Mar 19 Famed Tiffany jewelry designer Elsa Peretti dead at age 80 By Leanne Italie, Associated Press Peretti's sculptural cuff bracelets, bean designs and open-heart pendants are among her most recognizable work. She often worked in sterling silver, a metal she favored and helped popularize as a luxury choice. Continue reading
Mar 16 Yaphet Kotto of ‘Live and Let Die,’ ‘Alien,’ dies at 81 By Jake Coyle, Associated Press Kotto was best known for his infuriated FBI agent in "Midnight Run," the James Bond villain Mr. Big in "Live and Let Die" and the technician Dennis Parker in 1979's "Alien."… Continue reading
Mar 05 Watch 3:40 Honoring 5 remarkable people who lost their lives to the coronavirus Even as hope for an end to the pandemic grows, more than 520,000 people in the U.S. have died from COVID-19. We take a moment to remember five remarkable individuals lost to this disease. Continue watching
Feb 23 Beat poet, publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101 By Janie Har, Hillel Italie, Associated Press Ferlinghetti helped launch and perpetuate the Beat movement. He was known for his City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, an essential meeting place for the Beats and other bohemians in the 1950s and beyond. Continue reading
Feb 11 Chick Corea, jazz great with 23 Grammy Awards, dies at 79 By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Corea is the artist with the most jazz Grammys in the show's 63-year history, and he has a chance to posthumously win at the March 14 show. Continue reading
Feb 10 Hustler publisher Larry Flynt dies at 78 By John Rogers, Associated Press As the founder of one of the most explicit adult-oriented magazines, Larry Flynt constantly challenged the establishment and became a target for the religious right and feminist groups. Continue reading
Feb 09 Marty Schottenheimer, legendary NFL coach with 200 wins, dies at 77 By Bernie Wilson, Associated Press Schottenheimer was the eighth-winningest coach in NFL history. He went 200-126-1 in 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington and San Diego Chargers. Continue reading
Feb 09 Mary Wilson, longest-reigning original Supreme, dies at 76 By Associated Press Mary Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old. Continue reading
Feb 03 Rennie Davis, ‘Chicago Seven’ activist, is dead at 80 By James Anderson, Associated Press Rennie Davis, one of the "Chicago Seven" activists who was tried for organizing an anti-Vietnam War protest outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago that turned violent, has died. Continue reading
Feb 02 Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Mark Twain, dies at 95 By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Award-winning character actor Hal Holbrook who toured the world as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice "Follow the money" in the political thriller "All the President's Men," has died. Continue reading