Obituaries
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Adele Mailer, former wife of Norman Mailer, dead at age 90
Nov 23, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Adele Morales Mailer, an actress and artist who studied under Lee Strasberg and Hans Hoffman, but found unwanted fame as the stabbing victim of her then-...
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Bob Foster, former light heavyweight champion, dies at 76
Nov 22, 2015 6:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Bob Foster, the former light heavyweight champion who fought Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali and went on to become a sheriff's deputy, died Saturda...
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Founder of Ohio U visual communication program dies at 91
Nov 21, 2015 6:00 am - ATHENS, Ohio (AP) - Chuck Scott, who founded the visual communication program at Ohio University and served as the school's director for many years, has died. Scott was ...
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Austin Kiplinger, journalist and publisher, dies at 97
Nov 21, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Austin Kiplinger, the longtime chairman and editor-in-chief of a financial publishing company that bore his name, has died, his son said. He was 97. Ki...
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Former South Korean President Kim Young-sam dies at age 87
Nov 21, 2015 6:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Former President Kim Young-sam, who formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during ...
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Eileen Quinn, mother of former Gov., dies at 98Nov 21, 2015 12:00 am - Irish mothers are renowned for fierce protectiveness of their broods, and Eileen Quinn was no exception. Though well into her late 90s and largely confined to a wheelcha...
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John Zuccotti, former New York deputy mayor, dies at 78
Nov 20, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A former New York City deputy mayor and real estate developer whose namesake plaza in Manhattan became the home base of the Occupy Wall Street movement h...
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Mal Whitfield, Olympian who served in Foreign Service, dies
Nov 19, 2015 6:00 am - Mal Whitfield, a Tuskegee airman who won Olympic track and field titles in the 800 meters in 1948 and 1952 and served for decades as a sports affairs officer for the U.S...
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Dan Halldorson, Canadian who won on PGA Tour, dies at 63
Nov 19, 2015 6:00 am - OAKVILLE, Ontario (AP) - Dan Halldorson, the Canadian who won the 1980 Pensacola Open for his lone PGA Tour title and played on two World Cup championship teams, has die...
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Lomu, who revolutionized rugby with size, speed, dies at 40
Nov 18, 2015 6:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - More by instinct than choice and off balance after fending off two desperate defenders, Jonah Lomu barreled straight over the top of a cro...