Fred Thompson, 73, died on Sunday from after a recurrence of lymphoma, according to a statement issued by his family. Thompson, who had recently purchased a house in Nashville to return to Tennessee, was first diagnosed with cancer in 2004.Fred…
Flip Saunders, the longtime NBA coach who won more than 650 games in nearly two decades and was trying to rebuild the Minnesota Timberwolves as team president, coach and part owner, died Sunday, the team said. He was 60 …
Ken Taylor the former Canadian ambassador to Iran died today at age 81. His son broke the news to the CBC. The Calgary-born diplomat was most famous for his role in the 1979 covert operation called the “Canadian Caper,” when he sheltered six Americans…
Michael Burgess, Canadian Les Miserables star TORONTO – His powerful voice enthralled theatre and sports fans alike, and on Tuesday, stars from both worlds offered a chorus of tributes to tenor Michael Burgess. The musical theatre star — who left…
Baseball Legend Yogi Berra the Hall of Famer, a three-time MVP and member of 10 World Series championship teams as a member of the New York Yankees, died on Tuesday night of natural causes, his museum announced. Berra died 69…
Novelist Jackie Collins died on Saturday of breast cancer at age 77, her family said in a statement. “It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the death of our beautiful, dynamic and one of a kind mother, Jackie Collins,…
JOSEPH NILES, the patriarch of gospel music in Barbados, died last night after ailing for several years. Known for putting his stamp on several traditional gospel songs, Niles was once the upfront man of the Consolers who served as Barbados…
Ancaster Junior Avalanche captain died suddenly in his sleep stated a family member Wednesday Morning. The sad news reached the hockey community that Ancaster Junior Avalanche captain, Luke Zupan was found dead at his west Mountain home. The Hamilton’s junior hockey community…
NEW YORK (A.P.) — Gary Richrath, a former guitarist for the classic rock band R.E.O. Speedwagon who also co-wrote the group’s hit song “Take It on the Run,” died Sunday, according to a band publicist. He was 65. Erik Stein…
Subway co-founder Fred DeLuca, who as a teenager opened a Connecticut sandwich shop that would become the world’s largest restaurant chain, died Monday evening at the age of 67 after a fight with leukemia, the company said Tuesday. After his…
