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Santa Cruz County resident Dave Draper, an iconic, former world-class...
Aptos resident Dave Draper, an iconic, world-class bodybuilder who owned World Gym in Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley, died on Tuesday morning at the age of 79. Draper, who stood 6 feet, 235 pounds, was...
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Arlene Dahl, ‘force of nature’ actress who charmed moviegoers in the 1950s, dies
By Andrew Dalton | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Arlene Dahl, the actor whose charm and striking red hair shone in such Technicolor movies of the 1950s as “Journey to the Center of the Earth” and...
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Christian television network founder and preacher Marcus Lamb, who...
By Carma Hassan, Michelle Watson | CNN Business Prominent Christian televangelist and anti-vaccine advocate Marcus Lamb died after being hospitalized with Covid-19, his family announced Tuesday. Lamb...
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Actor Eddie Mekka dies; played Carmine on ‘Laverne & Shirley’
By Chloe Melas | CNN Eddie Mekka, who found fame playing Carmine “The Big Ragoo” Ragusa, on the hit series “Laverne & Shirley,” died Saturday at his home in Newhall, California, according to his...
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Memorial service set for former Bay Area police officer Kevin Nishita, killed...
SAN JOSE — A public memorial service has been scheduled for Kevin Nishita, a security guard and former Bay Area police officer who was killed during an attempted robbery of a television news crew,...
View ArticleSenate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98
By JOHN HANNA and CALVIN WOODWARD | The Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential...
View ArticleBob Dole will lie in state at the Capitol on Thursday
By Ted Barrett and Veronica Stracqualursi | CNN Former Senate majority leader and 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole will lie in state in the US Capitol Rotunda on Thursday, congressional...
View ArticleAppreciation: Choreographer Ronn Guidi somehow turned Oakland into a ballet town
Much like Oakland itself, where he lived his entire life save for two years of military service, choreographer Ronn Guidi was scrappy, ambitious, creatively restless and unconventional, traits that...
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Lina Wertmuller, first woman nominated for best director Oscar, dies at 93
By Crispian Balmer | Reuters ROME — Italian writer-director Lina Wertmuller, the first woman ever to be nominated for best director at the U.S. Academy Awards, has died at the age of 93, the culture...
View ArticleBiden honors ‘giant of our history’ as Dole lies in state
By Lisa Mascaro | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Bob Dole lay in state Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, as the president and others gathered to pay tribute to a “giant of our history” who served the...
View ArticleRobbie Shakespeare, legendary reggae musician, dies at 68
By Lianne Kolirin | CNN Robbie Shakespeare, the legendary bass player and one half of the band Sly and Robbie, has died at the age of 68. Shakespeare’s friend, manager and producer Guillaume Bougard...
View ArticleSuper Bowl champ Demaryius Thomas dies at 33
ATLANTA (AP) — Demaryius Thomas, who earned five straight Pro Bowl honors and a Super Bowl ring during a prolific receiving career spent mostly with the Denver Broncos, has died at the age of 33....
View ArticleAl Unser dies; four-time Indy 500 winner from famed racing family
Al Unser, one of only four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 a record four times, died Thursday following a long illness. He was 82. Indianapolis Motor Speedway said early Friday that Unser died at...
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Michael Nesmith, Monkees singer and guitarist, dies at 78
By John Rogers and Brian Melley | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Michael Nesmith, the singer-songwriter, author, actor-director and entrepreneur who will likely be best remembered as the wool-hatted,...
View ArticleAnne Rice, author of gothic novels, dead at 80
By Jake Coyle | Associated Press NEW YORK — Anne Rice, the novelist whose lush, best-selling gothic tales, including “Interview With the Vampire,” reinvented the blood-drinking immortals as tragic...
View ArticleVicente Fernández, revered Mexican singer, dies at 81
By Berenice Bautista | Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Vicente Fernández, an iconic and beloved singer of regional Mexican music who was awarded three Grammys and nine Latin Grammys and inspired a new...
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‘A huge heart’: Public memorial remembers Kevin Nishita, former Bay Area...
Mourners gathered Thursday at the San Jose Civic Auditorium to pay their respects to Kevin Nishita, a former police officer and security guard who was killed during an attempted robbery of a television...
View ArticleAndrew Romanoff, Bay Area’s Russian prince, dies at 98
Andrew Romanoff, a Russian prince who gave up his royal title and made a new life for himself in the United States as a carpenter, entrepreneur and folk artist, died Nov. 28 at an assisted living...
View Articlebell hooks, famed poet and feminist writer, dies
By Leah Asmelash | CNN bell hooks — the beloved poet, author, feminist and professor — has died, announced Berea College, the university at which she taught, on Wednesday. She was 69. “Berea College is...
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bell hooks, famed feminist writer, dies at age 69
By Leah Asmelash | CNN bell hooks — the beloved poet, author, feminist and professor — has died, announced Berea College, the university at which she taught, on Wednesday. She was 69. “Berea College is...
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