Authorities identified six Half Moon Bay shooting victims, family members...
The San Mateo County Office of the Coroner confirmed Wednesday the identities of six of the seven victims from Monday’s mass shootings at two Half Moon Bay farms. The people killed after a gunman...
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‘Sesame Street’ co-creator Lloyd Morrisett dies at 93
By Mark Kennedy | Associated Press NEW YORK — Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of the beloved children’s education TV series “Sesame Street,” which uses empathy and fuzzy monsters like Abby Cadabby,...
View ArticleFormer NFL linebacker Jessie Lemonier dead at 25
Jessie Lemonier, a former NFL linebacker who played for the Los Angeles Chargers and Detroit Lions, has died at age 25, the teams announced. Neither organization released a cause of death for Lemonier,...
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California attorney who died in Mexico remembered in night aglow with love
Mexico was Elliot Blair’s happy place. It’s where he proposed to wife Kimberly Williams. It’s where he held his bachelor party. And it’s where he died suddenly and mysteriously Jan. 14 while...
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College basketball broadcaster Billy Packer dies; he covered every Final Four...
By Steve Reed | Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Billy Packer, an Emmy award-winning college basketball broadcaster who covered 34 Final Fours for NBC and CBS, died Thursday. He was 82. Packer’s son,...
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British actress Sylvia Syms dies at 89; co-starred in ‘Ice Cold in Alex’ and...
Associated Press LONDON — Actress Sylvia Syms, who starred in classic British films including “Ice Cold in Alex” and “Victim,” has died, her family said Friday. She was 89. Syms’ children said she...
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Music legend, who delivered one of rock’s greatest albums, dies at 73
Tom Verlaine, the acclaimed vocalist-guitarist whose experimental art-rock band Television helped define the New York City punk scene in the 1970s, reportedly died on Saturday (Jan. 28). The New...
View Article’24,’ ‘Runaways’ actor Annie Wersching has died at 45
By Lindsey Bahr | Associated Press Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series “24″ and providing the voice for Tess in the video game “The Last of Us,” has died....
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Lisa Loring dies; played Wednesday on TV’s ‘Addams Family’
(CNN) — Lisa Loring, best known for her role as Wednesday Addams in the original “The Addams Family” sitcom, has died at the age of 64. Loring “passed away on Saturday surrounded by her family,”...
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Hockey legend Bobby Hull dies at 84; won Stanley Cup with Blackhawks in 1961
By Jay Cohen | Associated Press CHICAGO — When Bobby Hull got the puck, he was tough to stop. He had blazing speed, a hard slap shot and tons of confidence. Long before today’s biggest stars took the...
View ArticleMotown musician Barrett Strong dies; he was a co-writer on many of the...
By Hillel Italie | Associated Press NEW YORK — Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I...
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Actress Cindy Williams dies; starred as Shirley in TV’s ‘Laverne & Shirley’
Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Cindy Williams, who played Shirley opposite Penny Marshall’s Laverne on the popular sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” has died, her family said Monday. Williams died in Los...
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‘Father of Peeps’ has died: Engineer turned his skills to candy-making
Ira “Bob” Born, known as the “Father of Peeps,” died on Sunday. He was 98. Just Born Quality Confections, the Pennsylvania-based company that makes the chick-shaped marshmallows, confirmed Born’s death...
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Family, friends remember Alexis Gabe, who had an ‘infectious smile,’ loved to...
A little more than a year to the day that she went missing, Alexis Gabe’s family and friends gathered to remember the vivacious young woman with an infectious laugh who never failed to bring a smile to...
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Santa Cruz football legend John Kirby, 81, dies
Jarrin’ John Kirby, an iconic Santa Cruz High football player in the late 1950s, died in his sleep Saturday at his home in Discovery Bay. He was 81. Kirby battled multiple ailments in recent years,...
View ArticleFormer Cal men’s hoops coach Campanelli dies at 84
Lou Campanelli, the Cal men’s basketball coach who revived the Bears’ program in the 1980s, died this week at the age of 84. His cause of death was unknown, but he was in poor health after a stroke in...
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Fashion legend Paco Rabanne dies at 88
By Elaine Ganley | Associated Press PARIS — Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer known for perfumes sold worldwide and for metallic, space-age fashions, has died, the group that owns his fashion...
View ArticlePervez Musharraf, former military ruler of Pakistan, dies at 79
Pervez Musharraf, the onetime military ruler of a nuclear-armed Pakistan who promised critical support for Washington’s campaign against al-Qaida after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but faced growing...
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Melinda Dillon dies; ‘Close Encounters’ actor was nominated for two Oscars
Melinda Dillon, a two-time acting Oscar nominee best known for the movies “A Christmas Story” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” has died, according to a cremation service in Long Beach,...
View ArticleActor Charles Kimbrough dies at 86; ‘Murphy Brown’ co-star was Tony, Emmy...
Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Charles Kimbrough, a Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor who played a straight-laced news anchor opposite Candice Bergen on “Murphy Brown,” died Jan. 11 in Culver City. He was...
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