Obituaries
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Syria's longtime Foreign Minister al-Moallem dies at age 79
Nov 16, 2020 6:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's longtime Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, a career diplomat who became one of the country's most prominent faces to the outside world during the ...
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Soumitra Chatterjee, legend of Indian cinema, dies at 85
Nov 15, 2020 6:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Soumitra Chatterjee, the legendary Indian actor with more than 200 movies to his name and famed for his work with Oscar-winning director Satyajit Ray, d...
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Ray Clemence, former Liverpool goalkeeping great, dies at 72
Nov 15, 2020 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Ray Clemence, the England goalkeeper who won every major European and English title with Liverpool and Tottenham, has died. He was 72. The Football Associa...
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Bulgarian news agency chief Maxim Minchev dies at 67
Nov 15, 2020 6:00 am - SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Bulgarian journalist Maxim Minchev, who was at the helm of the Bulgarian news agency BTA, passed away Sunday at 67. The agency did not state a cau...
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Sports car racer Jim Pace dies from COVID-19 at age 59
Nov 14, 2020 6:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Jim Pace, the overall winner of the 1996 24 Hours of Daytona, has died after contracting COVID-19. He was 59. Pace's family said he died Friday in ...
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Doug Supernaw, '90s country singer of 'Reno,' dead at 60
Nov 13, 2020 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country singer Doug Supernaw, who had hits in the early '90s with 'œI Don't Call Him Daddy,'ť and 'œReno,'ť has died. He was 60. A representativ...
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Former Detroit college basketball star Duerod dies at age 64
Nov 13, 2020 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Terry Duerod, a college basketball standout who played for Dick Vitale at Detroit in the 1970s before winning an NBA title with the Boston Celtics, has di...
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Former Ohio State and NFL assistant George Hill dies at 87
Nov 13, 2020 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - George Hill, an assistant coach for Woody Hayes, Don Shula and Jimmy Johnson, has died at age 87. The Miami Dolphins confirmed Hill's death this week. He wa...
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Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings dies at 73
Nov 12, 2020 6:00 am - ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings, who staged two coups and later led the West African country's transition to a stable democracy, has died, ac...
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White separatist who spewed racial hatred dead at 82
Nov 12, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tom Metzger, the notorious former Ku Klux Klan leader who rose to prominence in the 1980s while promoting white separatism and stoking racial violence...