Beloved British singer Dame Vera Lynn dies at 103
Dame Vera Lynn, the endearingly popular “Forces’ Sweetheart” who serenaded British troops abroad during the Second World War with favourites…
Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher jailed for raping student, dies
Mary Kay Letourneau, who married her former sixth-grade student after she was convicted of raping him, has died July 8,…
Scuba diver killed in Australia shark attack
A 20-year-old scuba diver has died after being attacked by a shark off the coast of Australia’s Queensland state July…
‘Chariots of Fire,’ ‘Lord of the Rings’ actor Ian Holm dies
British actor Ian Holm, whose long career included roles in “Chariots of Fire” and “The Lord of the Rings” has…
William Sessions, FBI head fired by President Clinton, dies
William Sessions, a former federal judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan to head the FBI and fired years later by…
Lives Lost: Family of doctors loses 2 shining lights
NEW YORK — Priya Khanna may have been destined to practice medicine all along, and not necessarily because she grew…
Kurt Thomas, first US man to win world gym title, dies at 64
Kurt Thomas, the first U.S. male gymnast to win a world championship gold medal, has died June 7, 2020, 1:41…
‘Little Fires Everywhere’ director Lynn Shelton dies at 54
Lynn Shelton, an independent filmmaker who directed “Humpday” and “Little Fires Everywhere,” has died By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment…
Michigan woman at center of transgender rights case dies
Aimee Stephens, a Detroit-area transgender woman who was fired by a funeral home after she said she wanted to be…
Bobby Lee Verdugo, leader of 1968 LA school walkout, dies
Bobby Lee Verdugo, one of the leaders of the 1968 East Los Angeles high school walkout to protest discrimination and…
Irrfan Khan, of ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ dies
Irrfan Khan, a veteran character actor in Bollywood movies and one of India’s best-known exports to Hollywood, has died at…
Comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor of The Goodies dies with COVID-19
British comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor, a member of comedy trio The Goodies, has died after contracting the new coronavirus April 12,…
Linda Tripp, whose tapes exposed Clinton scandal, dies at 70
Linda Tripp, whose secretly recorded conversations with White House intern Monica Lewinsky led to the 1998 impeachment of President Bill…
Ex-Honduran leader caught in FIFA scandal dies in U.S.
A former president of Honduras convicted in the FIFA soccer bribery scandal has died in the United States April 4,…
‘The Flash’ actor Logan Williams dies at the age of 16
Actor Logan Williams, who appeared in CW’s “The Flash” as the young Barry Allen, has died April 5, 2020, 12:41…
Singer-songwriter Jan Howard dies at 91
Singer-songwriter Jan Howard has died at 91 March 29, 2020, 5:39 PM 2 min read 2 min read Share to…
Civil rights leader, MLK aide Joseph Lowery dies at 98
ATLANTA — The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.…
Last German honored for saving Jews during Holocaust dies
The last surviving German honored for saving Jews during the Holocaust has died March 22, 2020, 7:29 PM 1 min…
Lynn Cohen, who played Magda in ‘Sex and the City,’ dies
An actress best known for playing the nanny Magda in “Sex and the City” has died at age 86 February…
2nd worker dies of injuries from Texas oil well blowout
A second worker has died of injuries from a Central Texas oil well blowout January 31, 2020, 10:18 PM 1…
Anna Karina, the icon of French New Wave cinema, dies at 79
Anna Karina, the French actress who became a movie icon in the 1960s, has died December 15, 2019, 6:38 PM…
Rudy Boesch, early fan favorite on ‘Survivor,’ dies at 91
Rudy Boesch, a retired tough-as-nails Navy SEAL and fan favorite on the inaugural season of “Survivor,” has died after a…
Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead’s poetic lyricist, dead at 78
Robert Hunter, the man behind the poetic and mystical words for many of the Grateful Dead’s finest songs, has died…
Barron Hilton, hotel magnate and AFL founder, dies at 91
Barron Hilton, a hotel magnate who expanded his father’s chain and became a founding owner in the American Football League,…
US civil rights advocate Juanita Abernathy dies at 88
Juanita Abernathy, who wrote the business plan for the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and took other influential steps in helping…
Alfred Jackson, half-brother of late rock star Prince, dies
A half-brother of the late rock superstar Prince has died, leaving five Prince siblings to share in the musician’s fortune.…
Jack Whitaker, Hall of Fame sports broadcaster, dies at 95
Jack Whitaker, whose Hall of Fame broadcasting career ranged from the first Super Bowl to Secretariat’s Triple Crown to short…
Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana’s governor during Katrina, dies
Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who became the state’s first female elected governor only to see her political career…
US military says service member killed in Iraq
The U.S. military says a U.S. service member has died during a combat mission with Iraqi security forces in Iraq‘s…
Gay rights, antiwar activist Justin Raimondo dies at 67
Justin Raimondo, a longtime gay rights advocate and antiwar activist, has died. He was 67. Raimondo, who lived in the…
Beth Chapman, co-star of bounty hunter reality TV, dies
Beth Chapman, who co-starred with her husband on the “Dog the Bounty Hunter” reality TV show and later spoke out…
Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen dies at age 75
On a cool night in Santa Clara, California, on Feb. 7, 2016, John Elway thrust the Lombardi Trophy into the…
MLB player Bill Buckner dies at 69
Bill Buckner was an All-Star and batting champion, a gritty gamer who was welcome on any team. A reliable fielder,…
Progressive Christian author Rachel Held Evans, 37, dies
Progressive Christian author Rachel Held Evans died in Tennessee on Saturday after spending two weeks in a hospital for treatment…
Dick Dale, King of Surf Guitar, 'Miserlou' composer, is dead
Dale liked to say it was he and not the Beach Boys who invented surf music. Source link
Babe Ruth's last surviving daughter dies in Nevada at 102
Julia Ruth Stevens wrote three books about her famous father. Source link
'Who's the Boss?' actress Katherine Helmond dies
Actress Katherine Helmond, who had roles in "Who’s the Boss?" and "Soap," has died at age 89. Source link
Hall of Famer, pioneering manager Frank Robinson dies at 83
Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, the 1st black manager in Major League Baseball and the only player to win the…
Robin Leach of ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’ dies
Robin Leach, whose voice crystallized the opulent 1980s on TV’s “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” died Friday. He was…
Astronaut and moonwalker Alan Bean dies at 86
Former Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon and later turned to…
‘Night Court’ star Harry Anderson, 65, found dead in home
Harry Anderson, the actor best known for playing an off-the-wall judge working the night shift of a Manhattan court room…
TV personality known for playing Bozo the Clown dies at 89
Longtime Boston television personality and entertainer Frank Avruch, who was the star of the popular children’s TV program “Bozo the…
Scottish cardinal who recused himself from conclave dies
Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the first cardinal in history to recuse himself from a papal election over a personal scandal, has…