Obituaries
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Herman Webb dies; brother of Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle
Jul 29, 2018 7:00 am - ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) - The brother of country singers Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle has died at a Kentucky hospital. Phelps-Son Funeral Home Inc. said Herman Webb died Sat...
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Polish-born jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stanko dies at age 76
Jul 29, 2018 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Music experts in Poland say jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stanko has died at the age of 76. Tomasz Tluczkiewicz, deputy head of Poland's Jazz ...
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Former pitcher Cloninger who hit 2 slams in game dies at 77
Jul 28, 2018 7:00 am - DENVER, N.C. (AP) - Former major league pitcher Tony Cloninger, perhaps best known for hitting two grand slams in a game, has died. He was 77. Cloninger died Tuesday. He...
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Human rights defender and Kosovo dissident Adem Demaci dies
Jul 26, 2018 7:00 am - PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) - Adem Demaci, a human rights defender who embodied Kosovo's national resistance and was often called the "Balkans' Mandela," has died at 82. Deput...
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Manzanar detainee who found reason for WW2 internment dies
Jul 26, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, who uncovered proof that thousands of Japanese-Americans incarcerated in the United States during World War II were held not fo...
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Former USC tailback, NFL player Willie Brown dies at 76
Jul 26, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Willie Brown, Southern California's original I-formation tailback under coach John McKay who went on to a brief NFL career before returning to the Tro...
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Former Carroll coach Bob Petrino Sr. dies in Montana
Jul 26, 2018 7:00 am - HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Longtime Carroll College football coach Bob Petrino Sr., the father of Louisville football coach Bobby Petrino and Idaho coach Paul Petrino, has die...
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Britain's RAF leads tributes to aviation pioneer Mary Ellis
Jul 26, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The Royal Air Force is leading tributes to Mary Ellis, an aviation pioneer and World War II-era pilot who has died at 101. As a member of the Air Transport...
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The Latest: Marchionne said to have died of cardiac arrest
Jul 25, 2018 7:00 am - MILAN (AP) - The Latest on the death of Fiat Chrysler's former CEO, Sergio Marchionne (all times local): 4:50 p.m. The news agency ANSA is reporting that the cause of de...
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Sergio Marchionne, who saved Fiat and Chrysler, has died
Jul 25, 2018 7:00 am - MILAN (AP) - Sergio Marchionne, a charismatic and demanding CEO who engineered two long-shot corporate turnarounds to save carmakers Fiat and Chrysler from near-certain ...