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COVID-19 Claims '60s Singer Who Refused to Change Name

Trini Lopez embraced Mexican-American heritage despite warnings it would hurt career

(Newser) - Trini Lopez, a singer and guitarist who gained fame for his versions of “Lemon Tree” and “If I Had a Hammer” in the 1960s and took his talents to Hollywood, died Tuesday. He was 83. Filmmaker P. David Ebersole, who just finished shooting a documentary on Lopez with...

Daughter of NFL Owner, Film Producer Dead at 36

Hilary Tisch 'bravely fought the disease of depression for as long as she could,' says dad Steve

(Newser) - The 36-year-old daughter of New York Giants co-owner and film producer Steve Tisch has died. Hilary Anne Tisch died Monday, Steve Tisch said in a statement issued on behalf of the family. The statement did not cite a cause of death or say where she died, but it noted she...

Viral Obit: Trump, Anti-Maskers Responsible for Man's Death

Texas man died last month from COVID-19

(Newser) - David W. Nagy, 79, died July 22 from COVID-19. And in his obituary , which has gone viral, Nagy's wife places the blame for his death squarely on the shoulders of President Trump, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, and "the many ignorant, self-centered and selfish people" who won't mask...

Wilford Brimley, Cocoon and The Natural Actor, Dies at 85
Wilford Brimley Dies at 85
OBITUARY
Aug 2, 2020 5:43 AM CDT

Wilford Brimley Dies at 85

Cocoon and The Natural actor 'had a tough exterior and a tender heart'

(Newser) - Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a range of films that included Cocoon, The Natural, and The Firm, has died. He was 85. Brimley’s manager, Lynda Bensky, said the actor died...

Hollywood Just Lost a Big-Name Director
Hollywood Just Lost
a Big-Name Director
obituary
Jul 31, 2020 1:17 PM CDT

Hollywood Just Lost a Big-Name Director

Alan Parker's films include Midnight Express and Evita

(Newser) - Alan Parker, a successful and sometimes surprising filmmaker whose diverse output includes Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, and Evita, has died at 76, his family said. A Briton who became a Hollywood heavyweight, Parker also directed Fame, The Commitments, and Mississippi Burning. Together his movies won 10 Academy Awards and 19...

Former GOP Candidate Herman Cain Dies of COVID

He was 74

(Newser) - The coronavirus has claimed another familiar name: Herman Cain , a 2012 GOP presidential candidate, has died at age 74, reports CNBC . Cain was hospitalized in Atlanta on July 1, though his Twitter feed had reported that he was improving throughout the month and quoted Cain himself as saying he was...

Gone With the Wind Star Is Dead at 104
Gone With the Wind 
Star Is Dead at 104
obituary
Jul 26, 2020 12:20 PM CDT

Gone With the Wind Star Is Dead at 104

The Oscar-winning actress enjoyed a career well beyond the famous film

(Newser) - Olivia de Havilland, the doe-eyed actress beloved to millions as the sainted Melanie Wilkes of Gone With the Wind, but also a two-time Oscar winner and an off-screen fighter who challenged and unchained Hollywood's contract system, died Sunday at her home in Paris. She was 104, the AP reports....

Actor John Saxon Dies at 83
Enter the Dragon Co-Star Dies
obituary
Jul 26, 2020 11:50 AM CDT

Enter the Dragon Co-Star Dies

Golden Globe winner played hundreds of roles, including one alongside Bruce Lee

(Newser) - John Saxon, an American actor of Italian descent who played a Mexican bandit and a Middle East tycoon, died Saturday at age 83. The cause of death was pneumonia, per the Hollywood Reporter . His best-known roles were in three of Wes Craven's Nightmare on Elm Street films and with...

'We Mourn His Loss': Regis Philbin Dies at 88

The legendary host of 'Live!' and 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' had a special sense of humor

(Newser) - One of America's most beloved TV hosts is gone. Regis Philbin, best known for the morning show Live! and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, died of natural causes Friday at the age of 88. "His family and friends are forever grateful for the time we got to...

Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Dead at 73
Guitarist Who 'Gave Me
the Cold Sweats' Has Died
obituary
Jul 25, 2020 12:00 PM CDT

Guitarist Who 'Gave Me the Cold Sweats' Has Died

Peter Green had 'the sweetest tone I ever heard,' said guitar legend BB King

(Newser) - Peter Green, the dexterous blues guitarist who led the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac in a career shortened by psychedelic drugs and mental illness, has died at 73, the AP reports. A law firm representing his family, Swan Turton, announced the death in a statement Saturday. It said he died...

&#39;Titan of Civil Rights Movement&#39; John Lewis Dead at 80
The 'Conscience of
Congress' Has Died 
OBITUARY
Jul 18, 2020 5:28 AM CDT

The 'Conscience of Congress' Has Died

Congressman John Lewis, a giant in the civil rights movement, is gone at age 80 after cancer battle

(Newser) - John Lewis, the son of Alabama sharecroppers who became a giant in the civil rights movement, was arrested dozens of times in his fight for racial and social justice, and served 33 years in Congress, has died at the age of 80. The AP reports that Lewis' death was confirmed...

Magic School Bus Creator Dies
Goodbye, Magic
School Bus Creator
OBITUARY
Jul 16, 2020 8:20 AM CDT

Goodbye, Magic School Bus Creator

Joanna Cole was 75

(Newser) - Sad news for fans of Ms. Frizzle: Joanna Cole, creator of the Magic School Bus series, has died. Publisher Scholastic says the 75-year-old died Sunday from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the AP reports. Cole, a former school librarian and magazine editor who grew up in New Jersey, started writing children's...

Rapper 'Who Feared Nothing' Shot Dead in Atlanta: Cops

Police believe Lil Marlo was intended target of gunfire over the weekend

(Newser) - An up-and-coming rap artist from Atlanta died over the weekend, and police there say it appears he was the targeted victim of a shooting. Per NBC News , Rudolph Johnson (stage name: Lil Marlo) was confirmed dead by the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office on Sunday morning, with a cause...

Mandela Daughter Dies: 'She Served South Africa Well'

Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson and Winnie, was 59; cause of death still unknown

(Newser) - Zindzi Mandela, South Africa's current ambassador to Denmark and the youngest daughter of the late Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, is dead at age 59. She died early Monday at a hospital in Johannesburg, per a statement from the office of President Cyril Ramaphosa. The cause of death hasn'...

Conjoined Twins Who Lived to Noteworthy Age Have Died
The Longest-Surviving
Conjoined Twins Have Died
in case you missed it
Jul 11, 2020 10:30 AM CDT

The Longest-Surviving Conjoined Twins Have Died

Ronnie and Donnie Galyon were 68

(Newser) - The world's longest-surviving conjoined twins died July 4 at the age of 68, reports the AP . Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, of Beavercreek, Ohio, were born joined at the abdomen Oct. 28, 1951. In 2014, the brothers earned the distinction of being the world's oldest set of conjoined twins...

Mary Kay Letourneau Dead at 58
Mary Kay
Letourneau
Dead at 58
OBITUARY
Jul 8, 2020 6:21 AM CDT

Mary Kay Letourneau Dead at 58

Teacher who raped, then married, her former student died of cancer, lawyer says

(Newser) - Mary Kay Letourneau, who married her former sixth-grade student after she was convicted of raping him, has died. She was 58. Her lawyer David Gehrke told multiple news outlets Letourneau died Tuesday of cancer, the AP reports. Letourneau was a married mother of four having difficulties with her marriage in...

Country Music Star Charlie Daniels Is Dead

'Devil Went Down to Georgia' was his big hit

(Newser) - Sad news in the world of music: Charlie Daniels has died at age 83 of a stroke, reports the Tennessean . Daniels, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, is best known for his smash hit of 1979, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." But well before...

Broadcaster Hugh Downs Is Dead at 99
Hugh Downs, a Fixture
of American TV, Is Dead
obituary
Jul 2, 2020 1:19 PM CDT

Hugh Downs, a Fixture of American TV, Is Dead

Broadcaster was 99

(Newser) - He may be best known for hosting 20/20 for years with Barbara Walters, but Hugh Downs had a long career in TV broadcasting beyond that. The iconic figure has died at age 99 at his Arizona home, reports azfamily.com . A spokesperson for the family made a point to note...

Famed Powerball Winner Who Lost So Much Dead at 72

Jack Whittaker's wife left him, his granddaughter died after record win

(Newser) - Andrew "Jack" Whittaker Jr., whose life became rife with setbacks and tragedy after winning a record $315 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas night in 2002, has died. He was 72. An official with the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlor in Hinton, West Virginia, said Tuesday that Whittaker died of natural...

Comedy Legend Carl Reiner Dead at 98
Comedy Legend
Carl Reiner Dead at 98
OBITUARY
Jun 30, 2020 8:40 AM CDT

Comedy Legend Carl Reiner Dead at 98

He died of natural causes at his Beverly Hills home

(Newser) - Comedic legend Carl Reiner has died at age 98, TMZ and Variety report. The latter site says he died of natural causes at his Beverly Hills home. Reiner was a longtime actor, director, and writer who first made it big with Sid Caesar's seminal comedy team of the 1950s....

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