Obituaries
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Longest-serving Dutch premier, Ruud Lubbers, dies at 78
Feb 14, 2018 6:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Ruud Lubbers, who as the Netherlands' longest serving prime minister led his country through economic turmoil to prosperity and helped shap...
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Broadway star, 5-time Tony nominee Jan Maxwell dies at 61
Feb 13, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Broadway star and five-time Tony Award nominee Jan Maxwell has died. She was 61. Her husband, actor and playwright Robert Emmet Lunney, says she died on ...
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Comedian Marty Allen dies in Las Vegas at 95
Feb 13, 2018 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Marty Allen, the baby-faced, bug-eyed comedian with wild black hair who was a staple of TV variety shows, game shows and talk shows for decades, died Mo...
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Country singer Daryle Singletary dies at age 46
Feb 12, 2018 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country singer Daryle Singletary, who sang songs like "I Let Her Lie" and "Too Much Fun," has died. A publicist says Singletary died at his home ...
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Police: 'Obit bandit' targets homes of mourners at funerals
Feb 12, 2018 6:00 am - BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - Police have arrested a man they say broke into people's homes in Massachusetts while they attended wakes or funerals. Authorities say they began...
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Daughter: Popular crooner Vic Damone dies in Florida at 89
Feb 12, 2018 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Vic Damone, whose mellow baritone once earned praise from Frank Sinatra as "the best pipes in the business," has died in Florida at the age of 89, his daugh...
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Ex-Kentucky player and fundraiser Terry Mobley, 74, dies
Feb 12, 2018 6:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Terry Mobley, who made one of Kentucky men's basketball's biggest baskets before serving the school in numerous leadership roles for over five deca...
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Former Cardinals, Dodgers outfielder Wally Moon dies at 87
Feb 12, 2018 6:00 am - BRYAN, Texas (AP) - Former National League Rookie of the Year Wally Moon, who played on three World Series-winning teams with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died. He was 8...
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Correction: Pakistan-Obit-Jahangir story
Feb 12, 2018 6:00 am - LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - In a story Feb. 12 about her death, The Associated Press misspelled the name of Asma Jahangir as Jehangir. A corrected version of the story is be...
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Pakistan's veteran TV actor, Qazi Wajid, dead at 87
Feb 11, 2018 6:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - Qazi Wajid, one of Pakistan's veteran television actors and radio entertainers, has died in the southern port city of Karachi. He was 87. Wajid was hosp...