- Today
- Art/Architecture
- Military
- Religion
- Journalism
- Business
- Literature
- Movies
- Music
- Politics
- Science/Technology
- Sports
- Television
- Theater
- Fashion
- Education
- Medicine
- Longevity
- Activist
- National Events
- Legal
- Other
- Comedy
- Criminals
-
Jim A. Mattox, 65 (1943 - 2008)
AUSTIN, Texas - Jim Mattox, a former Texas attorney general who also served in Congress and battled Ann Richards in a vicious primary campaign for governor, has died. He was 65. Mattox, a bare-knuckled political brawler while the state was still fiercely Democratic, died at his Dripping Springs home, his sister, Janice Mattox, said Thursday. She did not know the cause of death. As...
-
Boris Fyodorov, 50 (1958 - 2008)
MOSCOW - Boris Fyodorov, a reformist financier who helped bring Russian economy out of the post-Soviet chaos, has died, his company said in a statement. He was 50. Russian television said he had a heart attack in London three weeks ago and died in a clinic there. Fyodorov was among the economists who fostered reforms in Russia before and after the 1991 Soviet collapse. He also founded...
-
Matthew J. Cianciulli (2008)
PHILADELPHIA - Matthew J. Cianciulli, a retired grocer and former state representative convicted of voter fraud, died Saturday of heart failure. He was 66. Fernwood Mausoleum in Lansdowne confirmed Cianciulli's death. Cianciulli, a Democrat, represented south Philadelphia in the Legislature after winning elections in 1976 and 1978. He was sentenced to three years in federal prison in...
-
Catherine Baker Knoll (2008)
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Catherine Baker Knoll, the first woman to be elected as Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, died Wednesday. She was 78. Knoll died at National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C., where she was recovering from treatment for cancer, Gov. Ed Rendell said in a statement. Knoll was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer in July and began radiation and chemotherapy...
-
Li Ximing (2008)
BEIJING - Li Ximing, Beijing's Communist Party boss during the bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests, has died at age 82, state media reported Tuesday. Li, a longtime bureaucrat in the power and water conservancy fields, died Saturday in Beijing of an unspecified illness, the official Xinhua News Agency said. No other details were given. Li had been a leading member of the...
-
Mieczyslaw Rakowski, 81 (1926 - 2008)
Warsaw, Poland - Mieczyslaw Rakowski, Poland's last communist-era party chairman and prime minister, has died, Polish media and officials said Saturday. He was 81. Polish media reported that...
-
Madelyn Payne Dunham, 86 (1922 - 2008)
HONOLULU – Barack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Democratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced Monday, one day before the...
-
Ahmed al-Mirghani, 67 (1941 - 2008)
KHARTOUM, Sudan Sudan's former President Ahmed al-Mirghani has died at the age of 67 in Egypt, family friends said Monday. Al-Mirghani, who died late Sunday, was removed from power 19 years...
-
Terence Tolbert, 44 (1964 - 2008)
Las Vegas - The Nevada director for Barack Obama's presidential campaign and a former top aide to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has died at 44. Terence Tolbert died of a heart attack...
-
Anthony Tarracino, 92 (1916 - 2008)
Key West, Fl - Anthony "Tony" Tarracino, a former mayor of Key West and legendary bar owner of "Captain Tony's Saloon" whose life was memorialized in a Jimmy Buffett song, died Saturday. He was...
-
Tom Moody, 78 (1929 - 2008)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Tom Moody, the mayor of Columbus from 1972 to 1984 who oversaw an expansion of the city's freeway system and growth of the downtown skyline, has died. He was 78. Moody, the...
-
Kung Te-cheng, 88 (1920 - 2008)
The following article courtesy of The Wall Street Journal By Stephen Miller After losing the Chinese Civil War to the Communist Party in 1950, the Kuomintang's strongman Chiang Kai-shek took...
-
Helmut Zilk, 81 (1927 - 2008)
VIENNA, Austria Former Vienna Mayor Helmut Zilk, who was wounded by a letter bomb sent to his home in 1993 by a right-wing extremist angered at his support for minorities and refugees, died of...
-
Matthew J. Rinaldo, 77 (1931 - 2008)
WEST CALDWELL, N.J. (AP) _ Matthew J. Rinaldo, who was known for his personal attention to constituent problems during 20 years in Congress, died Monday. He was 77. Rinaldo, a moderate...
-
Paul G. Rogers, 87 (1921 - 2008)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Former U.S. Rep. Paul G. Rogers, a Democrat who earned the nickname "Mr. Health" for his work on environmental and health care legislation during a 24-year career in...
-
Roy K. Moore (2008)
Roy K. Moore, an FBI agent who oversaw investigations into some of the most notorious civil rights-era killings, including those depicted in the movie "Mississippi Burning," has died. He was 94. ...
-
Allan H. Spear, 71 (1937 - 2008)
Minneapolis - Allan H. Spear, a former Minnesota state senator who was one of the nation's first openly gay legislators, has died. He was 71. He died Saturday of complications after heart...
-
Joerg Haider, 58 (1950 - 2008)
Vienna, Austria - Joerg Haider, who catapulted his party into a powerful force in Austrian politics with a mix of folksy aphorisms, in-your-face attacks on rivals and provocative praise of the...
-
Joshua B. Jeyaretnam (2008)
SINGAPORE - Joshua B. Jeyaretnam, Singapore's best known and most dogged opposition leader who fought a lone battle against the powerful ruling establishment despite being driven to bankruptcy,...
-
Thomas Elbridge Holland (2008)
SILVER CITY, N.M. -- Thomas Elbridge Holland, an Air Force colonel, state representative and former publisher of the weekly Silver City Enterprise, has died. He was 97. Holland, who died...
-
Relus ter Beek, 64 (1944 - 2008)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Dutch officials say former Defense Minister Relus ter Beek has died of lung cancer aged 64. Ter Beek was defense minister from 1989-94 and was best known for...
-
Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, 92 (1916 - 2008)
Colombo, Sri Lanka - Former Sri Lankan President Dingiri Banda Wijetunga died Sunday in the central town of Kandy from a chest illness, an aide said. He was 92. Wijetunga became the island...
-
Johnny Hayes (2008)
Nashville., Tenn. - Johnny Hayes, a prominent Democratic fundraiser who managed finances for the two presidential campaigns of former Vice President Al Gore, died Saturday. He was 67. His...
-
Anna R. Langford, 90 (1917 - 2008)
CHICAGO - Anna R. Langford, the first black woman to serve on the Chicago City Council, died Wednesday. She was 90. Langford died at her home after a brief battle with lung cancer, according to...
-
Peter Camejo, 68 (1939 - 2008)
SACRAMENTO, CA - Peter Camejo, a Green Party leader who was a third-party candidate in three California gubernatorial elections before becoming Ralph Nader's running mate in the 2004...
-
Nouhak Phoumsavanh, 94 (1914 - 2008)
BANGKOK, Thailand Nouhak Phoumsavanh, a former president of Laos and a founding member of its ruling communist party, has died at age 98, the state news agency reported Thursday. Nouhak died...
-
Edwin Guthman, 89 (1919 - 2008)
Edwin O. Guthman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was on the infamous "enemies list" prepared by aides of President Richard Nixon and served as press secretary to Robert F. Kennedy, has...
-
Gilberto Rincon Gallardo, 69 (1939 - 2008)
Mexico City - Gilberto Rincon Gallardo, a former socialist presidential candidate who gained respect in Mexico for defending the rights of the disabled, gays and other marginalized groups, died on...
-
Yuri Ivanovich Nosenko (2008)
Washington - A KGB spy who switched allegiances at the height of the Cold War and was considered by the CIA as its "most valuable and economical defector" has died. Yuri Ivanovich Nosenko...
-
Iosif Constantin Dragan, 91 (1917 - 2008)
Bucharest, Romania - Iosif Constantin Dragan, a billionaire businessman who supported Romania's pro-Nazi movement before finding favor with communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, has died. He was...
