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Alex Karras, former NFL lineman, actor, dies at 77
Alex Karras was a man of many roles. Fearsome NFL defensive lineman. Lovable TV dad. Hilarious big-screen cowboy. And in the end, a dementia victim ...
1940s Hollywood actor dies in Austria
Turhan Bey, an actor whose exotic good looks earned him the nickname of "Turkish Delight" in films with Errol Flynn and Katherine Hepburn before he ...
Veteran AP Georgia newsman Dick Pettys dies at 66
From Georgia's last segregationist governor to the first Republican to hold the office since Reconstruction, Dick Pettys covered Georgia politics for ...
Eric Lomax, ex-POW who forgave captor, dies at 93
It's an unusual man who can forgive his wartime torturer — or whose quest to do so can touch so many people around the world. Eric Lomax, a former ...
Danish saxophonist John Tchicai dies
Danish saxophonist and pioneer of free jazz in Europe, John Tchicai, has died. He was 76. Tchicai moved to New York in 1963 and co-founded The New ...
Publicist to the stars Lois Smith dies at 85
A longtime New York City publicist who worked with celebrities including Marilyn Monroe, Robert Redford and Martin Scorsese has died. Lois Smith was ...
Veteran Zimbabwe diplomat, academic dies
State radio says Zimbabwe's former foreign minister Stan Mudenge has died. He was 71. The radio on Friday reported Mudenge collapsed before giving a ...
Robert Christy, Manhattan Project physicist, dies
Robert F. Christy, a former California Institute of Technology professor who helped design the trigger mechanism for the atomic bombs used in World ...
Vietnamese dissident poet Nguyen Chi Thien dies
Nguyen Chi Thien, a Vietnamese dissident poet who spent nearly 30 years in communist prisons in his native country, died in a Southern California ...
Acclaimed session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan dies
Acclaimed session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan, who played on dozens of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, has died, his wife said Thursday. He was 71.
Motown producer of Supremes, Temptations dies
Motown record producer and songwriter Frank Wilson, who worked with the Supremes, the Temptations and Marvin Gaye, has died in Southern California at ...
Antoine Ashley of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' dies at 27
A contestant who competed on "RuPaul's Drag Race" as Sahara Davenport died of heart failure. Antoine Ashley was 27. Ashley died from heart failure on ...
NY ballet star Yvonne Mounsey dies in LA
Yvonne Mounsey, who danced major roles for George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins with the New York City Ballet in the 1950s and went on to found an ...
Prominent translator Michael Henry Heim dies
Michael Henry Heim, an internationally known translator who created highly praised English versions of such masterpieces as "Death in Venice" and "The ...
Environmentalist pioneer Commoner dies in NY at 95
Scientist and activist Barry Commoner, who raised early concerns about the effects of radioactive fallout and was one of the pioneers of the ...
Literary agent Wendy Weil dies at age 72
Wendy Weil, a beloved literary agent known for her low-key but determined style and for an eclectic clientele of groundbreaking and best-selling ...
British historian Eric Hobsbawm dies at 95
Eric Hobsbawm, who has died aged 95, was honored as one of Britain's most distinguished historians, despite retaining an allegiance to the Communist ...
Sulzberger set milestones for NY Times, journalism
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger's three-decade tenure at The New York Times spanned multiple milestones in 20th-century journalism, as the newspaper navigated ...
Motorsports journalist Chris Economaki dies at 91
Chris Economaki, a journalist regarded as the authoritative voice in motorsports for decades, died Friday. He was 91. National Speed Sport News, where ...
'Pink Panther' actor Herbert Lom dead at 95
Herbert Lom, the durable Czech-born actor best known as Inspector Clouseau's long-suffering boss in the comic "Pink Panther" movies, died Thursday, ...
'Moon River' crooner Andy Williams dies at age 84
For the older — OK, squarer — side of the generation gap, Andy Williams was part of the soundtrack of the 1960s and '70s, with easy-listening hits ...
Girl who called self 'Mrs. Bieber' dies of cancer
A 6-year-old Massachusetts girl whose love for Justin Bieber encouraged physicians and nurses at a Boston hospital to organize a pretend wedding to ...
Former Russian defense minister Grachev dies
Pavel Grachev, a former Russian defense minister who led troops into Chechnya in the 1990s, died on Sunday. He was 64. Russia's president and prime ...
Former CIA operative Edwin Wilson dies at 84
Edwin Wilson set up front companies abroad for the CIA, made millions in the arms trade and entertained generals and congressmen at his sprawling ...