http://www.mail.com/subjects/1500-obituaries.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1500-obituaries.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2105540-tornado-took-towns-youngest-swept-through.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — One loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field. When a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., it took with it 24 lives. Seven of them were children at Plaza Towers Elementary school; two were only babies. These are the victims' stories. JaNae Hornsby, 9 One of seven children killed inside the P... Fri, 24 May 2013 00:15:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2105540-tornado-took-towns-youngest-swept-through.html 2013-05-24T00:15:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2105962-medal-honor-winner-mcgarity-dies-tenn.html MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Former World War II Army squad leader and Medal of Honor recipient Vernon McGarity has died at age 91, a funeral home said Thursday. McGarity died of cancer on Tuesday night in Memphis, said Taylor Loeffel, a spokeswoman for Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery. Funeral services were set for Saturday. President Harry Truman awarde... Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2105962-medal-honor-winner-mcgarity-dies-tenn.html 2013-05-23T17:39:18Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2104146-photographer-forester-wayne-miller-dies-94.html ORINDA, Calif. (AP) — Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday. He was 94. Miller was also known for his work as a curator on an internationa... Thu, 23 May 2013 03:17:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2104146-photographer-forester-wayne-miller-dies-94.html 2013-05-23T03:17:44Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104114-minn-teen-whose-farewell-song-web-hit-dies.html LAKELAND, Minn. (AP) — When high school student Zach Sobiech learned he didn't have much longer to live, his mother suggested he write letters to tell his loved ones goodbye. Instead, the Minnesota teenager turned to writing music — and his farewell song, "Clouds," became a YouTube sensation that has attracted more than 4 million views. Other musicians ha... Thu, 23 May 2013 02:50:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104114-minn-teen-whose-farewell-song-web-hit-dies.html 2013-05-23T02:50:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100430-warsaw-ghetto-insurgent-boruch-spiegel-93-dies.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 18:27:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100430-warsaw-ghetto-insurgent-boruch-spiegel-93-dies.html 2013-05-21T18:27:42Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099976-criteria-recording-studios-founder-emerman-dies.html MIAMI (AP) — Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness. He was 89. His daughter Bebe Emerman said Tuesday that her father died of complications from pneumonia at the Miami Jewish Home for the Aged, where he ha... Tue, 21 May 2013 14:54:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099976-criteria-recording-studios-founder-emerman-dies.html 2013-05-21T14:54:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2098796-manzarek-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 14:22:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2098796-manzarek-founding-member-doors-dies-74.html 2013-05-21T14:22:17Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2098714-bernard-waber-childrens-author-dies-age-91.html NEW YORK (AP) — Bernard Waber, the author of such children's favorites as "The House on East 88th Street" and "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," has died. Waber died May 16 at his Long Island home after a long illness, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Monday. He was 91. Waber's "warmth, energy, artfulness, elegance, and abiding respect for children were... Mon, 20 May 2013 22:11:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2098714-bernard-waber-childrens-author-dies-age-91.html 2013-05-20T22:11:07Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2094412-venturi-us-open-champion-cbs-analyst-dies.html Ken Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon. He was 82. His son, Matt Venturi, said he died in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Venturi had been hospitalized the last two months for a spinal infection, pneumonia, and then an intestinal infection that he could no l... Sat, 18 May 2013 02:13:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2094412-venturi-us-open-champion-cbs-analyst-dies.html 2013-05-18T02:13:26Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2085488-saints-chargers-rb-chuck-muncie-dead-60.html METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Chuck Muncie, a Pro Bowl running back with both the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers, has died at age 60, the NFL clubs and a family spokesman said Tuesday. Muncie family spokesman Vintage Foster of AMF Media Group in San Ramon, Calif., said Muncie died at his Los Angeles-area home on Monday from heart failure. Muncie was the... Tue, 14 May 2013 23:44:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2085488-saints-chargers-rb-chuck-muncie-dead-60.html 2013-05-14T23:44:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2085456-flamboyant-texas-swindler-billie-sol-estes-dies.html LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Billie Sol Estes' name was synonymous with Texas-sized schemes, greed and corruption. The flamboyant swindler became one of the most notorious men in America in 1962, when he was accused of looting a federal crop subsidy program. But he reigned as the state's king of con men for nearly 50 years, even getting immortalized in songs and... Tue, 14 May 2013 23:41:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2085456-flamboyant-texas-swindler-billie-sol-estes-dies.html 2013-05-14T23:41:50Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2085572-hairdresser-kenneth-battelle-dies-age-86.html NEW YORK (AP) — Kenneth Battelle, the hairdresser who gave both Jacqueline Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe their calling-card hairdos in the 1950s and '60s, has died at age 86, said Kevin Lee, creative director of Battelle's company, on Tuesday. Lee said Battelle died Sunday at his home in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. He said Battelle will be remembered for "creatin... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:00:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2085572-hairdresser-kenneth-battelle-dies-age-86.html 2013-05-14T20:00:27Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2082958-popular-psychologist-joyce-brothers-dead-85.html NEW YORK (AP) — Before Dr. Phil and Dr. Drew and Dr. Oz, there was Joyce Brothers. The popular psychologist pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s, opening the airwaves to discussions of love, marriage and parenting, as well as such taboo subjects as menopause, frigidity, impotence and sexual enjoyment. She went on to become an author, syndicat... Tue, 14 May 2013 13:58:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2082958-popular-psychologist-joyce-brothers-dead-85.html 2013-05-14T13:58:06Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2080544-correction-music-brubeck-tribute-story.html NEW YORK (AP) — In a May 12 story about a tribute to the late jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, The Associated Press incorrectly gave the name of the Brubeck son who performed on cello. His name is Matthew Brubeck, not Michael Brubeck. Michael Brubeck, the jazz legend's second-oldest son, died of a heart attack in 2009. A corrected version of the story is below:... Mon, 13 May 2013 18:57:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2080544-correction-music-brubeck-tribute-story.html 2013-05-13T18:57:27Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2073534-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 19:04:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2073534-patriarch-fashion-brand-missoni-dies-italy.html 2013-05-09T19:04:13Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2073928-monkeemobile-designer-dean-jeffries-dies-80.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A celebrated car customizer who painted James Dean's Porsche and made the "Monkeemobile" for "The Monkees" TV show has died. Dean Jeffries was 80. His son, Kevin, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/1913hRl ) that Jeffries died in his sleep on Saturday at his Hollywood home. In 1955, Jeffries custom painted Dean's Porsche 550 Spy... Thu, 09 May 2013 13:54:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2073928-monkeemobile-designer-dean-jeffries-dies-80.html 2013-05-09T13:54:48Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2072658-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... Thu, 09 May 2013 12:27:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2072658-british-director-bryan-forbes-dies-age-86.html 2013-05-09T12:27:42Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2072084-young-restless-star-jeanne-cooper-dies-84.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on "The Young and the Restless," has died. She was 84. Cooper died Wednesday morning in her sleep, her son the actor Corbin Bernsen wrote on Facebook. The family confirmed the death to CBS, according to a network spokeswoman. ... Wed, 08 May 2013 22:43:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2072084-young-restless-star-jeanne-cooper-dies-84.html 2013-05-08T22:43:41Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2068982-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 21:55:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2068982-special-effects-master-ray-harryhausen-dies-92.html 2013-05-07T21:55:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065782-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 19:37:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065782-italys-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-94.html 2013-05-06T19:37:33Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2065954-newsman-rocky-iii-scarface-actor-dies.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles television news anchor in the 1960s and 1970s who also appeared in movies such as "Rocky III" has died. Mario Machado was 78. His daughter, Michelle, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/13jwSEN ) that Machado died Saturday from complications of pneumonia at a Los Angeles convalescent facility. KCBS-TV (http://cbsloc... Mon, 06 May 2013 13:32:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2065954-newsman-rocky-iii-scarface-actor-dies.html 2013-05-06T13:32:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2065758-belgian-nobel-prize-winner-de-duve-dies-95.html BRUSSELS (AP) — A Belgian university says that biochemist Christian de Duve, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1974, has died in an act of euthanasia. He was 95. His university, UCL in Louvain-la-Neuve, confirmed it was a case of euthanasia but did not disclose the method. De Duve shared the Nobel Prize with two other scientists for the... Mon, 06 May 2013 11:14:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2065758-belgian-nobel-prize-winner-de-duve-dies-95.html 2013-05-06T11:14:01Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2064726-frederic-franklin-british-born-dancer-dies-98.html NEW YORK (AP) — Frederic Franklin, a British-born dancer who helped popularize modern ballet in the United States and performed until his mid-90s, has died. He was 98. Franklin succumbed to complications from pneumonia on Saturday at a Manhattan hospital, according to his lifelong partner, William Ausman. Franklin last appeared with the American Ballet Th... Sun, 05 May 2013 21:29:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2064726-frederic-franklin-british-born-dancer-dies-98.html 2013-05-05T21:29:06Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2061516-atp-chairman-brad-drewett-dies-54.html LONDON (AP) — Brad Drewett, a former tour player who led the ATP as executive chairman and helped increase prize money at Grand Slam tournaments, died Friday. He was 54. He had Lou Gehrig's disease, and the governing body of men's tennis said in a statement he died at his home in Sydney. Drewett was a top-40 singles and top-20 doubles player before he ret... Fri, 03 May 2013 21:15:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2061516-atp-chairman-brad-drewett-dies-54.html 2013-05-03T21:15:35Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2061174-atp-chairman-brad-drewett-dies-54.html LONDON (AP) — The ATP says chairman Brad Drewett has died at 54. The governing body of men's tennis says in a statement he died Friday of a "motor neurone" disease at his home in Sydney. The Australian had served as ATP executive chairman and president since January 2012. Drewett previously led ATP operations in the Middle East, Asia a... Fri, 03 May 2013 16:14:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2061174-atp-chairman-brad-drewett-dies-54.html 2013-05-03T16:14:32Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2059960-slayer-guitarist-jeff-hanneman-dies-49.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeff Hanneman, a founding member of Slayer whose career was irrevocably changed after a spider bite, has died. He was 49. Slayer spokeswoman Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald said Hanneman died Thursday morning of liver failure at a Los Angeles hospital with his wife, Kathy, by his side. The guitarist had recently begun writing songs with the b... Fri, 03 May 2013 08:19:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2059960-slayer-guitarist-jeff-hanneman-dies-49.html 2013-05-03T08:19:16Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2059962-sexual-revolution-pioneer-john-williamson-dies.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Williamson, a pioneer of the 1960s sexual revolution as co-founder of Topanga Canyon's Sandstone Retreat, where nudity and free love once took place with abandon, has died at age 80. Williamson died of cancer March 24 at a hospital in Reno, Nev., said his wife, Barbara Williamson. The pair had lived on a Northern Nevada ranch for t... Fri, 03 May 2013 01:12:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2059962-sexual-revolution-pioneer-john-williamson-dies.html 2013-05-03T01:12:46Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2058138-overdose-suspected-death-kris-kross-rapper.html ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of rapper Chris Kelly told authorities in Atlanta her son became sick after taking cocaine and heroin on the night before he died, according to a police report. Kelly, half of the 1990s teen rap duo Kriss Kross, was found dead Wednesday of a suspected drug overdose. Kelly's mother, Donna Kelly Pratte, 54, and his uncle, Lamar Wil... Thu, 02 May 2013 19:56:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2058138-overdose-suspected-death-kris-kross-rapper.html 2013-05-02T19:56:37Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2058020-early-hollywood-superstar-deanna-durbin-dies-91.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Deanna Durbin, a star whose songs and smile made her one of the biggest box office draws of Hollywood's Golden Age with fans that included Winston Churchill, has died. She was 91. Family friend Bob Koster of Los Angeles told The Associated Press that Durbin died on about April 20 in a village outside Paris, where she had lived out of pu... Thu, 02 May 2013 15:35:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2058020-early-hollywood-superstar-deanna-durbin-dies-91.html 2013-05-02T15:35:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058262-oldest-concentration-camp-survivors-dies.html VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian organization that tracks the fate of Nazi concentration camp inmates says that one of the oldest known survivors has died aged 107. The Mauthausen Committee said Thursday that Leopold Engleitner died April 21. After refusing to renounce his faith as a Jehovah's Witness, he survived three concentration camps and forced labor betwe... Thu, 02 May 2013 15:06:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058262-oldest-concentration-camp-survivors-dies.html 2013-05-02T15:06:28Z