George Jones, country music hall of famer, dies at 81
George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today," has died. He was...
View ArticleGeorge Bunn, expert on arms reduction, dies at 87
George Bunn, a leading figure in the field of arms control who helped draft and negotiate the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968, limiting the spread of nuclear weapons worldwide, died April 21...
View ArticleWLNY-TV chief executive Marvin Chauvin dies at 77
Marvin Chauvin fulfilled his Michigan State college ambition with a television career of more than 50 years that began in Michigan and carried him to a job as chief executive of WLNY-TV on Long Island.
View ArticleMary Thom, icon of feminism, dies at 68
A prominent New York City feminist, writer and former Ms. magazine editor has been killed in a motorcycle crash. Mary Thom was 68.
View ArticleEthel Telesca, owner of Once Upon a Moose cafe in Sea Cliff, dies at 90
Friends, employees and customers of Ethel Telesca, whose Once Upon a Moose cafe injected a quirky style into quaint Sea Cliff, described her as glamorous and gritty -- a Williamsburg native whose...
View ArticleRuth Lucas, Air Force's highest ranking African American woman, dies
Ruth Lucas, the first African American woman in the Air Force to be promoted to the rank of colonel and who at the time of her retirement was the highest-ranking African American woman in the Air...
View ArticleAlan Wood, who provided flag in iconic Iwo Jima photo, dies at 90
LOS ANGELES -- Alan Wood, a World War II veteran credited with providing the flag in the famous flag-raising on Iwo Jima, has died. He was 90.
View ArticleGrammy winning cellist Janos Starker dead at 88
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Grammy Award-winning cellist Janos Starker has died after months of declining health. He was 88.
View ArticleMusic promoter Barry Fey dead at 73
DENVER -- Music promoter Barry Fey, who brought some of the biggest names in the business to Colorado, including the Doors, the Rolling Stones and U2, has died. He was 73.
View ArticleInventor, entrepreneur Stanley A. Dashew, 96
LOS ANGELES -- Stanley A. Dashew, an inventor and entrepreneur who helped revolutionize the credit card industry, died of natural causes Thursday in Los Angeles, according to a family spokesman. He was...
View ArticleHungarian labor activist Sandor Racz dead at 80
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Sandor Racz, a labor activist and leading figure during Hungary's anti-Soviet Revolution of 1956, died Tuesday at age 80.
View Article'Tonight Show' musician Bernard Kaufman, 98
As a member of the house band on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson," Bernard "Bernie" Kaufman not only played three instruments -- saxophone, flute and clarinet -- he occasionally cracked jokes,...
View ArticleKris Kross singer Chris Kelly dies at 34
ATLANTA -- Chris Kelly, half of the 1990s kid rap duo behind one of the decade's most memorable songs, "Jump," has died at an Atlanta hospital of an apparent drug overdose, authorities said. He was 34.
View ArticleHollywood star Deanna Durbin dies at 91
LOS ANGELES -- Deanna Durbin, a star whose songs and smile made her one of the biggest box office draws of Hollywood's Golden Age with fans that included Winston Churchill, has died. She was 91.
View ArticleJohn Williamson, sexual revolution pioneer, dies at 80
LOS ANGELES -- John Williamson, a pioneer of the 1960s sexual revolution as co-founder of Topanga Canyon's Sandstone Retreat, where nudity and free love once took place with abandon, has died at age 80.
View ArticleReggae artist Cedric Brooks dies at 70
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Cedric Brooks, a Jamaican saxophone player and influential roots reggae musician, has died. He was 70.
View ArticleLarry Shafer, guardsman at Kent State, dies at 67
RAVENNA, Ohio -- Larry Shafer, a longtime public servant for the city of Ravenna who was a guardsman at Kent State University during the 1970 deadly shootings, died Friday, his family said. He was 67.
View ArticleFormer Indiana Gov. Otis R. Bowen dead at 95
INDIANAPOLIS -- Otis R. Bowen, who overhauled Indiana's tax system as governor before helping oversee the federal response to the burgeoning AIDS epidemic during President Ronald Reagan's second term,...
View ArticleGordon Gayle, retired Marine awarded Navy Cross, dead at 95
Gordon D. Gayle, a retired Marine Corps brigadier general who received the Navy Cross after a fierce World War II battle in the Pacific and who later directed an influential study of tactics and...
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