obituaries

Richard Belzer, stand-up comic and ‘Law & Order’ TV detective, dies at 78

By Jake Coyle, Associated Press

Richard Belzer, the longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV's most indelible detectives as John Munch in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and “Law & Order: SVU,” has died. He was 78.

Tim McCarver, All-Star catcher and broadcaster, dies at 81

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

The famed broadcaster and former St. Louis Cardinals star Tim McCarver has died. He was 81. During 60 years in major league baseball, McCarver played in two All-Star games and on two World Series championship teams.

Raquel Welch, Hollywood sex symbol of the ’60s and ’70s, dies at 82

By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

Raquel Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film "One Million Years B.C." would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and '70s, has died at 82.

Burt Bacharach, legendary composer of pop hits, dies at 94

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

Over the past 70 years, only Lennon-McCartney, Carole King and a handful of others rivaled his genius for instantly catchy songs that remained performed, played and hummed long after they were written.

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s ex-president who aided U.S. war in Afghanistan, dies at 79

By Jon Gambrell, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press

Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, has died, officials said Sunday.

David Durenberger, former Republican senator who embraced progressive politics, dies at 88

By Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Durenberger, an attorney and former captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, won a U.S. Senate seat in 1978. He served three terms and championed health care reform.

Lloyd Morrisett, co-creator of ‘Sesame Street,’ dies

By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

Morrisett and Joan Ganz Cooney worked with Harvard University developmental psychologist Gerald Lesser to build the show's unique approach to teaching that now reaches 120 million children.

Rock legend David Crosby dies at 81

By Associated Press

The brash rock musician evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young.

Film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at 95

By Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press

Lollobrigida also was an accomplished sculptor, painter and photographer, and eventually essentially dropped film for the other arts.

Lisa Marie Presley, singer and only child of Elvis, dies at 54

By Stefanie Dazio, Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press

Lisa Marie Presley is dead at 54. Her mother Priscilla Presley says in a statement Thursday that the only child of Elvis Presley died after being rushed to the hospital earlier that day.