Tag: Obituaries
Former northern Indiana mayor dies after COVID-19 illness
ELKHART, Ind. — The former mayor of a northern Indiana city has died after what his family has said was a weeks-long hospitalization with...
Dan Frank, revered editor at Pantheon Books, dead at 67
NEW YORK — Dan Frank, a revered and longtime editor at Pantheon Books who worked with such prize-winning authors as Art Spiegelman, Charles Baxter...
Australian rugby league great Bob Fulton dead at 73
SYDNEY — Bob Fulton, one of the most celebrated players in Australian rugby league and a former captain, coach and selector of the Kangaroos,...
Young Atlético fan dies in accident during title celebration
MADRID — A 14-year-old Atlético Madrid fan died in an accident while celebrating the team's Spanish league title early Sunday.
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Daily readings at tomb honor Dante 700 years after his death
RAVENNA, Italy — As she has each evening for the last eight months, Giuliana Turati opened her well-worn copy of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” as...
Record-setting centenarian cyclist Marchand dies aged 109
Robert Marchand, a diminutive Frenchman who once was told he would never excel in cycling only to set world records as a centenarian, has...
Roman Kent, who urged world to remember the Holocaust, dies
NEW YORK — Roman Kent, who survived the Holocaust and helped make sure the world never forgot its horrors, has died. He was 92....
‘Head lesbian,’ singer and feminist, Alix Dobkin, dies at 80
NEW YORK — The lesbian singer and feminist activist who appeared in an iconic and recently resurgent 1975 photo wearing a t-shirt that read...
Phil being Phil: Mickelson takes lead in PGA Championship
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The image has become familiar over the years. Phil Mickelson holes a birdie putt and drops that left fist in...
Courtroom sketch artist in several notorious cases dies
BOSTON — A courtroom sketch artist who drew pictures of defendants in some of the most notorious cases tried in federal court in Boston,...
