Obituaries
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Shoe-shiner who gave $200K in tips to hospital dies at 76
Oct 17, 2018 7:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - A part-time shoe-shiner who donated more than $200,000 in tips over 30 years to a Pittsburgh children's hospital died early Tuesday. Albert Lexie died ...
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America's most famous pimp, poised for elected office, dies
Oct 17, 2018 7:00 am - PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) - America's most famous pimp partied for days with porn stars, political pals and others to celebrate his 72nd birthday, but the revelry ended when De...
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Paul Allen's passions: Rock n' roll, sports and philanthropy
Oct 17, 2018 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Personal computers, conservation, pro football, rock n' roll and rocket ships: Paul G. Allen couldn't have asked for a better way to spend, invest and don...
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Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, dies
Oct 16, 2018 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Paul G. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates before becoming a billionaire philanthropist, technology investor and owner o...
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Former round-the-world sailor Ian Kiernan dies in Australia
Oct 16, 2018 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Ian Kiernan, an environmental campaigner and accomplished round-the-world sailor who raced for more than 40 years, died Wednesday after a short battle with...
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The Latest: Nevada pimp to stay on ballot despite death
Oct 16, 2018 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Latest on the death of Nevada brothel owner and Republican political candidate Dennis Hof (all times local): 1:20 p.m. A Nevada brothel owner and st...
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Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist Paul Allen dies at 65
Oct 16, 2018 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Paul G. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates before becoming a billionaire philanthropist who invested in conservation, sp...
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Nevada legal pimp, candidate, star of HBO series found dead
Oct 16, 2018 7:00 am - PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) - Dennis Hof, a pimp who gained notoriety for an HBO series about his brothel business and who fashioned himself as a Donald Trump-style Republican ca...
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DuPage mourning longtime health board president Linda KurzawaOct 16, 2018 1:00 am - From fighting to get radioactive thorium removed from West Chicago to leading efforts to improve public health services, Linda Kurzawa left an indelible mark on DuPage C...
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Black woman who had trailblazing Navy career dies at 83
Oct 15, 2018 7:00 am - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Raye Montague, a trailblazing black woman from Arkansas who revolutionized the way the U.S. Navy designed ships, has died. She was 83. Montague,...