Jam Master Jay, a founding member of the pioneering rap trio Run DMC, was shot and killed at his recording studio near the New York neighborhood where he grew up, police said. … Read full obituary
Senator Paul Wellstone, a two-term Democrat locked in one of the tightest campaigns in the nation, was killed this morning when his campaign plane crashed in freezing rain near Eveleth, Minn., a small town in the northeastern part of the state. Mr. Wellstone’s high school sweetheart and wife of 39 years, Sheila, 58; their 33-year-old daughter, Marcia Markuson; three campaign aides; and two pilots also died in the fiery crash, which obliterated their 11-seat turboprop among the pine trees. … Read full story
Details to come.
Keene Curtis, the Tony-winning actor who played Daddy Warbucks in one production of “Annie” on Broadway and was the upstairs restaurant owner on the television show “Cheers,” died on Sunday in Bountiful, Utah. He was 79. … Read full obituary
Sidney Pink, the film producer who is considered the father of the feature-length 3-D movie, has died. He was 86. … Read full obituary
Character actor Dennis Patrick, a regular in the cast of “Dallas” and the classic daytime horror soap opera “Dark Shadows,” died of possible smoke inhalation, in a weekend fire at his Hollywood Hills home, officials said on Monday. He was 84. … Read full obituary
ESCONDIDO, Calif., Oct. 14 (UPI) — Ray Conniff — the Grammy-winning arranger, bandleader, composer and trombonist behind some of the biggest pop hits of the 1950s and ’60s — has died. He was 85. … Read full obituary
One point AP missed in this obit: Buddy Lester was the inspiration for “Buddy Love,” the oily lounge-lizard half of Jerry Lewis’ dual personality in the original Nutty Professor.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 (AP) — Buddy Lester, a comedian and actor who appeared in the Rat Pack movie “Ocean’s 11″ and Jerry Lewis’s “Nutty Professor,” died here on Oct. 4. He was 85. … Read full obituary
Historian Stephen Ambrose, author of more than 25 books of American history — including “Band of Brothers” and multivolume biographies of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon — died early Sunday. He was 66. … Read full obituary
Jim Seymour, an early and influential technical writer who explained the benefits and headaches of personal computers for two decades in enthusiasts’ periodicals like PC Week and PC Magazine, died on Tuesday in Austin, Tex., where he lived. He was 60. … Read full obituary
An actress who was a regular performer on “Laugh-In” for one season has died after a fire broke out at her home in Los Angeles. … Read full obituary
Aileen Carol Wuornos, called the “Damsel of Death,” was executed voluntarily and peacefully by lethal injection Wednesday morning, dying much more gently than any of the seven men she shot to death a dozen years ago. …
Wuornos, one of the nation’s rare female serial killers, was only the second woman to be executed in Florida and the second inmate to be put to death in a week. … Read full obituary
Don Wells, the original voice of the Anaheim Angels and longtime radio broadcaster, has died. He was 79. Wells died Thursday in Switzerland after a long illness, his brother Ralph Wells said. … Read full obituary
Allen Parkinson, a star-struck entrepreneur who developed an over-the-counter sleep aid and built a wax museum dedicated to Hollywood legends, died on Aug. 19 at his home in Warwick, R.I. He was 83. … Read full obituary
Bruce Paltrow, a producer and director who strove to incorporate social themes into his television series, most notably “The White Shadow” and “St. Elsewhere,” died yesterday at a hospital in Rome while there to celebrate the 30th birthday of his Oscar-winning daughter, Gwyneth Paltrow. He was 58 and lived in Los Angeles. … Read full obituary
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