Tag: Obituaries
India’s virus surge damages Modi’s image of competence
NEW DELHI — India’s hospitals were packed with coronavirus patients, relatives of the sick scrambled to find supplies of oxygen, and crematoriums were running...
Brazilian comedian’s COVID-19 death unites nation in grief
RIO DE JANEIRO — Paulo Gustavo, a popular comedian whose character Dona Herminia dealt with everyday family and LGTBQ issues in some of Brazil's...
Tommy West, co-producer of Jim Croce albums, dead at 78
Tommy West, a music producer, singer and songwriter who played a role in the short-lived career of musician Jim Croce, died of complications associated...
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, to release 1st children’s book
LOS ANGELES — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is releasing her first children’s book, one rooted in the relationship between Prince Harry and their...
Concert to honor Broadway star Rebecca Luker, fight ALS
LOS ANGELES — Some of Broadway's biggest stars are joining together to pay tribute to the late three-time Tony Award-nominated actor Rebecca Luker and...
Holocaust survivor who testified against Eichmann dies at 91
JERUSALEM — Joseph Zalman Kleinman, a Holocaust survivor who survived the Auschwitz death camp and testified against Adolf Eichmann in the Nazi commander's trial...
Former NZ men’s basketball coach Steve McKean dead at 77
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Steve McKean, a San Jose State University graduate who was a pioneering professional basketball player in New Zealand and later...
Bobby Unser, 3-time Indianapolis 500 winner, dies at 87
Bobby Unser, a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and part of the only pair of brothers to win “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” has died....
Dancer Jacques d’Amboise dead at 86
Jacques d'Amboise, who grew up on the streets of upper Manhattan to become one of the world's premier classical dancers at New York City...
Former NASCAR driver Eric McMclure dies at 42
ABINGDON, Va. — Former NASCAR driver Eric McClure died Sunday, his family and the series said. He was 42.
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