Obituaries
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Mike Bossy, Islanders great, 4-time Cup champion, dies at 65
Apr 15, 2022 7:00 am - Mike Bossy flopped to the ice as the puck went in, then scrambled to his feet and leaped into the air to celebrate scoring another goal. It was a familiar sight as the N...
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Holocaust survivor, author Gerda Weissmann Klein dies at 97
Apr 15, 2022 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Gerda Weissmann Klein, a Holocaust survivor who wrote about her ordeal and went on to receive a presidential medal of freedom, will be remembered at a mem...
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Liz Sheridan, Jerry's doting mom on 'Seinfeld,' dies at 93
Apr 15, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Liz Sheridan, who played doting mom to Jerry Seinfeld on his hit sitcom, died early Friday. She was 93. Sheridan died in her sleep from natural causes...
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'Today we lost a legend': Bob Chinn, creator of the famous restaurant in Wheeling, dies at 99Apr 15, 2022 1:00 am - Bob Chinn, the creator of a longtime Restaurant Row anchor in Wheeling that has won local and national recognition as well as countless fans who've made it one of the hi...
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Former Colombia captain Rincón dies at 55 after car crash
Apr 14, 2022 7:00 am - BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Freddy Rincón, a former captain of the Colombian national soccer team who played in three World Cups, has died after being injured in a car cras...
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Alex Gilady, Israeli Olympic Committee member, dies at 79
Apr 14, 2022 7:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Alex Gilady, an Israeli media pioneer and longtime International Olympic Committee member, has died. He was 79. Gilady was a former sport executive at ...
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IOC member Alex Gilady of Israel dies at 79
Apr 14, 2022 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Alex Gilady, an International Olympic Committee member from Israel who also previously served as a senior vice president of NBC Sports, has ...
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Letizia Battaglia, who shot life and death in Palermo, dies
Apr 14, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Letizia Battaglia, an Italian photographer who documented the arrests of Mafia bosses and the bodies of their victims, has died in her native Sicilian city o...
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Jack Newton, who lost a British Open playoff, dies at 72
Apr 14, 2022 7:00 am - BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Jack Newton, who lost to Tom Watson in a 1975 British Open playoff and tied for second behind Seve Ballesteros at the 1980 Masters before his ...
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Marlee Matlin, George Takei mourn Gilbert Gottfried
Apr 12, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Reactions to the death of comedian Gilbert Gottfried: 'œI am so sad to read about the passing of Gilbert Gottfried. Funny, politically incorrect but a s...