San Diego (AFP) - Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, the ebullient slugger who was once the face of the San Diego Padres, died Monday, 6/16/14, of cancer at the age of 54. The Padres said Gwynn died in hospital in the San Diego area. He had fought salivary gland cancer for years. Gwynn, who over 20 years with San Diego came to be known as "Mr. Padre," belted 3,141 hits in his Hall of Fame career, boasting a .338 career batting average when he retired in 2001.
He had what they call a "baseball mind," which is another way of saying that he had a plate in his head and a double-digit IQ. Don Zimmer, the stubby, Popeye-muscled baseball lifer with the unforgettable jowls whose passion for the game endured through more than 60 years as a player, manager, coach and adviser, died Wednesday June 4th in Dunedin, Florida. He was 83. His death was announced by the Tampa Bay Rays, a team he served recently as a senior adviser. Zimmer had surgery April 16 to repair a leaky heart valve, according to The Tampa Tribune. Zimmer had been having kidney dialysis since May 2012 after falling into a diabetic coma at his home. But he continued to visit the Rays’ Tropicana Field when he could.
Where the hell did they find 6 pallbearers? Ann B. Davis, 88, Dies; Comic Actress Played Maid on ‘Brady Bunch’. Ann B. Davis, the comic actress best known as the wistful, wisecracking live-in maid on the long-running ABC sitcom “The Brady Bunch,” died on Sunday June 1st in San Antonio. She was 88. Her agent, Robert Malcolm, confirmed the death, saying had slipped into a coma while hospitalized after falling in a bathtub on Saturday. She lived in San Antonio.
Malcolm Glazer, the head of the family that owns Manchester United football club, has died on May 28th at the age of 85. The news was announced by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the American football club he owned for nearly 30 years. The club said he passed away on Wednesday morning and described him as a "pioneering thinker" and "dynamic business leader". Mr Glazer, who lived in Palm Beach, Florida, bought Manchester United in 2005 - sparking a number of protests in the city. After that, the football club won five Premier League titles (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013), as well as the 2008 Champions League title.
Renowned Poet and Author Maya Angelou Dies on May 28, 2014. Maya Angelou, the renowned poet, author and civil rights activist with the unmistakably regal voice. The author of the celebrated autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was 86 years old. Officials in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where Angelou lived, confirmed her death to NBC News. Her death comes less than a week after Angelou announced she would not attend the 2014 MLB Beacon Awards Luncheon, where she was to be honored, citing "health reasons." Last month, she also canceled an event in Fayetteville, Arkansas, because she was recovering from an "unexpected ailment" that left her hospitalized.
Jerry Vale, Who Crooned Smoothly of Love, Is Dead at 83. Jerry Vale, a pop crooner known for his velvety voice and the classic love songs he recorded in the 1950s and early ’60s and Vale also appeared as himself in such movies as “Goodfellas,” “Casino” and the HBO series “The Sopranos.”
He died on Sunday, May 18th, at his home in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 83. His family confirmed his death.
He died on Sunday, May 18th, at his home in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 83. His family confirmed his death.
Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Dies at 95. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., the suave leading man who starred on ABC for 15 straight seasons on 77 Sunset Strip and then The F.B.I., died Friday May 2nd, 2014 at his ranch in Solvang, Calif., his children announced.
Actor Bob Hoskins, known for 'Roger Rabbit,' dies at 71. Bob Hoskins, the pugnacious British actor known for playing gangsters, tough guys and working-class gentlemen in such films as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "The Long Good Friday" and "Mermaids," has died on April 30, 2014.
His passing comes nearly two years after he retired from acting following a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
His passing comes nearly two years after he retired from acting following a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
Hall of Fame coach Jack Ramsay dies. Jack Ramsay, a Hall of Fame coach who led the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship before he became one of the NBA's most respected broadcasters, has died following a long battle with cancer. He was 89.
Lawrence E. Walsh, who died on March 19 at age 102, was the 1980s Iran-Contra “independent counsel,” the special prosecutor of the biggest White House scandal and range of crimes since Watergate.
Fred Phelps -- the founding pastor of a Kansas church known for its virulently anti-gay protests at public events, including military funerals -- has died, the church said Thursday. The 84-year-old died of natural causes at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday March 19, 2014.
Sam Lacey, a leading N.B.A. center of the 1970s who could do just about anything on the court but was often overlooked, playing for mostly lackluster teams, died on Friday, March 15, 2014 at his home in Kansas City, Mo. He was 66.
William Clay Ford, who once steered a car from his grandfather Henry Ford’s lap but, overshadowed by his brash older brother Henry II, never got the chance to run the family business, died on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at his home in Grosse Pointe, Mich. Ford’s last surviving grandchild, he was 88. The cause was pneumonia, the Ford Motor Company said.
Mr. Ford, who was also the longtime owner of the Detroit Lions football team, represented the automaker’s last direct link to the days when the company belonged entirely to the Ford family. He was long the company’s largest shareholder, and the last Ford family member to be a confidant of Henry Ford, the American legend who made the automobile accessible to the masses.
Mr. Ford, who was also the longtime owner of the Detroit Lions football team, represented the automaker’s last direct link to the days when the company belonged entirely to the Ford family. He was long the company’s largest shareholder, and the last Ford family member to be a confidant of Henry Ford, the American legend who made the automobile accessible to the masses.
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Harold Ramis, Chicago actor, writer and director, died February 24, 2014 at the age of 69. Best-known as an actor for 'Ghostbusters', 'Stripes', writer/director for 'Caddyshack', 'Groundhog Day'. Harold Ramis not only may be the most successful comedy writer-director that Chicago has produced, but some wouldn't even confine that statement to Chicago. “Harold was clearly the most successful comedy writer-director of all time,” said Tim Kazurinsky, who followed Ramis at Second City and later became his friend. “The number of films that he has made that were successful, that were blockbusters, nobody comes close. Even in light in of that, he was more successful as a human being.”
Harold Ramis, Chicago actor, writer and director, died February 24, 2014 at the age of 69. Best-known as an actor for 'Ghostbusters', 'Stripes', writer/director for 'Caddyshack', 'Groundhog Day'. Harold Ramis not only may be the most successful comedy writer-director that Chicago has produced, but some wouldn't even confine that statement to Chicago. “Harold was clearly the most successful comedy writer-director of all time,” said Tim Kazurinsky, who followed Ramis at Second City and later became his friend. “The number of films that he has made that were successful, that were blockbusters, nobody comes close. Even in light in of that, he was more successful as a human being.”
Good night John Boy.
Good night Elizabeth.
Good night Daddy. Daddy? Daddy? Daddy?
Ralph Waite dies on February 13, 2014!
Veteran character actor Ralph Waite -- who many knew best from his time on "The Waltons," though he also had regular roles in more recent series like "Bones" and "NCIS" -- has died. He was 85. Waite died on Thursday afternoon at his Palm Desert, California, home, according to Steve Gordon, his family accountant. Jane Mead, a representative of the Spirit of the Desert Presbyterian Fellowship that Waite attended regularly, confirmed his death.
Good night Elizabeth.
Good night Daddy. Daddy? Daddy? Daddy?
Ralph Waite dies on February 13, 2014!
Veteran character actor Ralph Waite -- who many knew best from his time on "The Waltons," though he also had regular roles in more recent series like "Bones" and "NCIS" -- has died. He was 85. Waite died on Thursday afternoon at his Palm Desert, California, home, according to Steve Gordon, his family accountant. Jane Mead, a representative of the Spirit of the Desert Presbyterian Fellowship that Waite attended regularly, confirmed his death.
"Caesar Hour is up! Sid Caesar, whose clever, anarchic comedy on such programs as "Your Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour" helped define the 1950s "Golden Age of Television," has died 02/12/14. He was 91.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Actor of Depth, Dies at 46
Philip Seymour Hoffman, perhaps the most ambitious and widely admired American actor of his generation, who gave three-dimensional nuance to a wide range of sidekicks, villains and leading men on screen and embraced some of the theater’s most burdensome roles on Broadway, died on Sunday at an apartment in Greenwich Village he was renting as an office. He was 46.
The death, from an apparent drug overdose, was confirmed by the police. Mr. Hoffman was found in the apartment by a friend who had become concerned after being unable to reach him. Investigators found a syringe in his arm and, nearby, an envelope containing what appeared to be heroin.
Mr. Hoffman was long known to struggle with addiction. In 2006, he said in an interview with “60 Minutes” that he had given up drugs and alcohol many years earlier, when he was 22. Last year he checked into a rehabilitation program for about 10 days after a reliance on prescription pills resulted in his briefly turning again to heroin.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, perhaps the most ambitious and widely admired American actor of his generation, who gave three-dimensional nuance to a wide range of sidekicks, villains and leading men on screen and embraced some of the theater’s most burdensome roles on Broadway, died on Sunday at an apartment in Greenwich Village he was renting as an office. He was 46.
The death, from an apparent drug overdose, was confirmed by the police. Mr. Hoffman was found in the apartment by a friend who had become concerned after being unable to reach him. Investigators found a syringe in his arm and, nearby, an envelope containing what appeared to be heroin.
Mr. Hoffman was long known to struggle with addiction. In 2006, he said in an interview with “60 Minutes” that he had given up drugs and alcohol many years earlier, when he was 22. Last year he checked into a rehabilitation program for about 10 days after a reliance on prescription pills resulted in his briefly turning again to heroin.
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Joseph Kalite,ex-Muslim minister hacked to death with machetes!
A Muslim former minister has been hacked to death by machete-wielding men in the capital of the Central African Republic, as clashes escalated a day after interim President Catherine Samba-Panza took office. The tit-for-tat violence has killed more than 2,000 people since December.
Joseph Kalite,ex-Muslim minister hacked to death with machetes!
A Muslim former minister has been hacked to death by machete-wielding men in the capital of the Central African Republic, as clashes escalated a day after interim President Catherine Samba-Panza took office. The tit-for-tat violence has killed more than 2,000 people since December.
"Shipping wars" star, Roy Garber has been shipped out!
One of the stars of the A&E show "Shipping Wars" died Friday night after suffering a heart attack ... Roy Garber -- a popular character on the hit show -- was rushed to a hospital in Texas after suffering a heart attack and passed away shortly after -- this according to his long-time girlfriend.
Sources close to the family tell us Roy had a heart condition for some time.
A rep for the show says they are "deeply saddened by the loss of a member of the A&E family."
One of the stars of the A&E show "Shipping Wars" died Friday night after suffering a heart attack ... Roy Garber -- a popular character on the hit show -- was rushed to a hospital in Texas after suffering a heart attack and passed away shortly after -- this according to his long-time girlfriend.
Sources close to the family tell us Roy had a heart condition for some time.
A rep for the show says they are "deeply saddened by the loss of a member of the A&E family."
Who sez lil' folk don't Live long. Ruth Robinson Duccini Dead: Last Female 'Wizard Of Oz' Munchkin Dies At 95. LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ruth Robinson Duccini, the last of the original female Munchkins from the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz," has died. She was 95.With her death, only one actor who played one of the original 124 Munchkins in the movie remains alive.
Duccini died of natural causes in Solari Hospice Care Center in Las Vegas on Thursday.
Her death was confirmed by Stephen Cox, author of "The Munchkins of Oz." He says he learned of it from Duccini's son.
Duccini died of natural causes in Solari Hospice Care Center in Las Vegas on Thursday.
Her death was confirmed by Stephen Cox, author of "The Munchkins of Oz." He says he learned of it from Duccini's son.
Rest in peace, Dave Madden. The Partridge Family alum, who rose to fame in the 1970s for his role as the onscreen band's manager Reuben Kincaid, died Thursday, Jan. 16 at the age of 82.
Madden's former agent told TMZ the Canadian-born actor died of "congestive heart and kidney failure" Thursday morning in Florida.
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On The Partridge Family, Madden's character was oftentimes aggravated by the antics of the onscreen family's children -- particularly by redheaded terror Danny, who was played by Danny Bonaduce, now
Madden's former agent told TMZ the Canadian-born actor died of "congestive heart and kidney failure" Thursday morning in Florida.
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On The Partridge Family, Madden's character was oftentimes aggravated by the antics of the onscreen family's children -- particularly by redheaded terror Danny, who was played by Danny Bonaduce, now
Russell Johnson, "Gilligan" professor, has died. He played "The Professor" on "Gilligan's Island," Russell Johnson, has died.
His agent, Mike Eisenstadt, told CBS News that Johnson died Thursday morning at his home in Washington State of natural causes. He was 89.
His agent, Mike Eisenstadt, told CBS News that Johnson died Thursday morning at his home in Washington State of natural causes. He was 89.
Run Run Shaw, Father of Hong Kong’s Movie Industry, Dies
Run Run Shaw, the Hong Kong media mogul and philanthropist whose movie studio exported Chinese cinema to a global audience in the 1960s, has died. He was 106. The founder of Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Ltd. died at home in the company of his family at 6:55 a.m. today, Television Broadcasts Ltd. (511) said in a statement. According to the Chinese custom of calculating age, he was 107, said the company that was co-founded by Shaw.
Run Run Shaw, the Hong Kong media mogul and philanthropist whose movie studio exported Chinese cinema to a global audience in the 1960s, has died. He was 106. The founder of Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Ltd. died at home in the company of his family at 6:55 a.m. today, Television Broadcasts Ltd. (511) said in a statement. According to the Chinese custom of calculating age, he was 107, said the company that was co-founded by Shaw.
Phil Everly, Half of Pioneer Rock Duo, Dies at 74By Associated PressJan. 03, 20140
- (LOS ANGELES) — Phil Everly, who with his brother Don formed an influential harmony duo that touched the hearts and sparked the imaginations of rock ‘n’ roll singers for decades, including the Beatles and Bob Dylan, died Friday. He was 74.