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Lee revived the industry in the 1960s by offering the costumes and action craved by younger readers while insisting on sophisticated plots, college-level dialogue, satire, science fiction, even philosophy.
Allen and childhood friend Bill Gates founded Microsoft Corp. in 1975. Earlier this month, Allen said the cancer he was treated for in 2009, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, had returned.
With his trademark grin and signature mustache, Burt Reynolds was one of Hollywood's biggest box office stars in the late 1970s and early '80s. While the critics rarely took him seriously, the actor made his mark in popular favorites, as…
Reynolds starred in films including "Deliverance" and "Boogie Nights."…
Hailed as a towering figure of modern dance, Paul Taylor's choreography was often complex and always human. A virtuosic performer who sometimes pushed the boundaries of what was considered dance, his success grew from his unique eye for observation. Taylor…
A legend is gone. Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” died Thursday at age 76 in Detroit from pancreatic cancer. One of the best-selling musical artists of all times, she defined a generation of music with countless hits like “Think”…
Legendary singer Aretha Franklin died Thursday.
Donald Hall, a former U.S. poet laureate who was widely considered one of the greatest poets of his generation, died over the weekend at the age of 89. Jeffrey Brown remembers the renowned writer with a look back at a…
Hall, a candid, unaffected writer who examined love, loss and rural American life, died Saturday at the age of 89.
Although he was a gentleman in every sense of the word, cordial, congenial and unfailingly courteous to strangers, Charles did not suffer fools gladly. He would peel the skin off you if you said something deemed to be foolish or…
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