Obituaries
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Sid Haig, who acted in 'House of 1000 Corpses," dies at 80
Sep 23, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Sid Haig, the bearded character actor best known as Captain Spaulding in the "House of 1000 Corpses" trilogy, has died. Haig representative Kathleen Schu...
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Jevan Snead, ex-Ole Miss quarterback, dies in Texas at 32
Sep 23, 2019 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Jevan Snead went to Mississippi to rekindle a promising football career that had stalled at Texas. By the time he left the Rebels, with a year of el...
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Television celebrity chef, restaurateur Carl Ruiz dies at 44
Sep 22, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Television celebrity chef and restaurateur Carl Ruiz has died. He was 44. His New York City restaurant, La Cubana, confirmed his death in an Instagram po...
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Sigmund Jaehn,1st German in space as 1970s cosmonaut, dies
Sep 22, 2019 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Sigmund Jaehn, who became the first German in space at the height of the Cold War during the 1970s and was promoted as a hero by communist authorities in E...
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Barron Hilton, hotel magnate and AFL founder, dies at 91
Sep 21, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Barron Hilton, a hotel magnate who expanded his father's chain and became a founding owner in the American Football League, died Thursday at his Los A...
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NYPD commander who took Son of Sam's confession dies at 99
Sep 20, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - John Keenan, the police official who led New York City's manhunt for the Son of Sam killer and eventually took a case-solving confession from David Berko...
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'House Hunters' host Suzanne Whang dies at 57
Sep 20, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Suzanne Whang, whose smooth, calm voice provided the narration for HGTV's "House Hunters" for years, has died. She was 57. Her Tuesday death was confi...
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Former newspaperman Robert S. Boyd dies at age 91
Sep 20, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Robert S. Boyd, who shared a 1973 Pulitzer Prize with colleague Clark Hoyt for coverage of Democratic vice presidential candidate Thomas Eagleton's exit ...
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Former Lake County Board member Susan Loving Gravenhorst diesSep 20, 2019 1:00 am - Former Lake County Board member Susan Loving Gravenhorst is being remembered as a gracious, compassionate woman who was dedicated to public service. The longtime Lake Bl...
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Toppled Tunisian ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali dies at 83
Sep 19, 2019 7:00 am - TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - Former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, an autocrat who led his small North African country for 23 years before being toppled by nationw...