Obituaries
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Reaction to death of Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington
Jul 20, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Reaction to the death of Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington: "Chester Bennington was an artist of extraordinary talent and charisma, and a human being...
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Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington dies in LA at 41
Jul 20, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington, whose screeching vocals helped the rock-rap band become one of the most commercially successful acts in th...
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Ex-Rep. Regula, Ohio congressman elected to 18 terms, dies
Jul 20, 2017 7:00 am - Former Ohio congressman Ralph Regula, who was elected to 18 terms in the U.S. House and was a key player in creating the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, died Wednesday, h...
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Linkin Park singer's death investigated as apparent suicideJul 20, 2017 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington, whose vocals helped the rock-rap band become one of the most commercially successful acts in the 2000s, was fou...
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Co-founder of Purdue Pharma dies at 97
Jul 18, 2017 7:00 am - STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - The co-founder of Purdue Pharma, a Connecticut company that markets the powerfully addictive painkiller OxyContin, has died at age 97. Company off...
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Harvey Atkin, who played Morty in 'Meatballs,' dies at 74
Jul 18, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Harvey Atkin, the Canadian actor who played the summer camp director Morty in "Meatballs," has died. He was 74. Atkin's longtime agent Larry Goldhar said...
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Walmart class-action suit plaintiff dies in California
Jul 18, 2017 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Walmart greeter who took the retail giant all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in the largest gender bias class-action lawsuit in U.S. history ...
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Clarification: France-Obit-Veil story
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - In the June 30 obituary for French political icon Simone Veil, The Associated Press reported that a Polish woman who helped run the Nazi camp at Auschwitz h...
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Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau dies at 89
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Martin Landau, the chameleon-like actor who gained fame as the crafty master of disguise in the 1960s TV show "Mission: Impossible," then capped a lon...
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Former Kentucky player Jerry Bird dies
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - CORBIN, Ky. (AP) - Former Kentucky basketball player Jerry Bird, who was a member of the school's Athletics Hall of Fame and had his No. 22 jersey retired to the Rupp Ar...