Obituaries
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'Superman,' 'Lethal Weapon' director Richard Donner dies
Jul 06, 2021 7:00 am - Filmmaker Richard Donner, who helped create the modern superhero blockbuster with 1978's 'œSuperman'ť and mastered the buddy comedy with the 'œLethal Weapon'ť franchise,...
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Rockabilly performer Sanford Clark dead at 85 from COVID-19
Jul 05, 2021 7:00 am - JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - Rockabilly and country performer Sanford Clark, who had a Top 10 hit with 'œThe Fool'ť in 1956, has died in a Missouri hospital from COVID-19. He was ...
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Terry Donahue, winningest UCLA football coach, dies at 77
Jul 05, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Terry Donahue, the winningest coach in Pac-12 Conference and UCLA football history who later served as general manager of the NFL's San Francisco 49er...
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Italian TV: Beloved entertainer Raffaella Carra' dies at 78
Jul 05, 2021 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Raffaella Carra', for decades one of Italian television's most beloved entertainers, a woman affectionately nicknamed the 'œqueen of Italian TV," died Monday...
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Rumsfeld, a cunning leader who oversaw a ruinous Iraq war
Jul 01, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Calling Donald H. Rumsfeld energetic was like calling the Pacific wide. When others would rest, he would run. While others sat, he stood. But try as he...
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Louisiana's ex-Lt. Gov. Jimmy Fitzmorris dies at 99
Jul 01, 2021 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Jimmy Fitzmorris, the affable two-time lieutenant governor who narrowly lost his long-sought-after bids for New Orleans mayor and Louisiana governor, ...
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Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88
Jun 30, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate whose reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary of a modern ...
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Rumsfeld, a cunning leader who oversaw a ruinous Iraq war
Jun 30, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Calling Donald H. Rumsfeld energetic was like calling the Pacific wide. When others would rest, he would run. While others sat, he stood. But try as he...
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Indianapolis prosecutor who resigned for cancer care dies
Jun 30, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Former Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry has died nearly two years after he stepped down while undergoing prostate cancer treatments. He was 72. C...
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Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88
Jun 30, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate whose reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary of a modern U.S. ...