R&B singer Etta James, who died Friday in Los Angeles, was known for tempestuous relationships with her family, her men and the music industry. Then she spent decades battling drug addiction. But she will be remembered forever for “At Last.”
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Etta James dies at age 73
Posted by cotysky11 15 days ago (http://www.thestar.comhttp)
Bil Keane, creator of ‘Family Circus’, dies at 89
Posted by Calimehtar 83 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
Keane, who started drawing the one-panel cartoon featuring Billy, Jeffy, Dolly, P.J. and their parents in February 1960, died Tuesday at age 89.
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Longtime Raiders owner Davis dies at age 82
Posted by Vladimir67 119 days ago (http://espn.go.com)
Raiders owner Al Davis, whose legend began 60 years ago as an assistant coach with the San Diego Chargers and included a 1992 Hall of Fame induction in Canton, has died at 82.
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Ex-Titans O-coordinator Heimerdinger dies at 58
Posted by OmegaBreak 127 days ago (http://espn.go.com)
Mike Heimerdinger, a former offensive coordinator for the Titans, Broncos and Jets, died Friday night after a nearly year-long battle with a rare form of cancer. He was 58.
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‘Gilligan’s Island’ creator Sherwood Schwartz dies at 94
Posted by Aproydtix 208 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
The man who created Gilligan’s Island and The Brady Bunch has died.
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Hall of Fame tight end, Colts great Mackey dies
Posted by Necromander 212 days ago (http://sports.espn.go.com)
Pro Football Hall of Famer John Mackey, who helped revolutionize the position of tight end, died on Wednesday. He was 69 and had suffered from dementia for years.
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‘Columbo’ Peter Falk dies at 83
Posted by RedFusion 224 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
The actor had reportedly been suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Composer Andrew Gold dies at 59
Posted by LordKaien 244 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
Andrew Gold, a singer, musician and composer whose songs included the 1977 hit "Lonely Boy," has died. He was 59.
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Canadian cameraman dies 3 weeks after Pennsylvania helicopter crash
Posted by Starseeker 256 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
A Canadian cameraman has died three weeks after the helicopter he was riding in crashed while filming a reality television show near a western Pennsylvania university.
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Ex-Cowboys RB Springs dies of heart attack
Posted by carlo100123 268 days ago (http://sports.espn.go.com)
Former Cowboys RB Ron Springs, who had been in a coma, died of a heart attack at 54.
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Elizabeth Taylor dies at the age of 79
Posted by keithpaulo 319 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
Legend Elizabeth Taylor died Wednesday morning of congestive heart failure, leaving behind four children, 10 grandchildren and four great-grand children.
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Longtime Stratford veteran Peter Donaldson dies at age 58
Posted by MihaVitez 391 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
Married to Sheila McCarthy, he was known for his strength and versatility as a performer.
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Ex-DA Frank Briscoe, legal heavyweight for decades, dies at 84
Posted by PatrickGeee 395 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Former Harris County District Attorney Frank Briscoe, a popular prosecutor who twice sought to be Houston's mayor, died Tuesday at Oak Bend Medical Center in Richmond. He was 84.
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‘Empire Strikes Back’ director Irvin Kershner dies at 87
Posted by Vladimir67 432 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
Irvin Kershner — who directed the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back, the James Bond film Never Say Never Again and Robocop 2 — has died at age 87.
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‘Happy Days’ father dies at 83
Posted by zebbiehidie 474 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
Tom Bosley, the patient father on TV’s Happy Days, has died of heart failure. He had also been battling lung cancer.
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Briscoe, first governor with 4-year term, dies at 87
Posted by Cindrallig 581 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The rancher, banker and businessman whose promise to restore integrity to a scandal-plagued state government propelled him into the Governor's Mansion in 1973 died Sunday at the family home in Uvalde.
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Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia dies at 92
Posted by shadowmech 584 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a fellow West Virginian in the Senate, said it was his "greatest privilege" to serve with Byrd.
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Randall Cunningham's son, 2, dies in hot tub accident
Posted by videogames 584 days ago (http://sports.espn.go.com)
The 2-year-old son of former NFL star quarterback Randall Cunningham has died in what authorities on Wednesday called an apparent backyard hot tub accident.
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Robert Byrd — senator, fiddler and champion of W.Va. — dies at 92
Posted by Silverdawn 585 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Byrd had been hospitalized last week with what was thought to be heat exhaustion, but more serious issues were discovered, aides said Sunday. No formal cause of death was given.
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Former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe dies at 87
Posted by zebbiehidie 587 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Dolph Briscoe, a wealthy Uvalde rancher and banker who served six years as one of Texas' more reclusive governors, died on Sunday. He was 87.
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Merlin Olsen, Pro Football Hall of Fame lineman, dies at 69
Posted by kai123312 695 days ago (http://sports.espn.go.com)
Merlin Olsen, a Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive lineman who was part of the Los Angeles Rams' famed "Fearsome Foursome" of the 1960s, has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 69.
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RCR crew member Donald "DJ" Richardson dies of H1N1 complications
Posted by Jehezekel 771 days ago (http://sports.espn.go.com)
A crew member for Richard Childress Racing has died of complications from the H1N1 virus.
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Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry dies after fall from truck
Posted by Aproydtix 779 days ago (http://sports.espn.go.com)
Bengals receiver Chris Henry has died, one day after falling out of the back of a pickup truck in what authorities described as a domestic dispute with his fiancee.
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Texas politician Donald Yarborough dies at 83
Posted by robert4452 863 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Donald H. Yarborough, a three-time gubernatorial candidate in the 1960s, died Wednesday at his Houston home.
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Patrick Swayze dies at 57
Posted by scudmaster 873 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with Dirty Dancing and then broke them with Ghost , died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
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