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Music Industry Mourns Icon Houston
 Music Industry 
 Mourns Icon Houston 
APPRECIATION
Feb 12, 2012 7:06 AM CST

Music Industry Mourns Icon Houston

Singers, critics, pros all call her one of greatest ever

(Newser) - Tributes are pouring in for the career of the late Whitney Houston, after her shocking death yesterday, focusing on her uniquely powerful voice and incredible catalogue of hits. A sampling:
  • "At her peak, Houston was the golden girl of the music industry," praised Billboard . "She wowed audiences
...

Whitney Houston Dead at 48
 Whitney Houston Dead at 48 
Feb 11, 2012 7:08 PM CST

Whitney Houston Dead at 48

She had battled substance abuse for years

(Newser) - Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior, and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. Publicist Kristen Foster said today that the singer had died, but the cause and...

Actor Ben Gazzara Dead at 81
 Actor Ben Gazzara Dead at 81 
Feb 3, 2012 6:11 PM CST

Actor Ben Gazzara Dead at 81

He was a longtime presence on Broadway, TV, and the big screen

(Newser) - Actor Ben Gazzara died of pancreatic cancer today, reports the New York Times . The obituary recounts a long and varied career on stage (a starring role in the original Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), television (Run for Your LIfe in the early '60s), and film (especially with director...

Artist Mike Kelley Dead in Apparent Suicide

Influential American reportedly depressed after breakup

(Newser) - Influential American artist Mike Kelley was found dead yesterday at age 57, in what police say appears to be a suicide. A friend told investigators he had been depressed following a recent breakup, the New York Times reports. Kelley specialized in large-scale pieces, often incorporating sculpture, video, or performance, and...

Soul Train's Don Cornelius Found Dead

Police believe the 75-year-old committed suicide

(Newser) - Soul Train creator and longtime host Don Cornelius was found dead this morning in his Sherman Oaks, Calif., home, in what police are calling an apparent suicide. Law enforcement sources say the 75-year-old died from a single gunshot wound to the head, which they believe was self-inflicted. Cornelius' Soul Train...

Welcome Back Kotter Star Dead at 60

 Welcome Back 
 Kotter Star 
 Dead at 60 
obituary
Jan 27, 2012 7:16 AM CST

Welcome Back Kotter Star Dead at 60

Robert Hegyes played Juan Epstein

(Newser) - Robert Hegyes, who co-starred with John Travolta on the 1970s TV show Welcome Back Kotter, has died at 60, apparently of a heart attack. His health had been suffering for years, his brother said; he died yesterday at his home in the New Jersey town where he grew up. On...

Penn State Reels Over Paterno's Death

Tributes paid to iconic coach's complicated legacy

(Newser) - Candles, flowers, and mourners surround Penn State's statue of "Joe Pa"; the men's basketball team observed a moment of silence before its game today; and the tributes are rolling in as State College pays tribute to the complicated legacy of Joe Paterno :
  • Former Penn State President Graham
...

Joe Paterno Dead at 85
 Joe Paterno Dead at 85 
UPDATED
Jan 22, 2012 9:28 AM CST

Joe Paterno Dead at 85

Penn State confirms death of beloved former coach

(Newser) - Joe Paterno, who racked up more wins than anyone else in major college football but was fired from Penn State amid a child sex abuse scandal, has died, his family confirmed this morning. He was 85. Paterno "died as he lived," read the statement. "He fought hard...

Etta James Dead at 73
 Etta James Dead at 73 
obituary
Jan 20, 2012 11:33 AM CST

Etta James Dead at 73

Succumbs to complications of leukemia, says manager

(Newser) - Etta James has died at age 73, with her husband and sons by her bedside at a California hospital, her manager says. The legendary R&B chanteuse was reported to be "in pretty bad shape" in recent months ; she was diagnosed with leukemia in 2010, and court documents revealed...

Hollywood Swordfight Master Bob Anderson Dead at 89

 Darth Vader 
 Swordsman 
 Dead at 89 
OBITUARY
Jan 3, 2012 3:00 AM CST

Darth Vader Swordsman Dead at 89

Bob Anderson was Hollywood's ultimate sword fighter

(Newser) - Bob Anderson was so influential in the world of movie swordsmanship that any list of Hollywood's top 10 sword fights is likely to feature at least five examples of his work. Anderson, who has died at the age of 89, was an Olympian fencer for Britain before beginning a...

Former Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall Dies of Breast Cancer at 28


 Ex Miss Venezuela 
 Dead of Cancer at 28 
OBITUARY
Dec 20, 2011 6:00 AM CST

Ex Miss Venezuela Dead of Cancer at 28

Eva Ekvall fought to raise breast cancer awareness

(Newser) - Eva Ekvall was many things in her short life—a mother, an actress, a TV news anchor and, at the age of 17, Miss Venezuela. But she will be best remembered for her fight against breast cancer, which raised awareness of the disease among thousands of ordinary Venezuelans. Ekvall, who...

Kim Jong Il Dead at 69
 Kim Jong Il Dead at 69 
Dec 19, 2011 12:06 AM CST

Kim Jong Il Dead at 69

North Korean leader died from heart failure, state media says

(Newser) - Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died at the age of 69, according to state television. His death was was announced today by a tearful announcer in black who said he had died from physical and mental over-work while on a train trip to a...

Anti-Communist Hero Vaclav Havel Dead at 75
Anti-Communist Hero
Vaclav Havel Dead at 75
obituary
Dec 18, 2011 7:21 AM CST

Anti-Communist Hero Vaclav Havel Dead at 75

He was Czechoslovakia's first democratically elected prez after 'Velvet Revolution'

(Newser) - Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia and become a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, died this morning. He was 75. Havel was his country's first democratically elected president after the nonviolent "Velvet...

Christopher Hitchens Dead of Cancer at 62

 Christopher 
 Hitchens 
 Dead at 62 
OBITUARY
Dec 16, 2011 7:20 AM CST

Christopher Hitchens Dead at 62

Cancer claims one-of-a-kind firebrand author

(Newser) - Author, intellectual, and firebrand atheist Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62 after a long fight with esophageal cancer. The British-born writer, who had lived in Washington DC since 1982, chronicled his illness with the same caustic insight he directed at targets including Bill Clinton, Mother Teresa, and...

Man Fakes Mother's Obit to Take Time Off: Cops

She reads her own obituary in Pennsylvania newspaper

(Newser) - Imagine a mother's surprise when she read her obituary in the local news—and learned her own son had written it. But police in northern Pennsylvania say 45-year-old Scott Bennett ran his mother's obituary in the newspaper so he could take bereavement time off from work. Brookville police...

Harry Morgan, Col. Potter on M*A*S*H*, Is Dead at 96
 'Colonel Potter' Is Dead 
OBITUARY
Dec 7, 2011 1:43 PM CST

'Colonel Potter' Is Dead

Actor Harry Morgan of 'M*A*S*H' fame gone at age 96

(Newser) - He co-starred in more than 100 movies, notes the New York Times , and even partnered with the iconic Sgt. Joe Friday on TV's Dragnet, but the world knows him best as Col. Potter on M*A*S*H: Actor Harry Morgan, 96, died this morning at home in Los Angeles of pneumonia....

Clark Gable's Secret Daughter Dead at 76

Judy Lewis was adopted by her biological mother in a bid to preserve the secret

(Newser) - Judy Lewis grew up in Los Angeles, the adopted daughter of an actress mother ... who also happened to be her biological mother. Lewis, who died on Friday at age 76, has a Hollywood story littered with big names and big sadness: Born to up-and-coming actress Loretta Young in 1935, Lewis...

Comic Patrice O'Neal Dead at 41

He had a stroke in October

(Newser) - A big man of comedy is gone: Patrice O'Neal died this morning from complications of a stroke he had in October, reports TMZ . The 41-year-old, who was 6-foot-5 and more than 300 pounds, had long battled diabetes. Among other things, he had been a regular in the New York...

Josef Stalin's Daughter Lana Peters Dies in Wisconsin
Josef Stalin's Daughter
Dies in Wisconsin
OBITUARY
Nov 29, 2011 12:15 AM CST

Josef Stalin's Daughter Dies in Wisconsin

Lana Peters defected from Soviet Union in 1967

(Newser) - Josef Stalin's only daughter has died in Wisconsin at the age of 85. Lana Peters—born Svetlana Alliluyeva Stalin—handed the US a massive Cold War publicity coup when she defected to the US in 1967, publicly burning her Soviet passport, and declaring: "I have come here to...

'Tommy' Director Ken Russell Dead at 84


 Tommy Director 
 Dead at 84 
obituary
Nov 28, 2011 8:06 AM CST

Tommy Director Dead at 84

Ken Russell's wild films stirred 1970s controversy

(Newser) - The Oscar-nominated director of Women in Love and the Who’s Tommy has died at 84. Ken Russell’s often outrageous films provoked controversy into the 1970s; the former film, for instance, featured two male actors wrestling nude. Russell “pushed the barriers completely and got away with it sometimes...

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