Tag: Obituaries
‘Coronation Street’ actor Johnny Briggs dies at age 85
LONDON — Johnny Briggs, a British actor best known for his role as businessman Mike Baldwin in the long-running TV soap opera “Coronation Street,”...
‘Meyers Manx’ dune buggy creator dead at 94
LOS ANGELES — Bruce Meyers was hanging out at Pismo Beach on California's Central Coast one afternoon in 1963 when he saw something that...
Squires, Kansas’ first Black men’s basketball player, dies
LAWRENCE, Kan. — LaVannes Squires, the first Black men's basketball player at Kansas and a member of the Jayhawks' 1952 national title team, died...
Sheriff: Louisiana man apparently kills self in jail cell
COVINGTON, La. — A Louisiana jail inmate has died after apparently hanging himself in an isolation cell, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said...
Gambino crime family’s elder Gotti, Peter, dies in prison
Mobster Peter Gotti, the brother of notorious Gambino crime boss John Gotti, has died while serving a federal prison sentence, a person familiar with...
Former world champion Gresini dies with COVID-19 at 60
BOLOGNA, Italy — Fausto Gresini, a former motorcycling world champion and team owner, died Tuesday from complications linked to the coronavirus. He was 60.
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Marriott names Anthony Capuano new CEO, president
BETHESDA, Md. — Marriott International named a new CEO and a new president Tuesday, a little more than a week after its former leader...
Stan Williams, fearsome pitcher for LA Dodgers, dies at 84
LOS ANGELES — Stan Williams, the fearsome All-Star pitcher who helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win the 1959 World Series, has died. He was...
COVID-19 kills former Lebanese militant Anis Naccache
DAMASCUS, Syria — Anis Naccache, a former pro-Palestinian militant who participated in the 1975 kidnapping of oil ministers in Vienna, died Monday after battling...
Influential mayor of Mozambique city dies of COVID-19
JOHANNESBURG — Daviz Simango, the leader of Mozambique's opposition MDM party and the mayor of the major port city of Beira, died Monday in...
