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Theodore C. Olbermann (2010)
(Associated Press) NEW YORK The father of MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has died in New York City at age 80. Theodore C. Olbermann was thrust into the nation's health care debate through commentaries made by his son on television. Keith Olbermann says the former architect died Saturday of complications from colon surgery. Theodore Olbermann's wife of nearly 60 years, Marie...
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He Pingping, 21 (1988 - 2010)
The Associated Press Rome — The world's shortest man has died in Italy, where he was to take part in a TV show, the program's production company said Tuesday. He Pingping, of China, who was 2 feet, 5.37 inches (74.6 centimeters) tall, had become a recognized figure across the world, often taking part in shows, photo shoots and other events, Guinness World Records said. Craig Glenday...
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September 11, 2001
Dedicated to the men, women and children who lost their lives. The brave people who gave their lives, and to the Heroes that responded to save lives. Please also visit our other Tribute sites World Trade Center The Pentagon United Flight 93 American Flight 11 United Flight 175 American Flight 77 Groups Tributes Loss and Grieving Group Charities TreeGivers...
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Evelyn Haas, 92 (1917 - 2010)
SAN FRANCISCO Evelyn Haas, a prominent philanthropist and widow of Levi Strauss & Co. CEO Walter Haas Jr., has died. She was 92. Haas' death Wednesday was announced by her charitable foundation, The Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund. Fund officials say she led the foundation in contributing more than $364 million to hundreds of organizations and projects, including the San Francisco...
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Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (2010)
By MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED, Associated Press Writer NAIROBI, Kenya A Somali boy who was horribly disfigured months ago by a stray bullet in Somalia's violent capital has died just days after undergoing reconstructive surgery in neighboring Kenya, his doctors said Thursday. The plight of 8-year-old Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud was reported by The Associated Press in November in a story, photos...
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Ernie Rizzo (2006)
Chicago (AP) — Flamboyant private eye Ernie Rizzo, whose unorthodox style and attraction to celebrity cases made him one of the best-known investigators in Chicago, has died at age 64. ...
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Yitzhak "Ike" Ahronovitch (2009)
By ARON HELLER, Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM Yitzhak "Ike" Ahronovitch, the captain of the Exodus ship whose attempt to take Holocaust survivors to Palestine built support for Israel's...
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Sakher Habash (2009)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Associated Press) - One of the founding members of the long-ruling Palestinian Fatah movement has died in the West Bank at the age of 70. Palestinian officials say Sakher...
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Betty Gallagher, 93 (1916 - 2009)
Betty Gallagher, the wife of a former Associated Press general manager and president who helped him run the Berlin bureau after World War II, died Thursday. She was 93. She died at her home in...
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Maurizio Montalbini, 56 (1953 - 2009)
The following story courtesy of The Wall Street Journal By Stephen Miller and Davide Berretta In the name of science, Maurizio Montalbini lived for months all alone in a cave. Mr....
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Linda C. Black (2009)
ATASCADERO, Calif. (Associated Press) - Syndicated columnist and astrologer Linda C. Black, who wrote daily horoscopes for Tribune Media Services and whose forecasts were read in newspapers across...
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Princess Felicitas von Preussen, 75 (1934 - 2009)
BERLIN — Princess Felicitas von Preussen, the great-granddaughter of the last German emperor, has died, her family said Tuesday. She was 75. Von Preussen died Saturday in Wohltorf, near...
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Scott Kurtis, 38 (1970 - 2009)
SEDAN, Kan. - The 38-year-old son of journalist and television personality Bill Kurtis has been found dead in a small home in southeast Kansas. Chautauqua (chaw-TAW'-kwuh) County Sheriff Perry...
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Christian Albin (2009)
NEW YORK — Christian "Hitsch" Albin, who fed the world's luminaries for decades as executive chef of The Four Seasons—a restaurant that invented the "power lunch"—has died. He was 61. ...
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Leroy Hill, 76 (1933 - 2009)
MOBILE, Ala. - Leroy Hill, the founder of the Leroy Hill Coffee Co. in Mobile, died Friday. He was 76. A company spokesman said Leroy Hill died at Mobile Infirmary after a bout of pneumonia. ...
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Millvina Dean, 97 (1912 - 2009)
By MEERA SELVA and JILL LAWLESS LONDON - Millvina Dean was the youngest passenger on RMS Titanic, just nine weeks old when she was wrapped in a sack and lowered from the sinking ship into a...
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Exodus Tyson (2009)
PHOENIX (AP) -- The death of Mike Tyson's 4-year-old daughter in a bizarre accident adds an awful chapter to the boxer's troubled life. Exodus Tyson died at a hospital Tuesday, a day after her...
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Elizabeth Perkins Prothro, 89 (1919 - 2009)
WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Elizabeth Perkins Prothro, a philanthropist and longtime benefactor of Southern Methodist University, has died. She was 89. Prothro died at her Wichita Falls home...
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Sam Maloof, 93 (1916 - 2009)
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - Sam Maloof, whose simple, practical handmade wooden furniture sits in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the White House, has died. He was 93. Maloof died Thursday...
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Maria Amelia Lopez, 97 (1911 - 2009)
MADRID - A Spanish great-grandmother who described herself as the world's oldest blogger - and became a Web sensation as she mused on events current and past - has died at the age of 97. ...
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Yehoshua Zettler, 91 (1917 - 2009)
JERUSALEM - Yehoshua Zettler, one of the founding members of a violent pre-state Jewish movement and mastermind of the assassination of a top U.N. envoy in 1948, has died in Israel. He was 91. ...
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Lee Solters, 89 (1919 - 2009)
Longtime Hollywood publicist Lee Solters has died. He was 89. Solters' namesake public relations firm says the New York native died at his West Hollywood, Calif. home on Monday morning. ...
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Krishna Pattabhi Jois, 93 (1915 - 2009)
NEW DELHI -- Krishna Pattabhi Jois, a yoga teacher and practitioner famous for popularizing Ashtanga yoga in the West, has died. He was 93. Jois died in the southern Indian city of Mysore on...
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Achille Compagnoni, 94 (1914 - 2009)
ROME- (AP) - Italian climber Achille Compagnoni, a member of the first team to reach the summit of the world's second-highest peak, died Wednesday. He was 94. Compagnoni died at the hospital in...
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Angel Arce Torres (2009)
HARTFORD, Conn. A Hartford man has died a year after he was left paralyzed and mute in a hit-and-run accident that was mostly ignored by witnesses and inspired a debate about the city's...
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Clement Freud, 84 (1924 - 2009)
By ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer LONDON -- Clement Freud, a grandson of Sigmund Freud who became a well-known writer, politician and urbane regular on British radio, has died. He was 84....
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David L. Arneson, 61 (1947 - 2009)
Dave Arneson, one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game and a pioneer of role-playing entertainment, died after a two-year battle with cancer, his family said Thursday. He was...
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Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 81 (1927 - 2009)
By ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer LONDON -- Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, who restored the stately home of his famously eccentric family to its former glory, has died at age 81. ...
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Frederic J. Gaynor, 74 (1935 - 2009)
TAMPA, Fla. - Frederic J. Gaynor, whose childhood image adorned posters and magazine advertisements for Daisy air rifles in the 1940s, has died. He was 74. Gaynor died from cancer at his home...
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Larry Glick, 87 (1922 - 2009)
BOSTON - Larry Glick, whose late-night talk show from Boston made listeners laugh from coast to coast, died Thursday. He was 87. According to WBZ-AM, where Glick spent nearly 20 years, he died...
