January 30, 2018 Mark Salling dead; 'Glee' star was facing prison for child porn possession Mark Salling, the former "Glee" star whose career came crashing down after he was caught possessing child pornography, has died. He was 35.
January 12, 2018 John Tunney, ex-US senator from California, dies at 83 John V. Tunney, whose successful campaign for a California seat in the U.S. Senate became the basis for the 1972 Robert Redford film "The Candidate," has died. He was 83.
December 29, 2017 Sue Grafton dead: Authors react to loss of Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series author Authors react to the death of famous mystery author, Sue Grafton.
December 29, 2017 Sue Grafton, writer behind Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series, dead at 77, daughter says Mystery writer Sue Grafton has died in Santa Barbara, California. She was 77.
December 27, 2017 William Graham, son of Washington Post publisher, dies in apparent suicide William Graham, a lawyer, philanthropist, investor and son of a former Washington Post editor, committed suicide last Wednesday, according to his brother – reminiscent of the suicide of his father more than 50 years ago.
December 21, 2017 Clifford Irving, author of bogus Howard Hughes autobiography, dies at 87 Clifford Irving, a prankster who wrote a phony autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes in 1971, fooling a major publisher into releasing it, has died at age 87.
December 1, 2017 Jim Nabors dead; star best known as Gomer Pyle was 87 Jim Nabors, the star who played the clumsy deputy sheriff Gomer Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show” and eventually starred in his own spinoff, has died. He was 87.
November 22, 2017 George Avakian, jazz producer and scholar, dies at 98 George Avakian, a Russian-born jazz scholar and architect of the American music industry who produced essential recordings by Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and other stars has died at age 98.
October 19, 2017 Helen DeVos, Michigan philanthropist, dead at 90 Michigan philanthropist Helen J. DeVos, known for her support of children’s health, Christian education and the arts, died Wednesday.
October 9, 2017 NFL Hall of Famer Y.A. Tittle dead at 90 New York Giants and Louisiana State University star Y.A. Tittle, a two-time NFL MVP who was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Sunday night, the school said.