Obituaries
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Ex-big leaguer O'Dell who won 105 games in majors dies at 85
Sep 13, 2018 7:00 am - CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - Former Major League pitcher Billy O'Dell, who won 105 games in a 13-year career, has died. He was 85 years. O'Dell pitched at Clemson before moving ...
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Fenella Fielding, star of 'Carry On' comedies, dies at 90
Sep 12, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Fenella Fielding, a British actress who was the glamorous, velvet-voiced star of two "Carry On" comedies, has died. She was 90. Friend Simon McKay said in ...
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Singer Rachid Taha, who fused Arabic music and rock, dies
Sep 12, 2018 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Algerian singer Rachid Taha, who thrillingly blended Arabic music with rock and techno and at times wore blue contact lenses to protest anti-Arab prejudice ...
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Don McGuire, last surviving member of The Hilltoppers, dies
Sep 09, 2018 7:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Don McGuire, the last surviving member of The Hilltoppers, has died in his home state of Kentucky. He was 86. Kerr Brothers Funeral Home of Lexingt...
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Bill Daily, sidekick on hit 60s and 70s sitcoms, dies at 91
Sep 08, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bill Daily, the comic sidekick to leading men on the sitcoms "I Dream of Jeannie" and "The Bob Newhart Show," has died, a family spokesman said Saturd...
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Former AP photojournalist Kim Chonkil dies at age 89
Sep 08, 2018 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Former Associated Press photojournalist Kim Chonkil, whose images captured South Korea's turbulent transition from dictatorship to democracy, h...
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Mac Miller, who collaborated with rap royalty, dies at 26
Sep 07, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mac Miller, the platinum hip-hop star whose rhymes vacillated from party raps to lyrics about depression and drug use, and earned kudos from the likes...
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The Latest: Autopsy planned in rapper Mac Miller's death
Sep 07, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Latest on the death of rapper Mac Miller (all times local): 5 p.m. Investigators say they'll need an autopsy to determine how rapper Mac Miller di...
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On and off screen, Burt Reynolds followed many paths
Sep 07, 2018 7:00 am - In the April 1972 issue of Cosmopolitan, Burt Reynolds had (almost) nothing to hide. With his trademark bushy mustache topping his ever-present smirk and one of his hand...
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Reactions from Sally Field and more to Burt Reynolds' death
Sep 06, 2018 7:00 am - Reaction to the death on Thursday of actor Burt Reynolds: ___ - "There are times in your life that are so indelible, they never fade away. They stay alive, even forty ye...