Obituaries
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Yukiya Amano, head of UN agency overseeing Iran deal, dies
Jul 22, 2019 7:00 am - VIENNA (AP) - Yukiya Amano, the Japanese diplomat who led the International Atomic Energy Agency for a decade and was extensively involved in negotiations over Iran's nu...
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In NYC beset by crime, Morgenthau was made-for-TV prosecutor
Jul 22, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - He seemed almost out of central casting - tall and patrician, with a cultivated above-the-fray presence. And in fact, former Manhattan District Attorney ...
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Art Neville, member of Neville Brothers, Meters, dies at 81
Jul 22, 2019 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Art Neville, a member of a storied New Orleans musical family who performed with his siblings in The Neville Brothers band and founded the groundbreak...
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The Latest: UN's Guterres recalls IAEA head for 'equanimity'
Jul 22, 2019 7:00 am - VIENNA (AP) - The Latest on reaction to the death of Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (all times local): 9:15 p.m. The secretary-general ...
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Actor in original sci-fi classic 'The Fly' dies at 92
Jul 22, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - David Hedison, who starred in the original sci-fi classic "The Fly" and appeared in two James Bond films, has died. He was 92. He died Thursday in Los...
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Chris Kraft, 1st flight director for NASA, dies at 95
Jul 22, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Behind America's late leap into orbit and triumphant small step on the moon was the agile mind and guts-of-steel of Chris Kraft, making split-second de...
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Morgenthau, iconic ex-Manhattan district attorney, has died
Jul 22, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Former Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau, who spent more than three decades jailing criminals from mob kingpins and drug-dealing killers t...
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3-time Grand Slam doubles winner Peter McNamara dies at 64
Jul 21, 2019 7:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Peter McNamara, who won three Grand Slam doubles titles with fellow Australian Paul McNamee and reached a career-high No. 7 in singles, has d...
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1960s prankster Paul Krassner, who named Yippies, dies at 87
Jul 21, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Paul Krassner, the publisher, author and radical political activist on the front lines of 1960s counterculture who helped tie together his loose-knit ...
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Milan magistrate Borrelli, led '90s kickback probes, dies
Jul 20, 2019 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Francesco Saverio Borrelli, who as Milan chief prosecutor led the 1990s corruption probes which toppled Italy's long-ruling political class, has died. He was...