Obituaries
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Muhammad Ali, who riveted the world as 'The Greatest,' dies
Jun 04, 2016 7:00 am - He was fast of fist and foot - lip, too - a heavyweight champion who promised to shock the world and did. He floated. He stung. Mostly he thrilled, even after the punche...
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Images: Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016Jun 04, 2016 12:30 am - Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali's irrepressible personality transcended sports and the world, so that so many facets of his career and life made news. These images sho...
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Celebrity biographer Wendy Leigh dies in London at age 65
Jun 03, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The prolific celebrity biographer Wendy Leigh has died in London. She was 65. Her agent Dan Strone at Trident Media Group said Friday that she died in a fa...
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Former Brooklyn Dodger Lee Pfund, 96, dies
Jun 03, 2016 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Lee Pfund has died. He was 96. Pfund was the father of former Los Angeles Lakers coach and Miami Heat general manager Randy ...
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Muhammad Ali, who riveted the world as 'The Greatest,' diesJun 03, 2016 1:00 am - He was fast of fist and foot - lip, too - a heavyweight champion who promised to shock the world and did. He floated. He stung. Mostly he thrilled, even after the punche...
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Ex-PepsiCo CEO who helped lead "Cola Wars" has died
Jun 02, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Former PepsiCo CEO Roger Enrico, who helped lead the soda company during the "Cola Wars" advertising battle with Coca-Cola in the 1980s, has died, PepsiC...
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Former Notre Dame quarterback Bob Williams dies at age 86
Jun 01, 2016 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Bob Williams, the starting quarterback when Notre Dame finished 10-0 and won the national championship in 1949, has died. He was 86. The universi...
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Former Illinois judge involved in Gacy, Speck cases dies
Jun 01, 2016 7:00 am - GLENVIEW, Ill. (AP) - A former Illinois judge who was involved in the trials of convicted killers John Wayne Gacy and Richard Speck has died. The daughter of former Cook...
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Western Sahara independence movement leader Abdelaziz dies
May 31, 2016 7:00 am - ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Mohamed Abdelaziz, the head and co-founder of the Polisario Front independence movement in the Western Sahara, died Tuesday after a long illness,...
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Trinity Broadcasting's Jan Crouch dies days after stroke
May 31, 2016 7:00 am - ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Televangelist Jan Crouch, who co-founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network with her husband more than four decades ago, died Tuesday just days after ...