‘Shaft,’ ‘Roots’ star Richard Roundtree dies at 81
Richard Roundtree, the stage and screen actor best known for his performance as a tough-talking private eye in 1971’s “Shaft,” has died, according to multiple reports. He was 81. The news was confirmed...
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DJ Dusty Street, radio pioneer with Bay Area history, dies at 77
Dusty Street, who broke ground as a woman DJ in rock and roll radio and helped shape the sound of KROQ-FM/106.7 in the ’80s, died Sunday, Oct. 22 at her home in Eugene, Oregon. She was 77. Her death...
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Longtime Contra Costa College football coach Maiorana dies at 92
Contra Costa College football coaching legend Vince Maiorana died last Thursday afternoon at the age of 92, his son Mark told this news organization. Maiorana led the football program from 1957 to...
View ArticleChina’s former Premier Li Keqiang has died at 68
BEIJING (AP) — Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 68. Li was China’s No. 2 leader from 2013-23 and an advocate for private...
View ArticleActor Richard Moll dies at 80; played bailiff Bull on original version of...
By Mark Kennedy | Associated Press NEW YORK — Richard Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original “Night Court” sitcom, has died. He was 80....
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‘Friends’ actor Matthew Perry dies at home of apparent drowning, reports say
Matthew Perry, who starred as sarcastic-but-sweet Chandler Bing in the hit series “Friends,” has died. He was 54. “Friends” cast member Courteney Cox, left, gives Matthew Perry a kiss backstage as Lisa...
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LA County medical examiner indicates additional investigation required in...
By Josh Campbell, Cheri Mossburg and Alli Rosenbloom | CNN The cause of actor Matthew Perry’s death at his residence Saturday will require additional investigative steps by the Los Angeles County...
View ArticleAmerican hockey player Adam Johnson dies after getting cut in the neck by a...
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — American hockey player Adam Johnson, who appeared in 13 NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2019 and 2020, has died after his neck was cut by a skate blade during a...
View ArticleFormer Santa Clara Mayor Patricia Mahan dies at age 71
Former Santa Clara Mayor and Councilmember Patricia Mahan, who resigned her seat in 2020 due to medical issues, passed away on Saturday at the age of 71, her sister told this news organization. Mahan...
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MLB star Frank Howard dies at 87; slugger hit 382 home runs in storied career
By Stephen Whyno | Associated Press Frank Howard, a four-time All-Star who slugged 382 home runs during a lengthy major league career that included a World Series title with the Los Angeles Dodgers in...
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‘General Hospital’ star Tyler Christopher dies at 50; played Nikolas...
By Alli Rosenbloom | CNN Tyler Christopher, an actor known for his roles on “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives,” has died. He was 50. Christopher’s representative Chi Muoi Lo told CNN in a...
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Bob Knight dies at 83; coaching legend led Indiana to 3 NCAA men’s basketball...
By Michael Marot | Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Bob Knight, the brilliant and combustible coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana and for years was the scowling face of college basketball,...
View ArticleSteve Kerr remembers Bob Knight with fitting anecdote: ‘He was terrifying....
SAN FRANCISCO — A pair of coaching legends, that’s about where the similarities stop between Steve Kerr and Bob Knight, who died Wednesday at the age of 83. Kerr, 58, didn’t cross paths much with...
View Article‘Death of a Salesman’ revival in San Francisco canceled after cast member...
A San Francisco revival of the classic drama “Death of a Salesman” has been canceled after a cast member, Richard D. May, 64, was struck and killed by a car while walking to a rehearsal for the show,...
View ArticleDavid Mitchell dies; his little Point Reyes newspaper exposed Synanon cult
David Mitchell, a muckraker whose tiny California newspaper challenged the violent drug rehabilitation cult Synanon and, as a result, became one of only a handful of weeklies to win a Pulitzer Prize,...
View ArticleAstronaut Ken Mattingly dies; helped save the crew of Apollo 13
By Paradise Afshar | CNN Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age...
View Article‘Black Panther’ stuntman, three of his children killed in car crash in Atlanta
By Lisa Respers France | CNN Atlanta, GA (CNN) — Taraja Ramsess, a stuntman, actor and martial artist known for his work on the “Black Panther” and “Avengers” movies, is being mourned after he and...
View ArticleEvan Ellingson dies at 35; child actor had roles in ‘CSI: Miami,’ ’24’
By Alli Rosenbloom | CNN Evan Ellingson, a former child actor known for roles in “My Sister’s Keeper” and “CSI Miami,” has died. He was 35. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department...
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Jennifer Aniston ‘dreaded’ Matthew Perry’s death for years, ‘kept to herself’...
Jennifer Aniston was reportedly one of the first people to arrive outside the venue for Matthew Perry’s funeral last week, but she mostly “kept to herself” once she and the other mourners went inside....
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Astronaut Frank Borman dies at 95; Apollo 8 commander helped pave way for...
Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8’s historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year,...
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