obituaries

Joe Coulombe, founder of popular Trader Joe’s markets, dies

By John Rogers, Associated Press

Joe Coulombe envisioned a new generation of young grocery shoppers emerging in the 1960s, one that wanted healthy, tasty, high-quality food they couldn’t find in most supermarkets and couldn’t afford to buy in the few high-end gourmet outlets.

Pioneering theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson dies at 96

By Justin Stabley

In popular culture, Dyson is most famous for his thought experiments on space travel and future civilizations.

Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

Jones, a founding member of the anarchic Monty Python troupe who was hailed by colleagues as “the complete Renaissance comedian" and “a man of endless enthusiasms,” has died at age 77 after suffering from dementia.

Buck Henry, writer-actor who helped pen ‘The Graduate,’ dies at 89

By Associated Press

Henry was an established film and television writer who became widely recognizable during the early years of “Saturday Night Live.”…

‘Prozac Nation’ author Elizabeth Wurtzel dies at age 52

By Associated Press

Wurtzel, whose blunt and painful confessions of her struggles with addiction and depression in the best-selling “Prozac Nation” made her a voice and a target for an anxious generation, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.

The influential people we said goodbye to in 2019

By Bernard McGhee, Associated Press

This year saw the deaths of people who shifted culture through prose, politics, pragmatism and persistence. It also witnessed tragedy, in talent struck down in its prime.

Longtime political journalist Cokie Roberts dies at age 75

By David Bauder, Associated Press

Roberts served a reporter and analyst at ABC and NPR, as well as a contributor to PBS' The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour.

Groundbreaking photographer Robert Frank dies at age 94

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

The Swiss-born Frank influenced countless photographers and was likened to Alexis de Tocqueville for so vividly capturing the United States through the eyes of a foreigner.

Robert Mugabe, longtime Zimbabwe leader, dies at 95

By Farai Mutsaka, Christopher Torchia, Associated Press

The former leader of Zimbabwe forced to resign in 2017 after a 37-year rule whose early promise was eroded by economic turmoil.

Peter Fonda dead at 79

By Lindsey Bahr, Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

The son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic "Easy Rider" died Friday morning at his home in Los Angeles.