Obituaries
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Former All-Star catcher Darren Daulton dies at 55
Aug 07, 2017 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Darren Daulton, the All-Star catcher who was the leader of the Philadelphia Phillies' NL championship team in 1993, has died. He was 55. Daulton had ...
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Former V&A Museum director Martin Roth dies at 62
Aug 07, 2017 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Martin Roth, a German academic and curator who was a former director of Britain's Victoria & Albert Museum, has died. He was 62. Roth led the art and desig...
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Cuthbert, who won Olympic gold in 100, 200 and 400, has died
Aug 07, 2017 7:00 am - PERTH, Australia (AP) - Betty Cuthbert, the only runner to win Olympic gold medals in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter sprints, has died following a long battle with multipl...
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Christian Millau, French restaurant guide author, dies at 88
Aug 07, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Christian Millau, who built the Gault & Millau restaurant guide series and was among the originators of the nouvelle cuisine food movement, has died at age ...
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Ty Hardin, star of TV Western 'Bronco,' dead at 87
Aug 07, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ty Hardin, a popular film and television actor who starred as the gunman Bronco Layne in the TV Western series "Bronco" and worked with Henry Fonda and K...
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Retired Elgin police officer dies due to complications from cancerAug 07, 2017 1:00 am - Retired Elgin Police Officer Ken Herman died Sunday due to complications from cancer, which he'd fought for several years, officials said. "Our thoughts and prayers are ...
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Longtime AP skiing photographer Trovati dies at 73
Aug 06, 2017 7:00 am - MILAN (AP) - Armando Trovati, a longtime photographer for The Associated Press and skiing beat expert, has died. He was 73. After a lengthy illness, Trovati died of lung...
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Former Democratic Texas Gov. Mark White dies at 77
Aug 05, 2017 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Former Texas Gov. Mark White, a Democrat who championed public education reforms that included the landmark "no-pass, no-play" policy for high schoo...
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Italian cardinal, seen as 2005 papal candidate, dies at 83
Aug 05, 2017 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, a retired Milan archbishop who was once seen as a strong bet to become pontiff, has died. He was 83. The Milan diocese said the ...
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Alberto Culver founder, horse breeder Lavin dies at 97
Aug 04, 2017 7:00 am - RIVER FOREST - Leonard Lavin, who built a small beauty supply firm into the billion-dollar Alberto Culver company and owned a successful horse breeding, training and rac...