Obituaries
-
Colin Kroll, co-founder of HQ Trivia, found dead
Dec 16, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Colin Kroll, a tech executive who co-founded the HQ Trivia app, has died. He was 34. The New York Police Department says officers went to Kroll's Manhatt...
-
Bill Fralic, star lineman for Pitt and Falcons, dies at 56
Dec 14, 2018 6:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - Bill Fralic, the burly, bruising and athletic offensive lineman who starred for the Atlanta Falcons and was a three-time All-American at Pittsburgh, ha...
-
Joan Steinbrenner, wife late George Steinbrenner, dies at 83
Dec 14, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joan Steinbrenner, the wife of late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, died Friday. She was 83. The Yankees said she died surrounded by family a...
-
Nancy Wilson, Grammy winning jazz singer, dies at 81
Dec 14, 2018 6:00 am - Nancy Wilson, the Grammy-winning "song stylist" and torch singer whose polished pop-jazz vocals made her a platinum artist and top concert performer, has died. Wilson, w...
-
Oscar-nominated actress Sondra Locke dies at 74
Dec 13, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actress and director Sondra Locke, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her first film role in 1968's "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" and went on...
-
Half of iconic Bert & I duo dies 60 years after recording
Dec 13, 2018 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Bob Bryan, one half of the comedy duo Bert and I, which had fun at the expense of Maine Yankees and popularized the immortal punchline, "You can't...
-
Holocaust survivor killed by car while crossing street
Dec 13, 2018 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A 92-year-old man who survived Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust was struck and killed by a car while crossing a street near his home i...
-
Jazz legend Nancy Wilson dies at 81Dec 13, 2018 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Nancy Wilson, the Grammy-winning “song stylist” and torch singer whose polished pop-jazz vocals made her a platinum artist and top concert performer, has d...
-
Hungarian director Ferenc Kosa, winner in Cannes, dies at 81
Dec 12, 2018 6:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Ferenc Kosa, winner of the best director award at the 1967 Cannes film festival, has died at 81, the Hungarian Academy of Arts said Wednesday. K...
-
Floyd Parton, brother of Dolly Parton, has died
Dec 11, 2018 6:00 am - SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Floyd Estel Parton, the brother of country singer Dolly Parton, has died. An obituary posted by Atchley Funeral Home in Sevierville, Tennessee,...