Obituaries
-
Illinois professor who pushed for trans fats ban dies at 102
Jun 02, 2017 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A University of Illinois professor who spent decades pushing for a federal ban on artery-clogging artificial trans fats has died at age 102. Family m...
-
Jiri Belohlavek, Czech Philharmonic conductor, dies at 71
Jun 01, 2017 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Jiri Belohlavek, chief conductor and music director of the Czech Philharmonic orchestra, has died. He was 71. The musician died Wednesday in Prague, his fa...
-
Argentine golf great De Vicenzo dies at 94
Jun 01, 2017 7:00 am - DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) - Roberto De Vicenzo, known has much for his scorecard error at the Masters as his British Open victory that made him Argentina's first major golf cham...
-
Convicted former Auschwitz guard dies in Germany at 95
Jun 01, 2017 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Reinhold Hanning, a former SS sergeant whose conviction last year on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder for serving as an Auschwitz guard was hailed as ...
-
Former contestant on 'The Bachelorette' dead at 31
May 30, 2017 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A former contestant on "The Bachelorette" has died after police found him unresponsive at a South Austin residence. An Austin Police Department spok...
-
The Latest: Noriega family lawyer says cremation is coming
May 30, 2017 7:00 am - PANAMA CITY (AP) - The latest on the death of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega (all times local): 10:05 p.m. The lawyer for the family of former Panamanian dict...
-
Noriega, US ally turned target, dies after decades in jail
May 30, 2017 7:00 am - PANAMA CITY (AP) - Manuel Noriega had become a problem. At least that's the way it looked from Washington. For years, the Panamanian military man had been a close and so...
-
John Stockton's father passes away in Washington state
May 30, 2017 7:00 am - SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The father of basketball Hall of Famer John Stockton has died. John H. "Jack" Stockton died Saturday at age 89 in Spokane, where he was raised and ...
-
Former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega dies at 83
May 30, 2017 7:00 am - PANAMA CITY (AP) - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has died, a source close to his family said. He was 83. The source was not authorized to be quoted by name. ...
-
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega dies at 83
May 30, 2017 7:00 am - PANAMA CITY (AP) - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, a onetime U.S. ally who was ousted by an American invasion in 1989, died late Monday at age 83. Panamanian ...