Oscar-winner William Hurt, star of ‘Broadcast News,’ ‘Body Heat,’ dies
By Jake Coyle | Associated Press NEW YORK — William Hurt, the Oscar-winning actor of “Broadcast News,” “Body Heat” and “The Big Chill,” has died. He was 71. Hurt’s son, Will, said in a statement that...
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William Hurt revealed terminal cancer diagnosis in Berkeley in 2018
Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt’s death Sunday came after a nearly decade-long struggle with cancer, which was originally diagnosed as “terminal” in 2012, he revealed in Berkeley nearly four...
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Rookie San Jose police officer, former San Jose State running back dies
A rookie San Jose police officer who joined the agency after a San Jose State football career that took him from junior-college walk-on to lead running back died suddenly over the weekend, according to...
View ArticleOscar and Emmy-winning Bay Area filmmaker John Korty dies
Oscar-winning filmmaker John Korty died at his home in Point Reyes Station. He was 85. Mr. Korty died March 9. He was known for his independent films, many made in Marin during the rise of the Bay Area...
View ArticleLong-sober William Hurt tried to avoid opioids until close to death
To cope with the pressures of his 1980s movie success, Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt drank heavily, which landed him in rehab a few times and moved one of his ex-girlfriends to call him a...
View ArticleRep. Don Young, longtime Alaska congressman, dies at 88
By Becky Bohrer | Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Rep. Don Young, who was the longest-serving Republican in the history of the U.S. House, has died. He was 88. His office announced Young’s...
View ArticleLate Alaska Rep. Young to lie in state at US Capitol
By Kevin Freking | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Rep. Don Young, the longest-serving Republican in House history, will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on March 29, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced...
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Madeleine Albright, America’s first female secretary of state, dies at 84
By Matthew Lee | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 84. President Bill Clinton chose...
View ArticleGIF inventor dies; his five-word acceptance speech rocked the internet
The man credited with creating the GIF has died at age 74. Stephen Wilhite, who died last week in Milford, Ohio, led the team at the online service provider CompuServe that introduced the Graphics...
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‘His impact was far and wide.’ Remembering star football player, police officer
SAN JOSE — San Jose Police officers and San Jose State’s football team came to his funeral Saturday in the uniforms and team sweaters that De’Jon Packer once wore as a teammate and a fellow officer....
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Taylor Hawkins was a rock star, but he got there by being a music fan
Music produces physical joy. It’s that slow smile that spreads across your face when you recognize a favorite song in an unexpected place. It’s that triumphant feeling that you can conquer anything...
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Bob Saget forgotten in Oscars tribute, but not Halyna Hutchins, Betty White,...
Bob Saget’s fans are angry that he was left out of the annual “in memoriam” tribute at the 2022 Oscars on Sunday, even though he himself was an Oscar winner for a 1977 student film. WHY DIDNT NOT...
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Taylor Hawkins was a rock star, but he got there by being a music fan
Music produces physical joy. It’s that slow smile that spreads across your face when you recognize a favorite song in an unexpected place. It’s that triumphant feeling that you can conquer anything...
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Former Pleasanton Mayor Jerry Thorne dies
Jerry Thorne, who served more than 15 years on the Pleasnton City Council, including eight years as mayor, has died, according to a city press release. The Pleasanton Weekly reported that he died...
View ArticleTom Parker, singer with British boy band The Wanted, dies at 33
By Scottie Andrew | CNN Tom Parker, a member of the British boy band The Wanted, has died less than two years after he announced his diagnosis of inoperable brain tumor. He was 33. Parker’s wife,...
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Drum circle on the beach honors Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters drummer and...
The sound of beating drums filled the salty evening air, the rhythmic crashing of waves adding to the beachside memorial under gloomy skies. Mourners gathered on Thursday, March 31, at Aliso Beach to...
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Longtime Bay Area meteorologist Joel Bartlett dies at 81
By Bay City News Service Joel Bartlett, the former longtime meteorologist for Bay Area television stations KPIX and KGO-TV for more than three decades, died late Thursday evening at his ranch in Sonoma...
View ArticleMichelle Materre, champion of black independent film, dies at 67
Michelle Materre, a distributor and educator who promoted Black women’s voices in film and released influential independent movies by Black creators, died March 11 in White Plains, New York. She was...
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These are the six victims of the Sacramento shooting
SACRAMENTO — Just as they would be on any other weekend night, they were in downtown Sacramento to have a good time. But the hail of gunfire that occurred around 2 a.m. Sunday — as many bars and clubs...
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Dolores Knowland, widow of former Oakland Tribune publisher, dies at 90
PIEDMONT — A starstruck father and a go-getter mother made for a happy, lively household in the Knowland family. Those memories are still vivid for Bill Knowland as he reflects on his mother, Dolores...
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