
Jerry Buss, Lakers' flamboyant owner, dies at 80
Jerry Buss had been a chemist and a mathematician long before he bought the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979. The self-made millionaire with a head for ...

British actor Richard Briers dies at 79
British actor Richard Briers, an avuncular comic presence on TV and movie screens for decades, has died at the age of 79. Briers' agent, Christopher ...
German retail billionaire Beisheim dies at 89
The billionaire founder of German retail group Metro AG, Otto Beisheim, has died at 89. Public relations firm Brunswick Group confirmed on behalf of ...

Long-missing WWII medal awarded in LA
Hyla Merin grew up without a father and for a long time never knew why. Her mother never spoke about the Army officer who died before Hyla was born.

US legal scholar Ronald Dworkin dies in UK at 81
American philosopher and constitutional law expert Ronald Dworkin, a liberal scholar who argued that the law should be founded on moral integrity, has ...

Bassist Rick Huxley of Dave Clark Five dies at 72
Bass player Rick Huxley, one of the founding members of the Dave Clark Five, has died. He was 72. Clark announced Huxley's death Tuesday, saying the ...
Fisherman's Friends singer dies in venue accident
Police say a member of British sea-shanty singing group Fisherman's Friends has died of injuries received in an accident at a concert venue.

Ex-chief of Russia's Gazprom Vyakhirev dies at 78
Rem Vyakhirev, the man who helped create Russia's state-run Gazprom natural gas giant and led it for nearly a decade, has died at 78. Gazprom said ...

Rabbi David Hartman dies at 81
Rabbi David Hartman, one of the world's leading Jewish philosophers who promoted both Jewish pluralism and interfaith dialogue, has died. He was 81.

Freeborn, makeup artist behind Yoda, dies at 98
Stuart Freeborn, a pioneering movie makeup artist behind creatures such as Yoda and Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" films, has died. He was 98.

Troggs singer Reg Presley dies of cancer at 71
The structure is simple, the guitar riffs basic, the lyrics at best inane, but the Troggs' "Wild Thing" remains a garage rock classic more than 45 ...

Dying guitarist Wilko Johnson rocks until the end
Living has been full of surprises for Wilko Johnson. So has dying. Four decades in the rock 'n' roll trenches have brought the British guitarist ...

Inventor of Etch A Sketch dies in France at 86
Andre Cassagnes, the inventor of the Etch A Sketch toy that generations of children drew on, shook up and started over, has died in France, the toy's ...

Barney, former White House Scottie, dies
Thousands have offered their condolences via Facebook over the death of Barney, President George W. Bush's beloved black Scottish terrier. Bush and ...

AP PHOTOS: Scenes from the life of Ed Koch
Ed Koch was part politician, part showman, and for many, he was the embodiment of the combativeness and tenacity that is New York City. In three ...
Palestinian fighter, rebel dies in Damascus
A hard-line Palestinian military commander who rebelled against leader Yasser Arafat to form his own rival party died in Damascus on Tuesday, ...

Brother of ex-Serbian strongman Milosevic dies
Borislav Milosevic, the brother of late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic, has died aged 79. Milosevic, who was the Yugoslav ambassador in Russia ...
Last jailed member of Greek dictatorship is dead
Nikolaos Dertilis, the last jailed member of the military dictatorship that ruled Greece from 1967-74, has died. He was 94. Dertilis had been ...
Zimbabwean commentator John Makumbe dies
Zimbabwe's prominent political analyst Professor John Makumbe, an albino who also campaigned against prejudice toward the skin pigmentation condition, ...

Ex-Polish church head, Cardinal Glemp, dies at 83
When he was appointed the new leader of Poland's influential Roman Catholic church in July 1981, many Poles were surprised, asking: Jozef who? Five ...

Sampdoria president Garrone dies at 76
Sampdoria president Riccardo Garrone has died after a long illness. He was 76. The Italian club announced the death on its website, without ...

Editor who grew up black in Nazi Germany dies
Hans Massaquoi, a former managing editor of Ebony magazine who wrote a memoir about his unusual childhood growing up black in Nazi Germany, has died.