Sep 02 Uzbek president is dead at age 78, government says By Dan Sagalyn, Margaret Warner The government of Uzbekistan announced Friday that its president has died at age 78. Continue reading
Aug 29 Gene Wilder, star of comedies ‘Blazing Saddles’ and ‘Young Frankenstein,’ dies By Larisa Epatko For anyone who’s heard the “Oompa Loompa” song or Frankenstein pronounced as “Fronkensteen,” Monday's news of actor Gene Wilder’s death cuts deeply. Wilder died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease at age 83. Continue reading
Aug 16 John McLaughlin, pioneer of raucous political punditry on TV, dies at 89 By Frazier Moore, Associated Press McLaughlin was a conservative political commentator and host of the namesake long-running television show that featured hollering-heads discussions of Washington politics. Continue reading
Jul 20 Hawaii congressman Mark Takai dies at age 49 By Associated Press Rep. Mark Takai, a first-term Democrat from Hawaii, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer. Continue reading
Jul 06 William Armstrong, ex-U.S. senator for Colorado, dies at 79 By Dan Elliott, Associated Press DENVER — William L. Armstrong, a Colorado media executive who became a major conservative voice in the Senate, died Tuesday after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 79. Continue reading
Jul 05 Abner Mikva, liberal voice from Illinois, dies at 90 By Michael Tarm, Associated Press CHICAGO — Abner Mikva, an influential liberal from Illinois who served in all three branches of government as a congressman, federal judge and adviser to President Bill Clinton has died. He was 90. Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch 2:51 Remembering Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt, ‘unparalleled’ women’s sports pioneer By PBS News Hour "Pat Summitt is an unparalleled figure in collegiate sports,” a speaker said as President Barack Obama awarded the legendary Tennessee Lady Vols coach a Medal of Freedom four years ago. Summitt died Tuesday at age 64 after years of battling… Continue watching
Jun 28 Tennessee college basketball coaching legend Pat Summitt dies at 64 By Joshua Barajas Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history, died Tuesday from complications from an early onset Alzheimer's-type dementia. She was 64. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 2:39 Remembering Ralph Stanley and his ‘God-given voice’ By PBS News Hour After a long battle with skin cancer, bluegrass pioneer Ralph Stanley died overnight at the age of 89. Since forming his first band in 1946, Stanley’s haunting voice came to epitomize the bluegrass genre’s “High Lonesome” sound, and he won… Continue watching
Jun 24 Ralph Stanley, man of constant sorrow and bluegrass legend, dies at 89 By Joshua Barajas Bluegrass hall of famer Ralph Stanley died Thursday night after a long bout with skin cancer, his grandson confirmed. He was 89. Continue reading