at 86
SALT LAKE CITY -- Billionaire Robert Earl Holding, whose business empire included ownership of Sinclair Oil and two world-class ski resorts in the West, has died. He was 86.
View ArticleRestaurant, nightclub owner James Poll, 93, dies
James Poll, the patriarch of a well-known Long Island restaurant family whose nightclub decades ago was frequented by rock stars and the Knicks, has died. He was 93.
View ArticleDavid Shears, British journalist, dies at 86
David Shears, a correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph whose wry touch graced dispatches about American political campaigning and who once described the United States as "the most fascinating,...
View ArticleRhino protector Anna Merz dies
JOHANNESBURG -- A game reserve in Kenya plans to hold a memorial service next month for Anna Merz, a conservationist who sought to protect the rhinoceros from systematic poaching that has severely...
View ArticleRichie Havens, Woodstock folk singer, dies at 72
The singer who kicked off Woodstock died of a heart attack.
View ArticleActor Allan Arbus of 'M*A*S*H' dies
LOS ANGELES -- Allan Arbus, an actor best known for his recurring role as the wise, caring psychiatrist who ministered to shell-shocked surgeons and troops on the hit television series "M*A*S*H," died...
View ArticleLeonilda Giedraitis-Svilas, VA doctor, dies
As a Russian-born doctor, Leonilda Giedraitis-Svilas cared for people in refugee camps after World War II. She would later treat American war veterans on Long Island as a longtime physician at the...
View ArticleIndian singer Shamshad Begum dies
NEW DELHI -- Legendary Indian singer Shamshad Begum has died. She was 94.
View ArticleHumphrey Patton, Tuskegee airman, dies at 93
Humphrey C. Patton Jr., one of the last Long Islanders among the Tuskegee Airmen who ended the military's ban on black pilots, died Monday at his Lawrenceville, Ga., home. Patton, who lived in...
View ArticleSouth African pilot Laurie Kay dies
JOHANNESBURG -- Laurie Kay, a South African pilot best known for flying a Boeing 747 passenger jet low over a Johannesburg stadium before the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, has died at the age of 67.
View ArticleLeo Branton Jr. dies; lawyer defended Angela Davis
LOS ANGELES -- Leo Branton Jr., a lawyer who helped successfully defend radical Angela Davis in a sensational 1972 murder case, has died. He was 91.
View ArticleBraves pitcher Rick Camp dead at 60
RYDAL, Ga. -- Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Rick Camp was found dead in his northwest Georgia home Thursday morning.
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