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Shane Warne, the master of spin bowling, dead at 52
BRISBANE, Australia (A.P.) —The Australian-born cricketer Shane Warne, whose artful and record-breaking spin bowling on the cricket field was matched by his impish allure and often controversial career off the pitch. He was remembered by athletes, actors, prime ministers, rock…
Diego Verdaguer, top Argentine singer dead at 70
According to his family, the top Argentine singer Diego Verdaguer died of COVID-19 complications. The Argentine singer-songwriter Diego Verdaguer had romantic hits such as “Corazón de Papel,” “Yo te amo,” and “Volveré”. He had more than 50 million copies of…
Country Songwriter Dallas Frazier Dead at 82
Dallas Frazier was born in Spiro, Okla., on Oct. 27, 1939. At age 12, he was already writing songs. He also won a talent competition hosted by Ferlin Husky. By age 14, Frazier was recording for Capitol Records. In 1960,…
Sidney Poitier: The Black Actor Who Broke Color Barriers Dead at 94.
Sidney Poitier died on Friday at age 94. The Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis broke the sad news in a speech broadcast on Facebook Sidney Poitier was Born Sidney L. Poitier on February 20, 1927. He was a Bahamian-American actor, film director,…
Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace winner, dead 90
JOHANNESBURG (A.P.) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of the country’s past racist policy of apartheid, and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90. South Africans, world leaders,…
Stephen Sondheim, an American theater royalty, dead at 91
Stephen Sondheim was born on March 22, 1930, into a Jewish family in New York City. His father manufactured dresses designed by his mother. He died on November 26, 2021. According to Celebrity Net Worth, the American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim’s…
Sam Huff, the Hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker, dead at 87
Sam Huff, the hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the New York Giants reach six NFL title games from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s and later became a popular player and announcer in Washington, died Saturday. He was…
Angelo Mosca CFL Tiger-Cats legend dead at 84
Michael Tylo, Young and the Restless Alum Dead at 72
Michael Tylo, best known for Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless, has died. He was 72. Tylo’s death was announced by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where He had been teaching at the institution since 2003, beginning as a visiting professor in…
Paul Hellyer, the Former Canadian federal defense minister, is dead at 98
Ganga Stone, the lady who gave sustenance to AIDS patients, dead at 79
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…