Former POW Kenneth Coskey dies at 83
Kenneth L. Coskey, a retired Navy captain and warplane pilot who served five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, died June 29 at the Avalon assisted living facility in McLean, Va., where he...
View ArticleMarc Simont, kids' book illustrator, dies
CORNWALL, Conn. -- Illustrator Marc Simont, whose work adorned some of the most celebrated titles in children's literature, has died after a brief illness, his family said Thursday.
View ArticleHerbert Allison Jr. dies; oversaw government's bank bailout program
Herbert Allison Jr., the onetime president of Merrill Lynch & Co. who oversaw the U.S. government's bank-bailout program following the financial crisis that led to his former company becoming a...
View ArticleFormer POW, soccer star Bert Trautmann, 89
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Bert Trautmann, a former German World War II prisoner of war who became Manchester City's goalkeeper and helped the team win the FA Cup despite a broken neck for the last 17...
View ArticlePhil Woosnam, 'father of pro soccer,' dies
Phil Woosnam, considered by many to be the father of U.S. professional soccer as the first commissioner of the original North American Soccer League, has died. He was 80.
View ArticleInfluential British comic Mel Smith dies
LONDON -- Actor and writer Mel Smith, a major force in British comedy whose evening news parody anticipated hits such as "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," died Friday of a heart attack, his agent said...
View ArticleLary Lewman, voice-over artist for Democrats, dead at 76
Lary Lewman, who entertained Baltimore children as Pete the Pirate on an afternoon television program and who later became the preferred voice-over artist for thousands of Democratic political...
View ArticleFormer Ford CEO Philip Cladwell dies at 93
Philip Caldwell, Ford Motor Co.'s first chief executive officer who wasn't a member of the founder's family, and who gambled the automaker's future on the Taurus sedan in the 1980s, has died. He was 93.
View Article'Law & Order' actor Dennis Farina dead at 69
Dennis Farina, a onetime Chicago cop who as a popular character actor played a TV cop on "Law & Order" during his wide-ranging career, has died.
View ArticleItalian screenwriter Vincenzo Cerami dies at 72
Vincenzo Cerami, an Italian writer who co-authored the screenplay of "Life Is Beautiful," Roberto Benigni's award-winning tragicomedy about a father's quest to save his son's life and innocence amid...
View ArticleEmile Griffith, boxing champion, dies at 75
Inside the smaller theater at Madison Square Garden about five years ago, shortly before a world title fight, Emile Griffith was introduced one more time to the crowd. He rose shakily from his seat,...
View ArticleBoxer Emile Griffith dies at 75
Inside the smaller theater at Madison Square Garden about five years ago, shortly before a world title fight, Emile Griffith was introduced one more time to the crowd. He rose shakily from his seat,...
View ArticleMexican artist Alejandro Santiago dead at 49
OAXACA, Mexico -- Alejandro Santiago, a Mexican artist who filled the streets of his hometown with clay figures to represent the migrants who left for the U.S., died Monday. He was 49.
View ArticleWillie Louis, witness in lynching case, dies
CHICAGO -- Hearing the screams of 14-year-old lynching victim Emmett Till from inside a Mississippi barn left a teenage field hand with an unbearable choice. He could tell a courtroom and risk paying...
View ArticleNeal McCabe, former Lehman Brothers exec, dies at 60
Neal McCabe, a former global co-head of a Lehman Brothers unit whose career included working for Salomon Brothers, an heir to the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fortune and a Texas oil company, has died at 60.
View ArticleMarketing exec John Linguiti, 60, dies
John Linguiti, executive vice president and chief financial officer for News Corporation's News America Marketing, died July 8 at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola after an illness. He was 60.
View ArticleComputer hacker Barnaby Jack, 36, dies
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barnaby Jack, a computer-security professional with a showman's flair for demonstrating technical weaknesses in ATMs and medical devices, has died. He was 36.
View ArticleGeorge Mitchell, known as father of fracking
HOUSTON -- Billionaire Texas oilman, developer and philanthropist George P. Mitchell, considered the father of fracking, died yesterday at his home in Galveston, his family said. He was 94.
View ArticleLI memorial on Saturday for Washington State Patrol Trooper Sean O'Connell Jr.
A memorial service for Washington State Patrol Trooper Sean O'Connell Jr., who was killed in a motorcycle collision on May 31 while directing traffic, will be held Saturday at St. Peter of Alcantara in...
View ArticleHit songwriter, singer JJ Cale dead at 74
If musicians were measured not by the number of records they sold but by the number of peers they influenced, JJ Cale would have been a towering figure in 1970s rock and roll.
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