Obituaries
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Doris Day, actress who honed wholesome image, dies at 97
May 13, 2019 7:00 am - Doris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer whose frothy comedic roles opposite the likes of Rock Hudson and Cary Grant made her one of Hollywood's biggest stars in th...
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Legendary actress and singer Doris Day dead at 97
May 13, 2019 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Doris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer whose frothy comedic roles opposite the likes of Rock Hudson made her one of Hollywood's biggest stars i...
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Peggy Lipton, 'Mod Squad' and 'Twin Peaks' star, dies at 72
May 11, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Peggy Lipton, a star of the groundbreaking late 1960s TV show "The Mod Squad" and the 1990s show "Twin Peaks," died of cancer Saturday. She was 72. Li...
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Spanish official who helped end militant ETA campaign dies
May 10, 2019 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, a former deputy prime minister of Spain who played a key role in ending the militant group ETA's violent six-decade campaign for ...
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Jim Fowler, former host of 'Wild Kingdom,' dies at 89
May 10, 2019 7:00 am - NORWALK, Conn. (AP) - Jim Fowler, a naturalist who rose to fame on the long-running television program "Wild Kingdom" and who famously bantered with Johnny Carson on "Th...
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Mourners gather to remember people killed in Waukegan factory explosionMay 10, 2019 1:00 am - One week after an explosion reduced a Waukegan factory to rubble, more than 100 people gathered at the site Friday morning to remember the four employees killed by the b...
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Philadelphia Phillies chairman David Montgomery dies at 72
May 08, 2019 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Phillies chairman David Montgomery, who was team president during Philadelphia's 2008 World Series championship season, has died. He was 72. The team...
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Louisville athletics administrator Jim McGhee dies at 73
May 08, 2019 7:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Jim McGhee, who worked with Louisville athletics since 1977, including the last 24 as assistant director for varsity sports and student life, has ...
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Kurt Lang, Nazi expert and social scientist, dies
May 08, 2019 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Kurt Lang, an expert on Nazi Germany and a sociologist who with his wife, Gladys, wrote several books about the influence of television on politics and pub...
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Jean Vanier, Catholic hero to developmentally disabled, dies
May 07, 2019 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Jean Vanier, a Canadian Catholic whose charity work helped improve conditions for the developmentally disabled in multiple countries over the past half-cent...