Tag: Obituaries
Boylan, Rutgers radio voice, former hoops coach, dies at 82
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Joe Boylan, a popular radio voice for Rutgers basketball and a former coach when the team made its only Final Four...
Acclaimed Egyptian feminist Nawal Saadawi dies at age 89
CAIRO — Nawal Saadawi, a renowned Egyptian feminist, psychiatrist and novelist, whose writings have stirred controversy for decades in an overwhelming conservative society, died...
Charles Lewis, former DC chief at AP and Hearst, has died
WASHINGTON — Charles Lewis, a former Washington bureau chief for The Associated Press and The Hearst Newspapers who tirelessly advocated for the release of...
Leeds record goalscorer Peter Lorimer dead at age 74
LEEDS, England — Peter Lorimer, the record goalscorer and youngest-ever player for English soccer club Leeds, has died. He was 74.
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South Carolina says hoop Hall of Famer Art Whisnant has died
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina basketball Hall of Famer Art Whisnant has died. The school announced Whisnant's death Wednesday.
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Scientist behind coronavirus shot says next target is cancer
BERLIN — The scientist who won the race to deliver the first widely used coronavirus vaccine says people can rest assured the shots are...
Famed Tiffany jewelry designer Elsa Peretti dead at age 80
NEW YORK — Elsa Peretti, who went from Halston model and Studio 54 regular in the 1960s and '70s to one of the world's...
Beloved Coachella priest’s death spurs migrant vaccinations
THERMAL, Calif. (RNS) — As Luz Gallegos hosted a workshop Thursday (March 18) informing agricultural workers about the COVID-19 vaccine, she held up two...
Sabine Schmitz, pioneering German race driver, dies at 51
NÜRBURG, Germany — Sabine Schmitz, the first and only female race car driver to win the annual 24-hour race on the famed Nürburgring circuit...
Dick Hoyt, who pushed son in multiple Boston Marathons, dies
BOSTON — Dick Hoyt, who inspired thousands of runners, fathers and disabled athletes by pushing his son, Rick, in a wheelchair in dozens of...
