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Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor Dead at 99
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
Dead at 99
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Dec 18, 2016 6:09 PM CST

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor Dead at 99

One of the first modern celebrities

(Newser) - Zsa Zsa Gabor, the jet-setting Hungarian actress and socialite who helped invent a new kind of fame out of multiple marriages, conspicuous wealth, and jaded wisdom about the glamorous life, has died. She was 99. The middle and most famous of the Gabor sisters died Sunday of a heart attack...

US Soldier Who Helped End Bloodbath at My Lai Dies

Lawrence Colburn was among 3 US soldiers who stopped massacre of Vietnam villagers

(Newser) - Lawrence Manley Colburn, a helicopter gunner in the Vietnam War who helped end the slaughter of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese villagers by US troops at My Lai, has died. He was 67. Lisa Colburn, speaking with the AP , said her husband of 31 years was diagnosed with cancer in late...

Henry Heimlich, Life-Saving Maneuver Creator, Dies at 96

He once estimated the Heimlich maneuver had saved thousands in US

(Newser) - The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims has died, the AP reports. Dr. Henry Heimlich died early Saturday at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was 96. His son, Phil, says he suffered a heart attack earlier in the week.

TV Dad Alan Thicke Is Dead at 69
TV Dad Alan Thicke
Is Dead at 69
Dec 14, 2016 12:30 AM CST

TV Dad Alan Thicke Is Dead at 69

His big role was on 'Growing Pains'

(Newser) - TV's Alan Thicke, who first gained US fame as the dad on the sitcom Growing Pains in the 1980s, has died at age 69 of a heart attack. The publicist for his son, pop singer Robin Thicke, confirmed the news to the Los Angeles Times . In addition to his...

First US Astronaut to Orbit Earth Dead at 95

John Glenn had a remarkable life

(Newser) - John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first US astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the US Senate, died Thursday, the AP reports. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95. Glenn died at the...

ELP Rocker Greg Lake Dead at 69
ELP Rocker
Greg Lake
Dead at 69
OBITUARY
Dec 8, 2016 9:48 AM CST

ELP Rocker Greg Lake Dead at 69

He lost 'a long and stubborn battle with cancer'

(Newser) - Greg Lake of 1970s rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer, died Wednesday after "a long and stubborn battle with cancer," his manager says. He was 69. A progressive rock pioneer, the British vocalist and guitarist first formed King Crimson with Robert Fripp and Mike Giles in the 1960s,...

Man Credited With Inventing General Tso's Chicken Dies

Chef Peng Chang-kuei was 98

(Newser) - The chef who has been credited with inventing General Tso's chicken—a world-famous Chinese food staple not served in China—has died, the AP reports. He was 98. Chef Peng Chang-kuei brought the sticky, sweet-and-sour dish to New York 40 years ago. It became a favorite of Secretary of...

&#39;All I Got Was a Plaque&#39;: Big Mac Creator Dies
'All I Got Was a Plaque':
Big Mac Creator Dies
OBITUARY
Nov 30, 2016 11:21 AM CST

'All I Got Was a Plaque': Big Mac Creator Dies

Jim Delligatti started selling his burger for 45 cents

(Newser) - When he put two beef patties, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, and a "special sauce" on a double-sliced sesame seed bun, Michael "Jim" Delligatti could've had no idea that he'd just created what would become America's most famous burger. The McDonald's franchisee from Pennsylvania never...

Cuba&#39;s Fidel Castro Dead at 90
Cuba's Fidel Castro
Dead at 90
Nov 25, 2016 11:42 PM CST

Cuba's Fidel Castro Dead at 90

His brother Raul announces it on state media

(Newser) - Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism, and defied the power of 10 US presidents during his half-century rule, has died at age 90. With a shaking voice, his younger brother, Raul Castro, announced on state television that his brother died at...

Brady Bunch Mom Florence Henderson Dies
Florence Henderson
of Brady Bunch
Fame Dead
at 82
OBITUARY
Nov 25, 2016 6:31 AM CST

Florence Henderson of Brady Bunch Fame Dead at 82

Beloved TV, Broadway star died surrounded by family and friends

(Newser) - Florence Henderson, the wholesome actress who went from Broadway star to television icon when she became Carol Brady, the ever-cheerful mom residing over the Brady Bunch, has died. She was 82. She died surrounded by family and friends, her manager, Kayla Pressman, said in a statement late Thursday. Millions loved,...

Oldest Remaining Tuskegee Airman Dies

Willie Rogers 'lived by the greatest commandment—to love one another'

(Newser) - The oldest remaining member of the Tuskegee Airmen has died. Willie Rogers of St. Petersburg, Fla., died Friday from complications of a stroke. He was 101. Rogers served in logistics and administration as part of the US Armed Forces' first all-black aviation squadron during World War II, but only revealed...

Soul Revival Star Sharon Jones Dies
Soul Revival Star
Sharon Jones Dies
OBITUARY
Nov 19, 2016 5:06 AM CST

Soul Revival Star Sharon Jones Dies

Dap-Kings singer became star in middle age

(Newser) - Sharon Jones, the powerhouse singer who shepherded a soul revival despite not finding stardom until middle age, has died. She was 60. A rep says Jones died Friday at a Cooperstown, NY hospital after battling pancreatic cancer, the AP reports. Loved ones and members of her retro-soul band, the Dap-Kings,...

Gwen Ifill Dead at 61
Gwen Ifill Dead at 61
Nov 14, 2016 1:45 PM CST

Gwen Ifill Dead at 61

PBS 'NewsHour' co-anchor dies of cancer

(Newser) - Gwen Ifill, the veteran journalist and co-anchor of PBS' NewsHour with Judy Woodruff, died on Monday of cancer, the network said. She was 61. A former newspaper reporter, Ifill switched to television and worked for NBC News and PBS, the AP reports. She moderated two vice presidential debates. She took...

Rocker Leon Russell Dead at 74
Rocker Leon Russell Dead at 74
OBITUARY
Nov 13, 2016 11:02 AM CST

Rocker Leon Russell Dead at 74

Music icon was recovering from heart bypass surgery

(Newser) - Leon Russell, who sang, wrote, and produced some of rock 'n' roll's top records, has died. He was 74. An email from Leon Russell Records to the AP says Russell died in Nashville "last night," citing Russell's wife. Russell had heart bypass surgery in July...

Man From U.N.CL.E.'s Napoleon Solo Dead at 83

Robert Vaughn dies after cancer battle

(Newser) - Robert Vaughn, the debonair, Oscar-nominated actor whose many film roles were eclipsed by his hugely popular turn in television's The Man From U.N.C.L.E., has died, the AP reports. He was 83. Vaughn died Friday morning after a brief battle with acute leukemia, according to his...

Music Great Leonard Cohen Dead at 82
Music Great
Leonard Cohen
Dead at 82
obituary
Nov 10, 2016 8:07 PM CST

Music Great Leonard Cohen Dead at 82

RIP to one of music's 'visionaries'

(Newser) - Sad night in the music world: Leonard Cohen has died at age 82, according to an announcement on his Facebook page . "We have lost one of music’s most revered and prolific visionaries," it reads. A tribute at Rolling Stone agrees with that sentiment, saying that only Bob...

First Female US Attorney General Dead at 78
Janet Reno Dead at 78
OBITUARY
Nov 7, 2016 5:03 AM CST

Janet Reno Dead at 78

She was first female US attorney general

(Newser) - Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as US attorney general and the epicenter of several political storms during the Clinton administration, including the seizure of Elian Gonzalez, died early Monday. She was 78. Reno died from complications of Parkinson's disease, her goddaughter Gabrielle D'Alemberte tells the AP...

Artist Takes Strangers' Tattooed Secrets to His Grave

Most of the secrets inked onto Andrew Henderson's body weren't even his own

(Newser) - Andrew Henderson knew he didn't have long to live due to his lymphoblastic lymphoma, which doctors told him was incurable. And so he held a "living funeral" last weekend, per the CBC , and the "Taking It to the Grave" event was a testament to the "ebullient...

Actor Who Shot Bruce Lee&#39;s Son Dead at 61
Actor Who
Shot Bruce Lee's
Son Dead at 61
OBITUARY
Oct 27, 2016 7:03 AM CDT

Actor Who Shot Bruce Lee's Son Dead at 61

'I don't think you ever get over something like that,' said Michael Massee

(Newser) - Michael Massee, who accidentally shot and killed Bruce Lee's son, Brandon Lee, on the movie set of The Crow in 1993, has died at the age of 61, reports the Hollywood Reporter . The actor died of cancer in a Los Angeles hospital last Wednesday, his talent agency tells Entertainment ...

US Aviation Hero Who Escaped Nazis in Their Own Plane Dies

Bob Hoover went on to test-flight glory, was Chuck Yeager's wingman

(Newser) - One of America's greatest aviation heroes has died, reports Yahoo . Bob Hoover, a World War II fighter pilot who escaped the Nazis by stealing one of their planes, died of congestive heart failure Tuesday near Los Angeles, reports the Washington Post . He was 94. Born in Tennessee, Hoover was...

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