Dec 15 Watch 5:21 Remembering Rob Reiner's life and iconic career By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Daria Nastasia, Jackson Hudgins Authorities in California arrested the younger son of Rob and Michele Reiner after the couple was found dead this weekend. The "When Harry Met Sally" director and his wife were found with stab wounds Sunday in their Los Angeles home. Continue watching
Dec 15 How Rob Reiner is being remembered By Associated Press Here’s a look at some notable reactions to Reiner’s death. Continue reading
Dec 15 Comedy giant Rob Reiner and wife Michele found dead By Jake Coyle, Associated Press Reiner became one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation with movies such as “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally …” and “This Is Spinal Tap.” He was 78. Continue reading
Dec 05 Frank Gehry, celebrated architect of wildly imaginative buildings, dies at 96 By John Rogers, Associated Press Among his many masterpieces are the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Berlin’s DZ Bank Building. Gehry was awarded every major prize architecture has to offer, including the field’s top honor, the… Continue reading
Nov 29 Acclaimed British playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88 By Jill Lawless, Associated Press British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love” has died. He was 88. Continue reading
Nov 24 Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at age 111 By Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Fletcher spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child. Continue reading
Nov 20 WATCH: Funeral for former Vice President Cheney held at Washington National Cathedral By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press Washington National Cathedral on Thursday hosted a bipartisan show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarizing vice president who in later years became an acidic scold of fellow Republican President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Nov 11 Sally Kirkland, Oscar-nominated screen and stage star, dies at age 84 By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Her biggest role was in 1987's “Anna” as a fading Czech movie star remaking her life in the United States. Continue reading
Nov 09 Paul Tagliabue, who led an era of riches and expansion as NFL commissioner, dies at 84 By Barry Wilner, Rob Maaddi, Associated Press Paul Tagliabue, who helped bring labor peace and riches to the NFL during his 17 years as commissioner but was criticized for not taking stronger action on concussions, died Sunday from heart failure. Continue reading
Nov 07 James D. Watson, scientist who co-discovered DNA's double-helix shape, dies at 97 By Malcolm Ritter, Associated Press The breakthrough — made when the brash, Chicago-born Watson was just 24 — turned him into a hallowed figure in the world of science for decades. But near the end of his life, he faced condemnation and professional censure for… Continue reading