Obituaries
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Ray Fosse, barreled by Rose at '70 All-Star Game, dies at 74
Oct 13, 2021 7:00 am - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Ray Fosse, the strong-armed catcher whose career was upended when he was bowled over by Pete Rose at the 1970 All-Star Game, has died. He was 74. ...
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Brian Goldner, who led transformation a Hasbro, dies at 58
Oct 12, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Brian Goldner, who as CEO and chairman spearheaded Hasbro's transformation from a toy company to an entertainment force, has died. He was 58. The announc...
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Holocaust survivor-author Eddie Jaku dies in Sydney aged 101
Oct 12, 2021 7:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, who last year published his best-selling memoir, 'œThe Happiest Man on Earth,'ť has died in Sydney, a Jewish co...
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Controversial father of Pakistan nuclear bomb dies at age 85
Oct 10, 2021 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - Abdul Qadeer Khan, a controversial figure known as the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, died Sunday of COVID-19 following a lengthy illness, his famil...
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Banisadr, Iran's first president after 1979 revolution, dies
Oct 09, 2021 7:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran's first president after the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the gro...
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Martin J. Sherwin, Pulitzer-winning scholar, dead at 84
Oct 09, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Martin J. Sherwin, a leading scholar of atomic weapons who in 'œA World Destroyed'ť challenged support for the U.S. bombing of Japan and spent more than ...
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Army general who commanded in Iraq dies of cancer at age 67
Oct 09, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Raymond T. Odierno, a retired Army general who commanded American and coalition forces in Iraq at the height of the war and capped a 39-year career by ...
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Marie Wilcox, who saved her tribe's language, dies
Oct 08, 2021 7:00 am - VISALIA, Calif. (AP) - Marie Wilcox, a Native American woman in California who saved her tribe's dying language, has died. She was 87. Wilcox was once the last fluent s...
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BYU All-American tight end Gordon Hudson dies at 59
Oct 07, 2021 7:00 am - PROVO, Utah (AP) - Gordon Hudson, an All-American tight end for BYU and a college football hall of famer, died Sept. 27. He was 59. He died in San Jose, California, the ...
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Robert Altman, 1960s counterculture photographer, dies at 76
Oct 05, 2021 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Robert Altman, a photojournalist who captured San Francisco's burgeoning counterculture of the 1960s and became chief staff photographer at Rolling ...