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Former Turkish Cypriot leader Denktash has died
(AP)
2012-01-13 21:51:00 AP - Rauf Denktash, the former Turkish Cypriot leader whose determined pursuit of a separate state for his people and strong opposition to the divided island's reunification defined a political career spanning six decades, has died. He was 87. More About: Died
Newsman Richard Threlkeld dies in car accident
(AP)
2012-01-13 21:48:00 AP - Richard Threlkeld, a far-ranging and award-winning correspondent who worked for both CBS and ABC News during a long career, has been killed in a car crash on New York's Long Island. More About: Accident
Former South Dakota Governor Janklow dies at 72
(Reuters)
2012-01-13 01:21:00 Reuters - Former four-term South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow, an outspoken, brash fixture of the state whose political career was brought to an end by a traffic accident, died on Thursday of brain cancer, state officials said. More About: Reuters , South Dakota
Former SD Gov., US Rep. Bill Janklow dead at 72
(AP)
2012-01-12 23:39:00 AP - As governor of South Dakota for 16 years, Bill Janklow was always in a hurry — pushing lawmakers to approve his proposals and racing to disaster sites to take charge. His need for speed also likely played a role in his one regret: the 2003 fatal traffic accident that landed him in jail and ended his political career. More About: Dead
Former Nixon and Ford budget director Roy Ash dies
(AP)
2012-01-12 15:46:00 AP - Former Office of Management and Budget director Roy Ash has died at his Los Angeles home at 93. More About: Ford , Nixon
Jerome Rubin, helped forge LexisNexis, dies at 86
(AP)
2012-01-12 05:33:00 AP - Jerome Rubin, who helped bring to market the commercial online research database today known as LexisNexis and the display technology behind millions of Amazon Kindles and other e-readers, has died in New York. He was 86.
Soviet spy Gevork Vartanian dies at 87
(AP)
2012-01-11 20:16:00 AP - Gevork Vartanian, a former Soviet intelligence agent who helped derail a Nazi plot to assassinate allied leaders at a 1943 conference in Tehran, has died. He was 87.
Puerto Rico pioneer female singer dies at 92
(AP)
2012-01-10 23:40:00 AP - Ruth Fernandez, a pioneering Puerto Rican female singer who broke racial barriers and later was elected senator, has died. She was 92. More About: Female , Puerto Rico , Singer , Pioneer
NJ Assembly's GOP leader dies at Statehouse
(AP)
2012-01-10 20:01:00 AP - New Jersey Republican Assembly leader Alex DeCroce, credited by Gov. Chris Christie with helping him get his start in politics, died suddenly in the Statehouse as the legislative session was wrapping up. He was 75.
French actress Denise Darcel dies at 87
(AP)
2012-01-10 03:07:00 AP - Denise Darcel, the French -born actress known for vampy roles in such films as "Vera Cruz" and "Thunder in the Pines," has died. She was 87. More About: Actress
National radio: Guinea-Bissau president dies
(AP)
2012-01-09 22:50:00 AP - President Malam Bacai Sanha, who was elected in this tiny, coup-prone nation on Africa's western coast about two years ago after the previous leader was assassinated, died Monday in Paris after a lengthy hospitalization. More About: Radio , National
Bulgarian pianist Alexis Weissenberg dies at 82
(AP)
2012-01-09 19:34:00 AP - Bulgarian-born French pianist Alexis Weissenberg, whose love of music from the age of 3 saved him and his mother from a World War II concentration camp and carried him to the heights of performances with Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein, has died. He was 82.
Andrew Viglucci, ex-San Juan Star editor, dies
(AP)
2012-01-09 18:43:00 AP - Andrew Viglucci, the longtime editor of Puerto Rico's San Juan Star and an early colleague of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Kennedy, has died. He was 84. More About: Editor
'Dancing With the Stars' producer dies at 47
(AP)
2012-01-09 18:18:00 AP - Richard Hopkins, a British television producer who helped bring "Dancing With the Stars " to the United States, has died. He was 47. More About: Dancing with the Stars
Conservative commentator Tony Blankley dies at 63
(AP)
2012-01-09 03:36:00 AP - Tony Blankley, a conservative author and commentator who served as press secretary to Newt Gingrich during the 1990s, when Republicans took control of Congress, has died. He was 63. More About: Conservative
Lowell Randall, rocket scientist, dies at 96 in NM
(AP)
2012-01-07 01:33:00 AP - Lowell Randall, a pioneer rocket scientist who helped launched the U.S. space program and tested intercontinental ballistic missiles, has died. He was 96. More About: Scientist , Rocket
Correction: Obit-Carey story
(AP)
2012-01-07 00:18:00 AP - In an obituary on entrepreneur William Polk Carey The Associated Press erroneously reported that his donations to Arizona State University helped found the business school. The university renamed its business school for Carey. More About: Story , Obit
Riding lawn mower pioneer Pond dies at age 87
(AP)
2012-01-06 23:54:00 AP - Cecil Pond , a pioneer of the riding lawn mower and founder of Wheel Horse Products, has died at age 87. More About: Pioneer
Pioneer rocket scientist Lowell Randall dies in NM
(AP)
2012-01-06 18:08:00 AP - A New Mexico funeral home has confirmed that Lowell Randall, a pioneer rocket scientist who helped launched the U.S. space program, has died at age 96. More About: Scientist , Rocket , Pioneer
Ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Weston dies at 64
(AP)
2012-01-06 17:46:00 AP - Bob Weston, a British guitarist who played with Fleetwood Mac, has died aged 64.
Richard Alf, Comic-Con co-founder, dead at 59
(AP)
2012-01-06 14:29:00 AP - Richard Alf, one of the co-founders of San Diego's Comic -Con, has died from pancreatic cancer at age 59. More About: Founder , Dead
Ex-Minneapolis Tribune editor, author Bailey dies
(AP)
2012-01-06 01:25:00 AP - Charles Waldo Bailey II, former editor of the Minneapolis Tribune and co-author of the Cold War thriller "Seven Days in May," has died of complications from Parkinson's disease, his daughter said Thursday. He was 82. More About: Author , Editor
Fulbright, 1st dean of NCCU business school, dies
(AP)
2012-01-05 20:44:00 AP - Stewart Fulbright, a trailblazing black educator who piloted a bomber during World War II as one of the Tuskegee Airmen and later served as the first dean of the North Carolina Central University School of Business , has died, He was 92.
Photojournalist Eve Arnold dies at 99
(AP)
2012-01-05 18:25:00 AP - Eve Arnold, a world-traveling photojournalist whose subjects ranged from the poor and dispossessed to Marilyn Monroe, has died, the Magnum photo agency said Thursday. She was 99.
Robert Carter, fighter against segregation, dies
(AP)
2012-01-05 02:23:00 AP - Robert Carter, a lawyer who was an integral member of the team led by Thurgood Marshall that turned to the courts to battle segregation, has died. He was 94.
Judge Robert Carter, who fought for desegregation, dies at 94
(Reuters
2012-01-05 01:52:00 Reuters - Robert Carter, a longtime federal judge who helped convince the Supreme Court that segregation in schools was unconstitutional, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 94. More About: Judge , Reuters
Longtime Navajo Code Talkers group president dies
(AP)
2012-01-05 01:19:00 AP - Keith Little envisioned a place that would house the stories of the Navajo Code Talkers and where people could learn more about the famed World War II group who used their native language as a weapon. More About: President
Singer of 'I'm Your Puppet' dies in Florida at 72
(AP)
2012-01-04 20:26:00 AP - Robert Dickey, a guitarist and singer in the group that recorded the hit song "I'm Your Puppet," has died. More About: Florida , Singer
Sociologist who resisted internment dies in Canada
(AP)
2012-01-04 05:27:00 AP - A sociologist who refused to be sent to internment camps that kept more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans captive during World War II has died in the Canadian city of Edmonton. More About: Canada
St. Trinian's cartoonist Ronald Searle dies at 91
(AP)
More articles from this author:2012-01-04 00:14:00 AP - British cartoonist Ronald Searle, the creator of the willfully wicked schoolgirls of St. Trinian's who amused generations of Britons, has died, his family said Tuesday. He was 91. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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