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Joe Allbritton, 87, DC media, banking giant dies
Joe L. Allbritton, who became one of Washington's most influential men through a media conglomerate of newspapers and television stations and a ...
Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92
The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in ...
Swiss opera diva Della Casa dies at 93
Famed for her beauty that matched her serene voice, Swiss-born diva Lisa Della Casa swept up crowds at opera houses of the past century with an ...
Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies
Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar has died. He was 92. The prime minister's office confirmed his death and called him a "national treasure." Shankar ...
SD mother of 1st surviving US quintuplets dies
As the mother of five children in a small South Dakota town, the limelight was the furthest thing from Mary Ann Darling Fischer's mind. All that ...
Serial drama producer Paul Rauch dies in NY at 78
Paul Rauch, a longtime executive in the daytime drama world who produced "Another World," ''One Life to Live" and "Santa Barbara," has died at age 78.
Russian opera diva Vishnevskaya dies at 86
World-renowned Russian opera diva Galina Vishnevskaya, who with her husband defied the Soviet regime to give shelter to writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn ...
Jenni Rivera, soulful, troubled Mexican music star
Jenni Rivera launched her career hawking cassette recordings of her songs at flea markets, but a powerful voice, soulful singing style and frank ...
British astronomer Patrick Moore dies at 89
British astronomer and broadcaster Patrick Moore died Sunday, according to friends and colleagues. He was 89. He died at his home in the coastal town ...
TV helicopter news coverage pioneer dies in Calif.
The Los Angeles television engineer who won Emmy Awards for creating helicopter news coverage in 1958 has died in Southern California at 92.
British composer Jonathan Harvey dies at 73
Jonathan Harvey, a British modernist composer whose operas and other works reflected a deep engagement with spirituality, has died at age 73.
Dave Brubeck, legend who helped define jazz, dies
You don't have to be a jazz aficionado to recognize "Take Five," the smoky instrumental by the Dave Brubeck Quartet that instantly evokes swinging ...
Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, dies at 104
Architect Oscar Niemeyer, who recreated Brazil's sensuous curves in reinforced concrete and built the capital of Brasilia on the empty central plains ...
Rupert Murdoch's mother Elisabeth dies at age 103
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, a prominent Australian philanthropist and mother of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has died at age 103. News Ltd., the Australian ...
Longtime Texas US Rep. Jack Brooks dead at 89
Jack Brooks hounded government bureaucrats, drafted President Richard Nixon's articles of impeachment and supported civil rights bills in a ...
Russian writer Vasily Belov dies at 80
Vasily Belov, a writer who paid homage to old rural Russia in his books, has died. He was 80. Belov's death late Tuesday was announced by the ...
Syria-based Orthodox patriarch dead at 92
The patriarch of a Damascus-based Eastern Orthodox Church, Ignatius Hazim, has died in a Beirut hospital. He was 92. Hazim was named Eastern Orthodox ...
World's tallest woman dies in China at age 39
The world's tallest woman has died in eastern China. She was 39. Chinese state media say Yao Defen died on Nov. 13 at her home in China's eastern ...
'Three Cups of Tea' co-author Relin kills self
David Oliver Relin, co-author of the best-selling book "Three Cups of Tea," said in legal filings about a year before his recent suicide that his ...
Rick Majerus, college basketball coach, dies
At Rick Majerus' final stop, the lone concession to the coach's health woes were the footstools stationed at each corner of the practice court.
Death of music 'dealmaker' in Vegas ruled suicide
The death of a music dealmaker who helped bring Donald Trump to Las Vegas and tried to install Michael Jackson as the headline act at a themed casino ...
Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar dies at age 86
Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, who wrote more than 30 books and focused on positivity and leading a balanced life, died Wednesday in Texas. He was ...
Top editor at the French daily Le Monde dies
The top editor at France's leading daily newspaper has died suddenly of a heart attack. Erik Izraelewicz, 58, had led Le Monde for about two years, ...
Jakes Gerwel, friend and aide to Mandela, dies
Jakes Gerwel, who advocated for the end of apartheid in South Africa and became a longtime friend and trusted aide to former President Nelson Mandela, ...
Former baseball union head Miller dead at 95
Marvin Miller was a labor economist who never played a day of organized baseball. He preferred tennis. Yet he transformed the national pastime as ...