Obituaries
-
Fantasy author Terry Pratchett dies at 66Mar 11, 2015 11:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - Fantasy writer Terry Pratchett, creator of the exuberant, satirical "Discworld" series and author of more than 70 books, has died. He was 66. Pratchett, wh...
-
Three Dog Night keyboardist Jimmy Greenspoon diesMar 11, 2015 11:00 pm - Jimmy Greenspoon, the keyboardist for rock band Three Dog Night, has died. He was 67. Greenspoon's agent, Chris Burke, said he died Wednesday of cancer at his home in No...
-
Ryan Johanningmeier, ex-Colorado lineman, dies at 38Mar 10, 2015 11:00 pm - LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Ryan Johanningmeier, a versatile offensive lineman for the University of Colorado, died Monday. He was 38. A cause of death has yet to be determin...
-
'Still Alice' writer-director Richard Glatzer dies at 63Mar 10, 2015 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Richard Glatzer, who co-wrote and directed the Alzheimer's drama "Still Alice" alongside his husband, Wash Westmoreland, while battling ALS, died Tues...
-
Cofounder of Wauconda Orchards dies at 98Mar 10, 2015 1:00 am - Life story Margaret Breeden ~ 1916-2015 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent One of the brains behind the Wauconda Orchards, which drew up to 150,000 peopl...
-
Actor who played no-nonsense beer delivery man dies at 36Mar 09, 2015 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Windell Middlebrooks, an actor who gained TV commercial stardom as a burly, no-nonsense beer delivery man who confiscated the brew from undeserving sn...
-
Ryan Seacrest's grandmother dies in Pennsylvania at 91Mar 09, 2015 11:00 pm - CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) - The grandmother of television host Ryan Seacrest has died at a Pennsylvania assisted-living facility. Virginia Glass was 91. The Thomas L. Geise...
-
Longtime NCAA executive Lou Spry dies at 78Mar 09, 2015 11:00 pm - BREAUX BRIDGE, La. (AP) - Lou Spry, a longtime NCAA executive and the official scorer at the College World Series for more than three decades, died Tuesday at his Louisi...
-
Route du Rhum sailor Florence Arthaud dies in crash at 57Mar 09, 2015 11:00 pm - PARIS (AP) - Florence Arthaud, the first woman to win the prestigious Route du Rhum trans-Atlantic sailing race, was killed when two helicopters filming a European reali...
-
Pulitzer Prize-winner Claude Sitton dies at 89Mar 09, 2015 11:00 pm - ATLANTA (AP) - Journalist Claude Sitton, who set the pace for reporters covering the civil rights movement in the South in the 1950s and '60s and later won a Pulitzer Pr...