Robert Downey Sr., the accomplished countercultural filmmaker, actor, and father of superstar Robert Downey Jr., has died. He was 85.Downey Jr. wrote on Instagram that his father died late Tuesday in his sleep at home in New York. He had…
Donald Rumsfeld, the acerbic architect of the Iraq war and a master Washington power player who served as US secretary of defense for two presidents, has died at the age of 88. The pugnacious businessman, bureaucrat, and former lawmaker helped…
Rabbi Reuven Bulka died Sunday morning in New York City, where he had moved to spend time with his five children after being diagnosed with advanced-stage pancreatic and liver cancer in January. Bulka was the Rabbi, and then rabbi emeritus,…
John Langley died on Saturday of an apparent heart attack in Baja, Mexico; his representatives told Variety. According to the outlet, Langley was competing in the Coast to Coast Ensenada-San Felipe 250 off-road race. TMZ adds that his son Zak was…
VANCOUVER — Jill St. Louis, a former Vancouver bureau chief at The Canadian Press who thrived in a fast-breaking news environment and was a friend to anything with four legs, has died after a battle with metastatic lung cancer. She…
At the height of the AIDS epidemic, she started God’s Love We Deliver, a charity that brought hot meals to people who were too ill to cook. Ganga Stone, who survived on odd jobs in Manhattan until she discovered that…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP news): Mudcat Grant (Jim “Mudcat” Grant), the first Black 20-game winner in the American League and a key part of Minnesota’s first World Series team in 1965, has died. He was 85. The Twins announced Grant’s death Saturday…
The T.V. actor Robert Hogan appeared in shows ranging from “All My Children” to “The Wire” in a career spanning six decades. He died on May 27 at his coastal Maine home, his family announced in The New York Times. The cause…
Charles Grodin, the comic, scene-stealing actor of such films as The Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run, and Beethoven, who later established himself as a curmudgeonly talk show guest without rival, died today at his home in Wilton, Conn. His son, Nicholas, told The New…
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced growing pressure Friday to impose a strict nationwide lockdown, despite the economic pain it will exact, as an incredible surge in coronavirus cases that has battered the country’s health system…
Lloyd Price, the ‘50s R&B vocalist whose early singles were among the first to attract attention from the nascent rock ‘n’ roll audience, died Thursday. He was 88. Maxwell Entertainment owner Rickey Poppell posted the news on Facebook, saying, “My friend…
The U.S. actress Olympic Dukakis, born Olympia Mary Dukakis, died on May 1, 2021, at 89. She was born on June 20, 1931. Olympia Dukakis was an American actress, director, producer, teacher, and activist. She performed in over 130 stage…
