Obituary February 7, 2021 Leon Spinks, boxing legend, dead at 67 Leon Spinks, a former Marine who became a gold-medal Olympic boxer and once defeated Muhammad Ali in a title fight, has died. He was 67.
OPINION January 15, 2021 Vice President Pence: The late test pilot Chuck Yeager, first to break sound barrier, makes his last flight Last Dec. 7, the greatest aviator in American history ascended into the heavens. On Friday, joined by my family on Air Force Two, it will be my honor to accompany the widow and earthly remains of retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, America’s pilot, on his last flight.
Obituary January 10, 2021 Nancy Bush Ellis, sister of former President George HW Bush, dead due to COVID-19 Nancy Bush Ellis, sister of President George H.W. Bush and aunt of President George W. Bush, died Sunday at her home in Concord, Mass., due to complications related to COVID-19. She was 94.
FOOD January 4, 2021 Food Network star Kerry Vincent dead at 75 News of Vincent's passing, due to an illness not made public, was announced by the nonprofit organization she co-founded, Oklahoma Sugar Art Show, via their Facebook page on Saturday.
Pennsylvania January 1, 2021 Dick Thornburgh, ex-Pa. governor and US attorney general, dead at 88 Dick Thornburgh, who as Pennsylvania governor won plaudits for his cool handling of the 1979 Three Mile Island crisis and as U.S. attorney general restored credibility to a Justice Department hurt by the Iran-Contra scandal, has died. He was 88.
OPINION December 30, 2020 Paul Batura: ‘Gilligan’s Island’ star Dawn Wells dies — unlike on TV, she was rescued in real life Dawn Wells, the actress who went on a fictional “three-hour tour” in 1964 and found lifelong fame as the bubbly girl-next-door Mary Ann Summers on the TV sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” died Wednesday of complications from COVID-19
Rock December 17, 2020 Sam Jayne, frontman of Brooklyn band Love as Laughter, dead at 46 Sam Jayne, the musician who was the frontman for the Brooklyn band Love as Laughter, has died.
OPINION December 12, 2020 Paul Batura: Charley Pride dies — country music star bounced back after baseball stardom eluded him Baseball’s loss was the music world’s gain when Charley Pride failed to make it from Negro League Baseball to Major League Baseball and took up music instead. On Saturday the world suffered the loss of the first Black superstar of country music when Pride died at 86.
Celebrity Chefs December 7, 2020 French chef Jacques Pépin mourns wife Gloria following her death: 'We are overcome with grief' Gloria, born in New York City on June 19, 1937, of Puerto Rican and Cuban heritage, met her beloved husband of 54 years while skiing in Hunter Mountain N.Y.
Hunting December 2, 2020 Hunter in Minnesota fatally shoots another hunter after mistaking him for deer A Minnesota man who was out hunting at the end of last month was shot and killed after another hunter mistook him for a deer.
MEDICAL RESEARCH November 22, 2020 Pat Quinn, co-creator of ‘Ice Bucket Challenge,’ dies at 37 from ALS Pat Quinn, a co-founder of the social media “Ice Bucket Challenge,” died Sunday at the age of 37, the ALS association has confirmed.