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Steve Martin, Jason Alexander Remember Glenne Headly

Star of 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' died Thursday at 62

(Newser) - Glenne Headly, an early member of the acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company who went on to star in films and on TV, died Thursday night, according to her agent. She was 62. No cause of death or location was immediately available, the AP reports. Headly was known from her performances in...

Ex-Dictator Manuel Noriega Dead at 83

He suffered complications after brain surgery

(Newser) - Manuel Noriega, the former dictator of Panama and US ally who went on to serve nearly two decades as a US prisoner, has died. The 83-year-old died around 11pm Monday at a hospital in Panama City after undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor in March, reports the BBC . He...

Legendary Sports Writer Frank Deford Dead at 78
Legendary
Sports Writer
Frank Deford
Dead at 78
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May 29, 2017 4:28 PM CDT

Legendary Sports Writer Frank Deford Dead at 78

He was a six-time Sports Writer of the Year

(Newser) - Frank Deford, the award-winning sports writer and commentator whose elegant reportage was a staple for years at Sports Illustrated and National Public Radio, has died, the AP reports. He was 78. He died Sunday in Key West, Florida, his family said Monday. Deford was a six-time Sports Writer of the...

Uber CEO's Mom Killed in Boating Accident

Bonnie Kalanick's boat hit a rock in California lake, sank

(Newser) - The mother of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick died in a boat accident in a California lake, reports the AP . Bonnie Kalanick, 71, died after the boat she and her husband, Donald, 78, were riding in hit a rock in Pine Flat Lake and sank, Fresno County authorities said. The Kalanicks,...

Jim Bunning, Tough Pitcher, Senator, Dies at 85
Jim Bunning,
Tough Pitcher,
Senator, Dies at 85
OBITUARY
May 28, 2017 1:03 AM CDT

Jim Bunning, Tough Pitcher, Senator, Dies at 85

Pitched first perfect game in National League history, headed to US Senate

(Newser) - Jim Bunning was an intimidating figure as a major-league pitcher and was just as hard-nosed and uncompromising as a US senator. "The main qualities it takes for professional athletes and politicians is to have a very thick hide, a thick skin, and to be able to meet and greet...

Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers Band Dies at 69
Gregg Allman
Has Died
May 27, 2017 3:10 PM CDT

Gregg Allman Has Died

Publicist confirmed death of Allman Brothers Band singer Saturday

(Newser) - A publicist for rock legend Gregg Allman says the organist and singer for The Allman Brothers Band has died. He was 69. Ken Weinstein confirmed Saturday that Allman died at his home in Savannah, Georgia. Allman had cancelled some 2016 tour dates for health reasons, the AP reports. In March...

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter Adviser, Dead at 89
Zbigniew Brzezinski,
Carter Adviser, Dead at 89
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May 27, 2017 6:05 AM CDT

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter Adviser, Dead at 89

He guided policy in tumultuous 1970s, guided by hatred of the Soviet Union

(Newser) - Zbigniew Brzezinski, who played a forceful role in shaping the nation's foreign policy during Jimmy Carter's administration, died Friday at age 89. The news came from a Brzezinski who might be more familiar to younger generations, daughter Mika of the Morning Joe program on MSNBC. He was, she...

Clerks Actress Dead at 44
Clerks' Caitlin Bree Dead at 44
May 24, 2017 7:05 PM CDT

Clerks' Caitlin Bree Dead at 44

Lisa Spoonauer died at her New Jersey home

(Newser) - Lisa Spoonauer, the actress who played Caitlin Bree in Clerks, died Sunday at age 44 at her home in Jackson, NJ, the AP reports. Her cause of death has not been released. On Instagram , Kevin Smith offered up a touching remembrance of meeting Spoonauer in an acting class in 1992...

James Bond Actor Roger Moore Dead at 89
James Bond Actor
Roger Moore Dead at 89
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May 23, 2017 8:35 AM CDT

James Bond Actor Roger Moore Dead at 89

His family said he had cancer

(Newser) - Actor Roger Moore, most famous for his starring role as James Bond in seven 007 flicks, has died at age 89. "With the heaviest of hearts, we must share the awful news that our father, Sir Roger Moore, passed away today," said his family in a statement . It...

Fox News Founder Roger Ailes Is Dead

He was 77

(Newser) - Big news in the media world Thursday: Fox News founder Roger Ailes has died at age 77, reports the BBC . His family confirmed it in a statement: “I am profoundly sad and heartbroken to report that my husband, Roger Ailes, passed away this morning," says his wife, Elizabeth....

Soundgarden Singer Chris Cornell Dead at 52
Soundgarden Singer
Chris Cornell Dead at 52
OBITUARY
May 18, 2017 3:52 AM CDT

Soundgarden Singer Chris Cornell Dead at 52

Rep says grunge legend died suddenly

(Newser) - Rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of the bands Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died at age 52, according to his representative. Cornell, who had been on tour, died Wednesday night in Detroit, Brian Bumbery said in a statement to the AP . Bumbery called the death...

Deadwood, Sin City Actor Dies
Deadwood, Sin City Actor Dies
OBITUARY
May 15, 2017 1:27 AM CDT

Deadwood, Sin City Actor Dies

Powers Boothe was 68

(Newser) - Powers Boothe, a Texan actor best known for playing villains including Deadwood saloon owner Cy Tolliver, has died at the age of 68. Boothe died in his sleep at his Los Angeles home of natural causes and a rep tells the Hollywood Reporter that he will be laid to rest...

Chemist Who Wanted to Change World Through LSD Dies at 75

Nicholas Sand estimates he made nearly 140M doses of LSD in his lifetime

(Newser) - "We thought LSD was going to change the world," the Telegraph quotes Nicholas Sand as saying. The man who estimates he manufactured enough acid for nearly 140 million doses during his lifetime—and who one law-enforcement officer once called "an icon in the world of illicit drugs"...

MTV Star Dies of Apparent Heart Attack

Christopher 'Big Black' Boykin of 'Rob & Big' was 45

(Newser) - Christopher "Big Black" Boykin, star of MTV reality show Rob & Big, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack at the age of 45, TMZ reports. “He was a long time and beloved member of the MTV family and will be greatly missed," Variety quotes MTV as...

Decorated Vietnam Airman, McCain's Cellmate Dies at 85

Col. Leo Thorsness was awarded the Medal of Honor for his deeds

(Newser) - Col. Leo Thorsness survived six years of captivity and torture at the "Hanoi Hilton," cellmates with John McCain. He died Thursday in Florida at the age of 85 from leukemia, the New York Times reports. With two Silver Stars, five Distinguished Flying Crosses, and the Medal of Honor,...

Best-Selling Author Dies in Leap Off NYC Building: Cops

Jean Stein was 83

(Newser) - Best-selling author and literary editor Jean Stein died Sunday, the Los Angeles Times reports. An NYPD official says the 83-year-old jumped from the 15th floor of a building in Manhattan. "She was pretty depressed," a longtime friend says. "We were all worried." Stein authored three oral...

Jonathan Demme Dead at 73
Jonathan Demme
Dead at 73
OBITUARY
Apr 26, 2017 10:55 AM CDT

Jonathan Demme Dead at 73

'Silence of the Lambs' director reportedly died of cancer, heart disease complications

(Newser) - Jonathan Demme, Oscar-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs, died Wednesday morning at age 73. Demme, who passed away in New York, died of esophageal cancer and complications from heart disease, sources tell IndieWire . NPR and the AP are confirming the news. The filmmaker, who also made Philadelphia, Rachel ...

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Author Dies

Robert Pirsig was 88

(Newser) - Robert M. Pirsig, whose philosophical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance became a million-selling classic and cultural touchstone after more than 100 publishers turned it down, died Monday at age 88. Publishing house William Morrow announced that he died at his home in South Berwick, Maine, the AP...

Man at Center of Quiz Show Scandal in '50s Dies at 95

Producer Albert Freedman helped Charles Van Doren win on NBC's 'Twenty-One'

(Newser) - It was a story made famous for younger generations via the 1994 Ralph Fiennes movie Quiz Show , and now one of the central characters in the 1950s scandal is gone. The New York Times reports that Albert Freedman, once a producer on NBC's popular Twenty-One program, died on April...

Man Denied Transplant Due to Pot Use Dies at 20

Utah hospital kicked him off transplant list

(Newser) - Riley Hancey, the Utah man who was turned away for a lung transplant by University of Utah Hospital after he was found to have traces of pot in his system, received new lungs in a different state months later, but it wasn't enough to give his story a happy...

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