Roger Berlind, Tony-winning Broadway producer, dies at 90
NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Berlind, a producer of more than 100 Broadway plays and musicals and the winner of 25 Tony Awards, has died. He was 90. He died Dec. 18 at his home in New York City. His family...
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Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer, dies at age 98
By John Leicester | Associated Press PARIS — French fashion designer Pierre Cardin possessed a wildly inventive artistic sensibility tempered by a stiff dose of business sense. He had no problem...
View ArticleLongtime Mercury News editorial page editor Rob Elder dies at 82
At the height of the civil rights movement in Nashville, Tenn., Rob Elder, 25, sat barefoot in his living room floor propped up against a small tube television as he set up a tape recorder. It was the...
View ArticleBob Seger saxophonist Alto Reed dies of cancer at age 72
Alto Reed, the mighty saxophonist who thrilled millions of listeners during his platinum-plus-selling career with Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, died today (Dec. 30) from cancer. “It is with a...
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Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ dies at 82 of...
By Will Dunham | Reuters Dawn Wells, who parlayed her girl-next-door charm and wholesome beauty into enduring TV fame as the sweet-natured desert island castaway Mary Ann on the classic 1960s sitcom...
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Joe Clark, principal who inspired film ‘Lean on Me,’ dies at 82
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film...
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Danville’s first ever police chief dies from COVID-19
Former Danville Police Chief Ken Sandy, who served in the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office for 27 years, died Christmas Eve from COVID-19 at the age of 83. Sandy was an active member of the Rotary Club of...
View ArticleRapper, music producer MF Doom dies at 49
By Jordan Moreau | Variety LOS ANGELES — Daniel Dumile, best know as the rapper and producer MF Doom, died Oct. 31, his wife announced on the artist’s Instagram page on Thursday afternoon. He was 49....
View ArticleWatch: St. Columba church honors 2020 Oakland homicide victims
CLICK HERE if you’re viewing on a mobile device. In an annual ceremony, priests at St. Columba Catholic Church were joined by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and others in reading aloud the names of 97...
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Paul Westphal, Hall of Famer and NBA champion, dies at 70
By Beth Harris | Associated Press Paul Westphal, a Hall of Fame player who won a championship with the Boston Celtics in 1974 and later coached in the league and in college, died Saturday. He was 70....
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Bond girl and ‘That ’70s Show’ actress Tanya Roberts dies in L.A. at age 65
Actor Tanya Roberts, known for playing Stacey Sutton in the 1985 James Bond film “A View to a Kill” and Midge Pinciotti on “That ’70s Show” between 1998 and 2004, has died. She was 65. Roberts was out...
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Gerry Marsden, lead singer of Gerry and the Pacemakers, dies at 78
By Pan Pylas | Associated Press LONDON — Gerry Marsden, lead singer of the 1960s British group Gerry and the Pacemakers that had such hits as “Ferry Cross the Mersey” and the song that became the...
View ArticleGeorge Whitmore, legendary climber of Yosemite’s El Capitan, dies at 89
By Jocelyn Gecker | Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — George Whitmore, a member of the first team of climbers to scale El Capitan in Yosemite National Park and a conservationist who devoted his life to...
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Salinas Valley agriculture leader and political stalwart, Jeff Taylor, dies...
SALINAS – Salinas Valley agriculture leader and political candidate, Jeff Taylor, died last week at home with his family at his side. Jeff Taylor Mr. Taylor, 61, was born May 26, 1959, into an...
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Tanya Roberts, Bond Girl and ‘That ’70s Show’ star, dies at 65 after...
By Naman Ramachandran | Variety Actor Tanya Roberts, known for playing Stacey Sutton in the 1985 James Bond film “A View to a Kill” and Midge Pinciotti on “That ’70s Show” between 1998 and 2004, died...
View ArticleEric Jerome Dickey, bestselling novelist, dies at 59
NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Jerome Dickey, the bestselling novelist who blended crime, romance and eroticism in “Sister, Sister,” “Waking With Enemies” and dozens of other stories about contemporary Black...
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Neil Sheehan, reporter who broke story on Pentagon Papers, dies at 84
By Will Lester | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Neil Sheehan, a reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who broke the story of the Pentagon Papers for The New York Times and who chronicled the...
View ArticleWoman thought to be last Civil War widow dies at 101
By Jim Salter | Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. — Helen Viola Jackson’s 1936 marriage to James Bolin was unusual to say the least: He was 93 and in declining health, and she was a 17-year-old...
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Dodgers Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda dies at 93
Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson, left, hams it up with Manager Tommy Lasorda on the steps of City Hall in Los Angeles on Oct. 24, 1988, during a celebration of the team’s World Series victory. The...
View ArticleMichael Apted, who directed ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter,’ dies at 79
By Lindsey Bahr | Associated Press Michael Apted, the acclaimed British director of the “Up” documentaries series and films as diverse as the Loretta Lynn biopic “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and the James...
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