http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/1500-obituaries.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/1500-obituaries.html http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2155300-heinz-flohe-74-wgermany-wcup-squad-dies.html BERLIN (AP) — Heinz Flohe, a member of West Germany's 1974 World Cup-winning squad, has died. He was 65. The German Football Association said Sunday that Flohe died in his home city of Euskirchen late Saturday. He had been in a coma for more than three years following a collapse. The former FC Cologne midfielder played 39 games for West Germany, scoring e... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:00:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2155300-heinz-flohe-74-wgermany-wcup-squad-dies.html 2013-06-16T15:00:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2155138-ottmar-walter-german-player-1954-wcup-dies.html BERLIN (AP) — Ottmar Walter, a member along with his brother Fritz of the West Germany squad that won the 1954 World Cup, has died. He was 89. The German Football Association said Walter died in a care home early Sunday. "Ottmar Walter was one of the players who made the Miracle of Bern possible," association president Wolfgang Niersbach said in a stateme... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:55:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2155138-ottmar-walter-german-player-1954-wcup-dies.html 2013-06-16T14:55:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2151190-worlds-oldest-jewish-person-dies-us-113.html NEW YORK (AP) — The world's oldest Jewish person, Evelyn Kozak, whose family fled Russia to escape anti-Semitism, has died at age 113. Kozak died Tuesday after suffering a heart attack the day before, her granddaughter Brucha Weisberger said Thursday. Kozak was the world's oldest documented Jewish person and the world's seventh-oldest person, said Robert ... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:04:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2151190-worlds-oldest-jewish-person-dies-us-113.html 2013-06-14T04:04:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2146330-longest-serving-cloistered-nun-dies-spain.html MADRID (AP) — A nun believed to hold the world record of 86 years cloistered in a monastery has died in Spain. Sister Maria Romero, abbess of the Buenafuente del Sistal monastery northeast of Madrid said Wednesday that Sister Teresita Barajuen had died overnight. She was 105. She entered the Cistercian monastery when she was 19, the abbess said. ... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:56:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2146330-longest-serving-cloistered-nun-dies-spain.html 2013-06-12T11:56:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2143616-horse-racing-trainer-henry-cecil-dies-70.html LONDON (AP) — Henry Cecil, who trained unbeaten superstar Frankel and was one of British horse racing's greatest trainers in a career spanning nearly half a century, died Tuesday following a long battle with cancer. He was 70. Cecil's death was announced on the website of Warren Place Stables, where the Scotsman worked as a trainer for 44 years. Knighted ... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:06:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2143616-horse-racing-trainer-henry-cecil-dies-70.html 2013-06-11T14:06:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2140346-scottish-fiction-writer-iain-banks-dies-59.html LONDON (AP) — Scottish writer Iain Banks, who alternately wowed and disturbed readers with his dark jokes and narrative tricks, has died, his publisher said. He was 59. Banks, whose writing took readers from rural Scotland to the edge of space, announced in April that he was terminally ill with cancer and that his soon-to-be released novel, "The Quarry," ... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:45:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2140346-scottish-fiction-writer-iain-banks-dies-59.html 2013-06-10T10:45:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2140126-italian-maestro-bruno-bartoletti-dies-florence.html ROME (AP) — Bruno Bartoletti, an orchestra conductor who was associated with the Lyric Opera of Chicago for a half-century, and who championed modern opera as well as classic works, died on Sunday in his native Tuscany, a day before his 87th birthday. The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, where the maestro had served as artistic director from 1985 until 1991, s... Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:49:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2140126-italian-maestro-bruno-bartoletti-dies-florence.html 2013-06-09T18:49:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2138822-east-german-artist-willi-sitte-dead-92.html BERLIN (AP) — Willi Sitte, one of East Germany's most eminent artists and a key representative of Communism's preferred socialist realism painting style, has died at 92. The head of the Willi Sitte Foundation, Hans-Hubert Werner, told German news agency dpa that Sitte died on Saturday morning after a long illness. Sitte's paintings depicted factory worker... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:44:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2138822-east-german-artist-willi-sitte-dead-92.html 2013-06-08T15:44:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2136366-french-ex-prime-minister-pierre-mauroy-dead-84.html PARIS (AP) — Pierre Mauroy, who as France's prime minister in the early 1980s implemented radical social reforms that made life easier for French workers, has died at 84. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Mauroy died Friday in a hospital in a Paris suburb. He had been suffering from cancer. Mauroy served as prime minister from 1981 to 1984 under Social... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:32:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2136366-french-ex-prime-minister-pierre-mauroy-dead-84.html 2013-06-07T12:32:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2134324-swimmer-movie-star-esther-williams-dead-91.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — As a teenager, Esther Williams dreamed of Olympic glory on the U.S. swim team. She had to settle instead for becoming a movie star. The self-described "Million Dollar Mermaid," whose wholesome beauty, shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies — the Technicolor "aqua musicals" — died Thursday at 91. She was rem... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:08:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2134324-swimmer-movie-star-esther-williams-dead-91.html 2013-06-06T23:08:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2133730-comic-novelist-tom-sharpe-dies-85.html LONDON (AP) — Tom Sharpe was aptly named, a writer who turned a razor-edged eye for absurdity on everything from the racism of apartheid to the squabbles of academia. The British writer behind a string of comic novels including the campus classic "Porterhouse Blue" has died at 85. Sharpe's Spanish publisher, Anagrama, said he died Thursday in Llafranc, th... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:59:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2133730-comic-novelist-tom-sharpe-dies-85.html 2013-06-06T15:59:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2131694-cbs-middle-east-bureau-chief-hotaling-dies.html NEW YORK (AP) — A family member says Ed Hotaling, a network news journalist and author of several books including "They're Off! Horse racing at Saratoga," has died. Greg Hotaling says his father died of heart failure Monday at the age of 75. He had been in a nursing home since a serious car accident in 2007. Born and raised in Saratoga Springs, New York, ... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:58:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2131694-cbs-middle-east-bureau-chief-hotaling-dies.html 2013-06-05T17:58:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2129904-ex-beijing-mayor-backer-1989-crackdown-dies.html BEIJING (AP) — Chen Xitong, who as Beijing's mayor backed the military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square democratic movement but later expressed regret for the loss of life, died days before its 24th anniversary, according to media reports and a family friend. At the height of his career, Chen was one of China's most powerful men, but a corruption scandal... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:47:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2129904-ex-beijing-mayor-backer-1989-crackdown-dies.html 2013-06-05T00:47:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2124174-ap-source-bruno-mars-mother-dies-age-55.html NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of Grammy-winning pop star Bruno Mars has died in Hawaii. Bernadette Hernandez died Saturday of a brain aneurysm, according to a publicist for Mars' label, Atlantic Records, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak on the record. Hernandez was ... Sun, 02 Jun 2013 05:34:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2124174-ap-source-bruno-mars-mother-dies-age-55.html 2013-06-02T05:34:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2123340-djokovics-coach-gencic-dies.html BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Jelena Gencic, who was Novak Djokovic's first coach, has died. She was 76. Serbia's Tennis Federation says Gencic died on Saturday. The cause of death was not given. Gencic, who represented Yugoslavia at tennis and handball, picked Djokovic as an exceptional talent when he attended her tennis camp in Serbia at age six. She coached ... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:44:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2123340-djokovics-coach-gencic-dies.html 2013-06-01T21:44:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2117012-italian-actress-franca-rame-dies.html MILAN (AP) — Franca Rame, an Italian actress and wife of Nobel laureate Dario Fo, died Wednesday at the age of 84 after a long illness. Rame's death was marked with a moment of silence in Parliament, where she served as a senator from 2006 to 2008, and President Giorgio Napolitano praised her "passionate civic engagement." Born into a theatrical family, R... Wed, 29 May 2013 20:26:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2117012-italian-actress-franca-rame-dies.html 2013-05-29T20:26:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2116918-canadian-abortion-rights-activist-morgentaler-dies.html TORONTO (AP) — Abortion rights activist Dr. Henry Morgentaler, who helped overturn Canada's abortion law 25 years ago, died Wednesday at age 90 at his Toronto home. The Polish-born Morgentaler emerged in 1967 as an advocate for a woman's right to have an abortion, at a time when attempting to induce one was a crime punishable by life in prison. Morgentale... Wed, 29 May 2013 20:00:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2116918-canadian-abortion-rights-activist-morgentaler-dies.html 2013-05-29T20:00:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2116242-ap-video-stringer-dragan-banovic-dies.html SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Dragan Banovic, a video stringer for The Associated Press who covered a series of wars that erupted after the dissolution of Yugoslavia, died on Wednesday. He was 60. Banovic was based in the Croatian coastal city of Dubrovnik and covered its siege by Serbian and Montenegrin forces for the local Croatian channel HRT in ... Wed, 29 May 2013 17:14:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2116242-ap-video-stringer-dragan-banovic-dies.html 2013-05-29T17:14:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2108846-journalist-author-haynes-johnson-dies-81.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When Haynes Johnson visited Selma, Ala., months after a civil rights crisis there gripped the nation, he wrote in The Washington Evening Star that he'd found "no discernible change in the racial climate of the city." When it came to employment, housing or education, blacks had made no real gains. But he noticed something else as he trave... Sat, 25 May 2013 07:27:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2108846-journalist-author-haynes-johnson-dies-81.html 2013-05-25T07:27:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2104886-georges-moustaki-who-penned-piaf-dies.html PARIS (AP) — Georges Moustaki, an Egyptian-born composer, singer and poet who wrote songs for Edith Piaf and other French stars, has died at age 79. Marie-Ange Mirande of Moustaki's Paris-based production house said Thursday he died at his home in Nice overnight after a long illness. A memorial ceremony is planned Monday at the famed Pere Lachaise cemeter... Thu, 23 May 2013 10:55:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2104886-georges-moustaki-who-penned-piaf-dies.html 2013-05-23T10:55:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2100236-warsaw-ghetto-insurgent-boruch-spiegel-dies-93.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93. Spiegel died May 9 in Montreal, where he had spent the past four years in a nursing home, his son Julius Spiegel said Tuesday. With ... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:29:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2100236-warsaw-ghetto-insurgent-boruch-spiegel-dies-93.html 2013-05-21T18:29:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2098514-publicist-founding-member-doors-dies-74.html Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74. Manzarek died Monday in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family, said publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald. She s... Tue, 21 May 2013 01:57:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2098514-publicist-founding-member-doors-dies-74.html 2013-05-21T01:57:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2090126-valtr-komarek-czech-leftist-politician-dies-82.html PRAGUE (AP) — Valtr Komarek's son says the left-wing Czech politician and economist who helped overthrow the country's communist regime has died at age 82. His son Martin, a journalist for the Mlada Fronta Dnes daily, said Komarek died Thursday in a Prague hospital. Born Aug. 10, 1930, in the southeast town of Hodonin, Komarek became a Communist Party mem... Thu, 16 May 2013 12:56:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2090126-valtr-komarek-czech-leftist-politician-dies-82.html 2013-05-16T12:56:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2079212-geza-vermes-renowned-jesus-scholar-dies-88.html LONDON (AP) — Geza Vermes, a translator of the Dead Sea Scrolls and renowned for books exploring the Jewish background of Jesus, has died at 88. He died on Wednesday, David Ariel, president of the Oxford Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, said Saturday. Vermes had an early interest in the Dead Sea Scrolls, a cache of documents written between 200 B.C. ... Sat, 11 May 2013 19:57:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2079212-geza-vermes-renowned-jesus-scholar-dies-88.html 2013-05-11T19:57:38Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2073512-patriarch-fashion-brand-missoni-dies-italy.html MILAN (AP) — Ottavio Missoni, the patriarch of the iconic fashion brand of zigzag-patterned knitwear that helped launch Italian ready-to-wear and turn Milan into a fashion mecca, died Thursday just months after his eldest son disappeared without a trace. He was 92. Missoni "passed away serenely" in his home in the town of Sumirago, north of Milan, where M... Thu, 09 May 2013 19:03:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2073512-patriarch-fashion-brand-missoni-dies-italy.html 2013-05-09T19:03:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2072502-british-director-bryan-forbes-dies-age-86.html LONDON (AP) — British film director Bryan Forbes, whose work includes the original 1970s horror classic "The Stepford Wives," has died at age 86 after a long illness, a family spokesman said Wednesday. Matthew D'Ancona said Forbes died surrounded by his family at his home in Surrey. Forbes was born John Theobald Clarke in 1926 in London. He began his film... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:56:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2072502-british-director-bryan-forbes-dies-age-86.html 2013-05-08T21:56:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2068980-special-effects-master-ray-harryhausen-dies-92.html LONDON (AP) — When Ray Harryhausen was 13, he was so overwhelmed by "King Kong" that he vowed he would create otherworldly creatures on film. He fulfilled his desire as an adult, thrilling audiences with skeletons in a sword fight, a gigantic octopus destroying the Golden Gate Bridge, and a six-armed dancing goddess. On Tuesday, Harryhausen died at London... Tue, 07 May 2013 21:57:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2068980-special-effects-master-ray-harryhausen-dies-92.html 2013-05-07T21:57:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2065774-italys-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-94.html ROME (AP) — Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad. One of Italy's most important postwar figures, he helped draft the country's constitution after World War II, served seven times as premier and spent 60 years in Parliament. But the Christian Democrat who was friends with popes and cardinals was also a controversial... Mon, 06 May 2013 19:39:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2065774-italys-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-94.html 2013-05-06T19:39:06Z