Obituaries
-
Glenn Roeder, ex-Newcastle and West Ham manager, dies at 65
Feb 28, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Glenn Roeder, a former West Ham, Newcastle, Norwich and Watford manager, has died. He was 65. Roeder, who also worked as a coach under England manager Glen...
-
Finnish rally legend 'Flying Finn' Hannu Mikkola dies at 78
Feb 28, 2021 6:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - Hannu Mikkola, the 1983 rally world champion and one of Finland's rally greats who earned the nickname the 'œFlying Finn'ť and international renown in a ...
-
Long-time mayor of Croatian capital of Zagreb dies at 65
Feb 28, 2021 6:00 am - ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - Milan Bandic, the controversial long-serving mayor of Croatia's capital of Zagreb, has died from a heart attack, his office said Sunday. He was 65...
-
North Carolina-based mystery writer Maron dies at 82
Feb 28, 2021 6:00 am - RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Margaret Maron, a prolific North Carolina-based mystery writer whose book series won her major awards and plaudits in the genre, has died at age 82,...
-
John Kordek, diplomat who made home in Arlington Heights, dies at 82Feb 28, 2021 12:00 am - John Kordek's decades of service in the U.S. diplomatic corps took him to meetings with former President Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II and foreign leaders around the ...
-
Fred Segal, LA celebrity fashion retailer, dead at 87
Feb 27, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fred Segal, a notable Los Angeles-based celebrity fashion retailer, died Thursday. He was 87. Segal died from the complications of a stroke at a Santa...
-
Squires, Kansas' first Black men's basketball player, dies
Feb 27, 2021 6:00 am - LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - LaVannes Squires, the first Black men's basketball player at Kansas and a member of the Jayhawks' 1952 national title team, died last week in Pasad...
-
'Meyers Manx' dune buggy creator dead at 94
Feb 27, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bruce Meyers was hanging out at Pismo Beach on California's Central Coast one afternoon in 1963 when he saw something that both blew his mind and chan...
-
'Meyers Manx' dune buggy creator dead at 94
Feb 26, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bruce Meyers was hanging out at Pismo Beach on California's Central Coast one afternoon in 1963 when he saw something that both blew his mind and chan...
-
Man who played Duke Chapel bells for 50 years dies
Feb 26, 2021 6:00 am - DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - When J. Samuel Hammond arrived as a freshman at Duke University in 1964, he knew nothing about the musical instrument that allowed a player to send m...