in memoriam

Friends pay tribute to ‘king’ of golf, Arnold Palmer

By Larisa Epatko

Arnold Palmer, American golfing great credited with bringing the upper-class sport to the masses, died Sunday of complications from heart problems. Palmer was hospitalized in Pittsburgh several days earlier and had just turned 87.

Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly dies at 92

By Larisa Epatko

Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly died Monday at age 92 in her St. Louis, Missouri, home with her family by her side.

Gene Wilder, star of comedies ‘Blazing Saddles’ and ‘Young Frankenstein,’ dies

By Larisa Epatko

For anyone who’s heard the “Oompa Loompa” song or Frankenstein pronounced as “Fronkensteen,” Monday's news of actor Gene Wilder’s death cuts deeply. Wilder died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease at age 83.

John McLaughlin, pioneer of raucous political punditry on TV, dies at 89

By Frazier Moore, Associated Press

McLaughlin was a conservative political commentator and host of the namesake long-running television show that featured hollering-heads discussions of Washington politics.

Column: Nobel prize-winner Ahmed Zewail’s struggle to bring Egypt out of the ‘dark ages’

By Margaret Warner

The Arab world needs more heroes like Ahmed Zewail, the Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian chemist who died yesterday.

William Armstrong, ex-U.S. senator for Colorado, dies at 79

By Dan Elliott, Associated Press

DENVER — William L. Armstrong, a Colorado media executive who became a major conservative voice in the Senate, died Tuesday after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 79.

Abner Mikva, liberal voice from Illinois, dies at 90

By Michael Tarm, Associated Press

CHICAGO — Abner Mikva, an influential liberal from Illinois who served in all three branches of government as a congressman, federal judge and adviser to President Bill Clinton has died. He was 90.

Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 87

By Corinne Segal

Eli Wiesel's writing illuminated the horrors of the Holocaust and explored questions of Jewish identity in the years that followed.

Tennessee college basketball coaching legend Pat Summitt dies at 64

By Joshua Barajas

Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history, died Tuesday from complications from an early onset Alzheimer's-type dementia. She was 64.