Obituaries
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Tony Lewis, co-developer of cricket's DLS method, dies
Apr 02, 2020 7:00 am - Tony Lewis, the co-developer of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method used in cricket for calculating target scores in weather-affected limited-overs matches, has died. He wa...
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Ed Farmer, White Sox broadcaster, former pitcher, dies at 70
Apr 02, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Ed Farmer rooted for the White Sox growing up on Chicago's South Side and went on to become an All-Star reliever for them. Where he really made his mark w...
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Jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli dies from coronavirus
Apr 02, 2020 7:00 am - SADDLE RIVER, N.J. (AP) - Jazz guitarist John 'œBucky'ť Pizzarelli, who was inducted to the New Jersey Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 94. The virtuoso who had play...
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'Ed Farmer was a character': Friends remember longtime Sox broadcaster, former relieverApr 02, 2020 1:00 am - Ed Farmer, the White Sox's radio voice for the last 29 years and a former all-star relief pitcher, passed away Wednesday night in a Los Angeles-area hospital of complica...
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Legendary Vermont sports anchor Tony Adams dies at 95
Apr 01, 2020 7:00 am - BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Legendary Vermont sports anchor Tony Adams died at the age of 95. Adams, an anchor for 35 years at WCAX in Burlington, died Tuesday evening, the s...
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1st virus death in Senegal is ex-French soccer club boss
Apr 01, 2020 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Pape Diouf, a former president of French soccer club Marseille, died Tuesday in Senegal after contracting the coronavirus. It was the West African ...
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Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne dies from coronavirus
Apr 01, 2020 7:00 am - Emmy and Grammy-winning musician and songwriter Adam Schlesinger, known for his work with his band Fountains of Wayne and on the TV show 'œCrazy Ex-Girlfriend,'ť died We...
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Suburban pizza king Fred Rosati dies at 102Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Fred Rosati, who helped his family's pizzerias become a national chain after his brothers started the first restaurant in Mount Prospect, is being remembered for his fri...
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Actor Andrew Jack dies of coronavirus at 76 in Britain
Mar 31, 2020 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Star Wars actor Andrew Jack has died in Britain as a result of the coronavirus, his agent said on Wednesday. He was 76. The actor, who also worked as a dia...
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Phillip Anderson, Nobel laureate in physics, dies at 96
Mar 31, 2020 7:00 am - PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Philip Anderson, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who expanded the world's understanding of magnetism and superconductivity, has died. He was 96. ...