Obituaries
-
Anne Frank's cousin Buddy Elias dies at 89Mar 17, 2015 11:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - Bernhard "Buddy" Elias, the first cousin and last close relative of teenage Holocaust diarist Anne Frank, has died at age 89. The Anne Frank Fonds said Wed...
-
Former Bulls, Lakers player Jack Haley dead at 51Mar 16, 2015 11:00 pm - Jack Haley, who played nine seasons in the NBA including a reserve role on the Chicago Bulls' 1996 championship team, has died. He was 51. Haley's family confirmed his d...
-
Revered Russian writer Valentin Rasputin dies at age 77Mar 16, 2015 11:00 pm - MOSCOW (AP) - Valentin Rasputin, a revered Russian writer who was a prominent member of a literary movement in the 1960s and 1970s known as Village Prose that focused on...
-
Free bassist Andy Fraser, 'All Right Now' co-writer, diesMar 16, 2015 11:00 pm - TEMECULA, Calif. (AP) - Andy Fraser, who co-wrote the rousing rock anthem "All Right Now" when he was the teenage bassist for the British rock band Free, has died in Cal...
-
Former Toto bass player Mike Porcaro dies at 59Mar 15, 2015 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mike Porcaro, who was the son and brother of prominent musicians and carved out a long, successful career as the bass player for the Grammy-winning po...
-
Al Rosen, AL MVP with Indians, former exec, dies at 91Mar 13, 2015 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND (AP) - Al Rosen's success in baseball didn't end after he left the diamond for the final time. A muscular third baseman for the Cleveland Indians who won the 1...
-
Rev. Willie Barrow, front-line civil rights fighter, diesMar 11, 2015 11:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Willie Barrow, a front-line civil rights fighter for decades and a mentor to younger generations of activists, died Thursday in Chicago. She was ...
-
Postmodern architect Graves, who had Target goods line, diesMar 11, 2015 11:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Celebrated architect Michael Graves, who created whimsical postmodern structures and later became well known to the masses for designing products fo...
-
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...