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…
The prolific horror filmmaker Wes Craven dead at 76 Wes Craven, the director of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Scream,” has died at 76. The influential horror master battled with brain cancer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Craven is…
As coach of the 1980s New York Islanders dynasty, Al Arbour commanded immediate respect from his players and contemporaries around the NHL. “Al used to say that the negative energy that you’re feeling, turn it into a positive energy,” Hall…
Allan Arnold Guye Dominica, former Health Minister, died. Roseau, Dominica – Wednesday, August 26, 2015 – The Government of Dominica afforded the late Allan Arnold Guye an Official Funeral on Friday, August 28, 2015. The Government of Dominica has declared…
[youtube ] A TV reporter and cameraman were shot to death on live television Wednesday by their former colleague, a journalist who also recorded himself carrying out the killings and then posted the video on social media. WDBJ-TV journalists Alison…
Justin Wilson British IndyCar driver dead at 37 British driver Justin Wilson has died after being struck by flying debris and suffering a serious head injury in Sunday’s Pocono IndyCar 500 race. Wilson was airlifted to hospital from the Pocono…
Ballet dancer and actress Yvonne Craig – May 16, 1937 – August 17, 2015 A statement on her official website said the star had suffered from breast cancer, which had spread to her liver. “In the end, her mind still…
Civil rights Julian Bond dead at age 75 Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Bond died in Fort Walton Beach, Florida after a…
Giants Hall of Fame running back Frank Gifford has passed away, one week shy of his 85th birthday. “It is with the deepest sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved husband, father and friend, Frank Gifford,” the…
Peter Jennings died Aug. 7, 2005 Here is one of the many obituaries of Peter’s death back then: ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings died today at his home in New York City. He was 67. On April 5, Jennings announced…
Chris Hyndman, one half of the CBC Television talk show duo Steven and Chris, has died after police found him without vital signs in a laneway just below the east-end Toronto apartment he shared with husband Steven Sabados. Toronto police…
