Bobby Winkles, former A’s, Arizona State manager, dies at 90
TEMPE, Ariz. — Bobby Winkles, the baseball coach who built Arizona State into a national power from scratch and went on to manage and coach in the majors, has died. He was 90.Arizona State said Winkles...
View ArticlePeter Beard found dead in woods; famed photographer, Cheryl Tiegs’ ex
Wildlife photographer Peter Beard was found dead Sunday in the woods near his home in Montauk, New York. He had been missing since March 31. Beard, 82, suffered from dementia. His body was found in...
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Former Stanford president Donald Kennedy dies of COVID-19
REDWOOD CITY – Former Stanford University president Donald Kennedy died of COVID-19 at a residential care facility in Redwood City on Tuesday, the university announced. He was 88. Donald Kennedy...
View ArticleOn this date, April 22: Pat Tillman is killed in Afghanistan
CLICK HERE if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device This article originally was published on April 23, 2004 Pat Tillman, the overachieving NFL player who walked away from a...
View ArticleLeslie Lawton, Sunnyvale Historical Society leader, dies
The Sunnyvale Historical Society and Museum Association lost a prominent leader when Leslie Lawton died April 15. Early on, Lawton was one a strong advocate for preserving the apricot orchard at the...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren’s brother dies of coronavirus
Elizabeth Warren’s oldest brother has died of COVID-19, the senator announced. Don Reed Herring died Tuesday evening at age 86, Warren said on Thursday. “He was charming and funny, a natural leader,”...
View Article‘Bull Durham’ inspiration Steve Dalkowski dies at 80
By Ronald Blum | Associated Press Steve Dalkowski, a hard-throwing, wild left-hander whose minor league career inspired the creation of Nuke LaLoosh in the movie “Bull Durham,” has died. He was 80. He...
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One family, two deaths, one funeral: Coronavirus took their parents’ lives...
Click here if you are having trouble viewing the slideshow on a mobile device. SANTA NELLA — The Hartwig children grieved in disbelief at a veterans cemetery Friday, on a windswept hilltop so far from...
View ArticleReality TV star Ashley ‘Minnie’ Ross dies in Georgia wreck
ATLANTA (AP) — Ashley Ross of the reality TV show “Little Women: Atlanta” has died in a head-on crash on a Georgia road, police and her representative confirmed Tuesday. Ross, 34, who was known as “Ms....
View ArticleLongtime San Jose Sharks employee dies of bacterial infection
SAN JOSE — Richard Perez, a well-known and beloved member of the Sharks organization for over two decades, died Tuesday after he fell ill earlier this month with a bacterial infection. He was 64....
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Irrfan Khan dies at 53; Bollywood star in ‘Life of Pi,’‘Slumdog Millionaire’
(CNN) — Bollywood star Irrfan Khan, known internationally for his roles in “Life Of Pi” and “Slumdog Millionaire,” died Wednesday, his representatives confirmed. He was 53. “It’s saddening that this...
View ArticleBay Area basketball legend Mark McNamara dies at 60
Mark McNamara, a dominating Bay Area basketball presence at San Jose’s Del Mar High, Santa Clara University and Cal who won an NBA title as a rookie with Dr. J and Moses Malone, has died. The Cal...
View ArticleOakland A’s All-Star pitcher, executive dies at age 64
Former Oakland A’s pitcher Matt Keough died Friday, the team announced. He was 64 years old. The cause of death has not been disclosed. Keough’s son, Shane Keough, posted a tribute to the 1978 All-Star...
View ArticleDon Shula, NFL’s winningest head coach, dies at 90
VIDEO: Winningest NFL head coach Don Shula dies By Steven Wine | Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Measuring Don Shula by wins and losses, no NFL coach had a better year. Or career. He looked the part,...
View ArticleKraftwerk cofounder Florian Schneider dies at 73
By Jem Aswad | Variety.com LOS ANGELES – Florian Schneider — cofounder of German electronic-music pioneers Kraftwerk, one of the most influential music groups of the past 50 years — has died, a rep for...
View ArticleFamed Beat Generation poet Michael McClure dead at 87
SAN FRANCISCO — Michael McClure, one of the famed Beat poets of San Francisco whose career as a poet eclipsed many others in popular culture, has died. He was 87. The San Francisco Chronicle reported...
View ArticleLittle Richard, flamboyant rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 87
By KRISTIN M. HALL NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Little Richard, one of the chief architects of rock ‘n’ roll whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music...
View ArticleActor Jerry Stiller, comedy icon, dead of natural causes at 92
Associated Press NEW YORK — Jerry Stiller, who for decades teamed with wife Anne Meara in a beloved comedy duo and then reached new heights in his senior years as the high-strung Frank Costanza on the...
View ArticleCalifornia’s viral video sensation ‘double rainbow guy’ dies at 57
MARIPOSA — Paul L. Vasquez, the burly mountain man whose awestruck reaction upon seeing a double rainbow propelled him to internet stardom and turned him into a folk hero, has died in Central...
View ArticleRegular mourners absent as Oakland police honor fallen officers
CLICK HERE if you can’t view the gallery in a mobile device. OAKLAND — For the first time in 24 years, relatives and close friends who would attend the annual memorial ceremony honoring Oakland police...
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