Dwayne Haskins, NFL QB who died in South Florida, described as ‘selfless’ by...
While questions remain surrounding the death of NFL star Dwayne Haskins, who was struck and killed by a dump truck Saturday on I-595 near Fort Lauderdale airport, one thing is clear: a young life cut...
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Comedian Gilbert Gottfried dies at age 67
By Andrew Dalton | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, has died. He was 67. Gottfried died from a...
View ArticleBay Area jazz great Charnett Moffett dies of heart attack at 54.
Charnett Moffett, the Bay Area jazz star who worked with Art Blakey, Ornette Coleman, Pharoah Sanders, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock and many other legendary artists during his nearly 40-year career,...
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Phil Trounstine, former Mercury News political editor and Calbuzz.com...
When political strategist Garry South was preparing to help Gray Davis run for governor in 1998, his friend Phil Trounstine apparently was watching his every move. South — chief of staff for then...
View ArticleTim Feerick dies at 34; bassist for Dance Gavin Dance
Tim Feerick, the bassist for the Sacramento-based band Dance Gavin Dance, died Wednesday at age 34, his bandmates reported. A cause of death was not given, nor a place of death. Feerick had homes in...
View ArticleArt Rupe, pioneering rock ‘n’ roll mogul who helped launch Little Richard,...
By Randall Roberts | Los Angeles Times Record man Art Rupe, who started a small Los Angeles-based independent label called Specialty Records in 1946 and went on to help launch the careers of artists...
View ArticlePioneering hip hop artist DJ Kay Slay dies of COVID
By Scottie Andrew | CNN DJ Kay Slay, an influential member of the New York hip-hop scene whose raucous mixtapes became legendary, has died from COVID-19 complications. His family confirmed his death...
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Robert Morse dies; Broadway star also known for ‘Mad Men’ role
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Robert Morse, who won a Tony Award as a hilariously brash corporate climber in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” and a second one a generation later as the...
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Daryle Lamonica, QB who led Raiders to first Super Bowl appearance, dies at 80
By Josh Dubow | Associated Press Daryle Lamonica, the deep-throwing quarterback who won an AFL Player of the Year award and led the Raiders to their first Super Bowl appearance, has died. He was 80....
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NHL legend Guy Lafleur dies at 70
MONTREAL — Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur, who helped the Montreal Canadiens win five Stanley Cup titles in the 1970s, has died at age 70. The No. 1 pick in the 1971 NHL draft, Lafleur registered 518...
View ArticleNative American artist, chief, Oklahoma lawmaker Haney dies
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Enoch Kelly Haney, a Native American artist, Seminole Nation chief and Oklahoma state lawmaker, has died at age 81. Haney’s death was announced Saturday by Brian Palmer, assistant...
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World’s oldest person, a Japanese woman, dies at 119
By Emiko Jozuka and Lianne Kolirin | CNN Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest person, has died in Japan aged 119, according to a statement released by the country’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare....
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Musician Andrew Woolfolk dies at 71; was saxophonist for Earth, Wind & Fire
By Scottie Andrew | CNN “September,” Earth, Wind & Fire’s effervescent ode to the last night of summer, is an enduring jam for all seasons. Part of its alchemy lies in Andrew Woolfolk’s jubilant...
View ArticleKathy Boudin dies; Weather Underground radical, Chesa Boudin’s mother
Kathy Boudin, a former Weather Underground radical who served more than two decades behind bars for her role in a fatal 1981 armored truck robbery and spent the latter part of her life helping people...
View ArticleCardiologist who was co-creator of implanted defibrillator dies at 89
Associated Press BALTIMORE — Dr. Morton Mower, a former Maryland-based cardiologist who helped invent an automatic implantable defibrillator that has helped countless heart patients live longer and...
View ArticleDeath of ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’ star rocks hometown, child pageant world
The reported suicide of 16-year-old “Toddlers and Tiaras” star Kailia Posey might renew longstanding questions about the culture of child and teen beauty pageants, which are known to be fiercely...
View ArticleCharacter actor Mike Hagerty dies; played building super Mr. Treeger on...
By Megan Thomas | CNN Mike Hagerty, a character actor known for his roles in shows like “Friends” and films like “Overboard,” has passed away, Bridget Everett, his costar in HBO’s “Somebody Somewhere,”...
View ArticleMickey Gilley, who helped inspire ‘Urban Cowboy,’ dies at 86
NEW YORK (AP) — Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley died...
View ArticleRic Parnell, real drummer in a famous fake band, dies at 70
Ric Parnell, a real drummer best known for playing in a fake band, the one chronicled in Rob Reiner’s fabled 1984 mockumentary, “This Is Spinal Tap,” died May 1 in Missoula, Montana, where he had lived...
View ArticleRugby player Meafua dies after celebratory jump from bridge
MONTAUBAN, France (AP) — Samoan rugby player Kelly Meafua has died after jumping from a bridge in France, his club said. Montauban, a club in France’s second division, said in a statement that the...
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