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 2 min read PARIS — Anna Karina, the French New…
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 long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 91. He died…
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 at age 78. Hunter died Monday at his Northern California…
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, died Thursday at his Los Angeles home. He was 91.…
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 to build the American civil rights movement, died Thursday. She…
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. An attorney for Alfred Jackson, Asa Weston, said Friday that…
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 essays from major sporting events, died Sunday morning, CBS reported.…
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 derailed by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, has died. After…
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 north. The statement by the U.S Central Command said the…
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 Northern California community of Sebastopol, died Thursday after battling lung…