Obituaries
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Prosecutor who worked on 1 renewal of Emmett Till case dies
Sep 26, 2022 7:00 am - GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - Funeral services were held Monday for the Mississippi prosecutor who worked on one of the renewed investigations into the 1955 lynching of Black ...
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'Eco-warrior' and Earth First! co-founder Dave Foreman dies
Sep 25, 2022 7:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Dave Foreman, a self-proclaimed eco-warrior who was a prominent member of the radical environmentalism movement and a co-founder of Earth First!...
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Dave Caulkin, Associated Press photographer, dies at 77
Sep 25, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Dave Caulkin, a retired Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic moment when ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the 1984 Olymp...
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Pharoah Sanders, influential jazz saxophonist, dies at 81
Sep 24, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Pharoah Sanders, the influential tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, has died, his record label announced. H...
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Oscar-winning 'Cuckoo's Nest' actor Louise Fletcher dies
Sep 24, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in 'œOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'ť set...
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Former Georgia Tech football coach Bill Fulcher dies at 88
Sep 24, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Bill Fulcher, who coached Georgia Tech's football team for two seasons in the 1970s in what remains the shortest tenure in the school's modern era, has di...
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Antony Blinken's father, former diplomat and banker, dies
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken's father, Donald, a former U.S. diplomat, investment banker and modern art collector, died on Thursday. He was 96. Blin...
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Greg Lee, UCLA guard under coach John Wooden, dies at 70
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Greg Lee, who helped UCLA to consecutive national championships in 1972 and '73 as a starting guard under coach John Wooden, has died. He was 70. Lee ...
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Hilary Mantel, author of 'Wolf Hall' Tudor saga, dies at 70
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author who turned Tudor power politics into page-turning fiction in the acclaimed 'œWolf Hall'ť trilogy of historic...
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Oscar winner Louise Fletcher dies at 88
Sep 23, 2022 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" set a new ...