obituaries

Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, grandson of Robert De Niro, dies at 19

By Associated Press

Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, a grandson of Robert De Niro, has died at 19. His mother, Drena De Niro, announced the news Monday in an Instagram post.

Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95

By Associated Press

Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died.

Julian Sands, British actor who loved hiking, confirmed dead months after disappearance

By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Julian Sands, who starred in several Oscar-nominated films in the late 1980s and 90s including “A Room With a View” and “Leaving Las Vegas,” was found dead on a Southern California mountain five months after…

Donald Triplett, the 1st person diagnosed with autism, dies at 89

By Associated Press

He was the subject of a book titled "In a Different Key," a PBS documentary film, BBC news magazine installment and countless medical journal articles.

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

Daniel Ellsberg, the government analyst and whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, has died at 92. Ellsberg had announced in February that he was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer.

Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

Gottlieb died Wednesday and had one of the most remarkable runs of any editor after World War II, helping shape the modern publishing canon.

Acclaimed novelist Cormac McCarthy dies at 89

By Associated Press

McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense and brittle took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as “The Road,” “Blood Meridian” and “All the Pretty Horses,” died Tuesday.

Silvio Berlusconi, tarnished leader who transformed Italian politics, dies at 86

By Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press

Berlusconi cast a spell over Italy — and nearly led it to financial ruin.

Ted Kaczynski, known as the ‘Unabomber,’ dies in federal prison at 81

By Michael Balsamo, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

Theodore “Ted" Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” has died in federal prison, a spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Astrud Gilberto, singer of ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ dies at 83

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on "The Girl from Ipanema" made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age 83.