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Jacklyn Zeman, nurse Bobbie Spencer on ‘General Hospital,’ dies at 70
LOS ANGELES — Funeral arrangements were pending Thursday for actress Jacklyn Zeman, who portrayed nurse Barbara “Bobbie” Spencer for decades on ABC’s long-running soap opera “General Hospital.” Spencer...
View ArticleSan Jose Diocese details Bishop McGrath funeral plans
Funeral services and public viewings for San Jose Bishop Emeritus Patrick J. McGrath will be held over three days next week, the Diocese of San Jose announced Thursday. McGrath, a native of Ireland who...
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Mark Wetterau, CEO of California-based Golden State Foods, dies at 65
Mark S. Wetterau Sr., the 65-year-old chairman and chief executive officer at Irvine-based Golden State Foods, died at home Monday, May 8 due to ongoing health issues, the company said Thursday, May...
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Journalist Hodding Carter III dies; during Iran hostage crisis, he was State...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Hodding Carter III, a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who updated Americans on the Iran hostage crisis as U.S. State Department spokesman and won awards for his...
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Gloria Molina dies at 74; groundbreaking Latina lawmaker ‘shaped Los Angeles...
Pioneering Southern California leader Gloria Molina has died, according to her family members, who issued a statement Sunday evening, May 14. Molina, 74, passed away at her home in Mt. Washington,...
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Doyle Brunson, 2-time world champion known as the Godfather of Poker, dies at 89
Mark Anderson | New York Daily News LAS VEGAS — Doyle Brunson, one of the most influential poker players of all time and a two-time world champion, died Sunday, according to his agent. Brunson was 89....
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Former MLB umpire Don Denkinger dies; blown call in 1985 World Series...
By Ronald Blum | Associated Press NEW YORK — Don Denkinger, a major league umpire for three decades whose blown call in the 1985 World Series overshadowed a career of excellence, died Friday. He was...
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Trailblazer Gloria Molina was first Latina in California to win several...
As the first Latina elected to the California state Assembly, Los Angeles City Council and L.A. County Board of Supervisors, needless to say Gloria Molina inspired legions of women, particularly...
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Denny Crum dies at 86; legendary college basketball coach led Louisville to 2...
By Gary B. Graves | Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Denny Crum took everything he learned from legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, added his own touch and built his own sparkling legacy at Louisville....
View ArticleSam Zell, real estate mogul and onetime Tribune owner, is dead at 81
Bob Goldsborough | Chicago Tribune Sam Zell ran a Chicago-based real estate empire that he began building when he was still a college student, along the way gaining a reputation as a brash and scrappy...
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Marlene Hagge-Vossler dies; she was last surviving founder of LPGA
Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE — Marlene Hagge-Vossler, a Hall of Fame player and the last surviving founder of the LPGA Tour, died Tuesday morning, her family said. She was 89. Hagge-Vossler won 26...
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Jim Brown dies at 87; NFL legend was prominent civil rights activist in 1960s
By Tom Withers | Associated Press Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, the unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil...
View ArticleMartin Amis, acclaimed author of bleakly comic novels, dies at 73
Martin Amis, whose caustic, erudite and bleakly comic novels redefined British fiction in the 1980s and ’90s with their sharp appraisal of tabloid culture and consumer excess, and whose private life...
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San Jose community says goodbye to late Bishop Patrick J. McGrath
Scores of clergy joined family and community members at a funeral Mass on Friday for the Rev. Patrick J. McGrath, the bishop emeritus of the Diocese of San Jose who died May 7 at age 77. Bishop Oscar...
View ArticleActor Ray Stevenson dies at 58; co-starred in ‘Thor’ films
By Alli Rosenbloom | CNN Ray Stevenson, a British actor who appeared in “RRR,” the “Thor” films and the upcoming “Ahsoka” Star Wars series, died Sunday, his publicist Nicki Fioravante confirmed to CNN....
View ArticleSnapp Shots: ‘All hail El Jefe, the toughest leader of them all’
Nobody ever loved Cal more than Joe Kapp, who died at the age of 85 on May 8 from complications of Alzheimer’s (although I’ll always suspect that all the hits he took on the football field had...
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Music legend Tina Turner dies at 83; singer rocked charts for decades
By Hillel Italie | Associated Press NEW YORK — Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s...
View ArticleTina Turner admitted she put her life in danger by neglecting kidney disease,...
Two months before she died, Tina Turner announced that she had joined an international campaign to support kidney health, revealing that she had put her own life “in danger” by long ignoring her need...
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Photos: Memorial Day events honor fallen heroes
Throughout the Bay Area America’s fallen heroes were honored on Memorial Day. Originally know as Decoration Day the first national observance was held on May 30, 1868. Since 1970, the remembrance day...
View ArticleOBIT: Acclaimed composer Kaija Saariaho dies at 70
By Ronald Blum | Associated Press Kaija Saariaho, who wrote acclaimed works that made her the among the most prominent composers of the 21st century, died Friday. She was 70. Saariaho died at her...
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