Archive for March, 2005
Posted: Thursday, March 31st, 2005 11:35 am
Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman whose condition ignited a protracted legal struggle and a national debate over end-of-life issues, died today at a Florida hospice, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed under a court order. … Read full story
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Posted: Wednesday, March 30th, 2005 5:29 pm
Dr. Don Rose, the radio personality who entertained generations of listeners in the Bay Area, died in his sleep Wednesday.
Rose commanded the airwaves in the 1970s and 80s with his morning show on KFRC-AM. He came up with nicknames for many local cities, like “Pinhole” for Pinole, “Sacra-tomato” for Sacramento, and “Berserkly” for Berkeley. … Read full obituary
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Posted: Tuesday, March 29th, 2005 5:50 pm
Former U.S. Sen. Howell Heflin, a popular, joke-telling Alabama politician who served as chief justice before becoming an arbiter of senatorial behavior during three terms in Washington, has died, family and associates said Tuesday. He was 83. … Read full obituary
Filed under Government/Politics
Posted: Tuesday, March 29th, 2005 5:27 pm
Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., the dynamic, eminently quotable attorney whose televised murder defense of O.J. Simpson made him a legal superstar died Tuesday. He was 67. … Read full obituary
Filed under Crime
Posted: Monday, March 28th, 2005 5:33 am
Paul Hester, the drummer from popular 1980s Australian rock band Crowded House, hanged himself in a park in southern Australia, an emergency services spokeswoman said Monday. … Read full story
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Posted: Thursday, March 24th, 2005 12:47 pm
LOS ANGELES — Barney Martin, a former New York City detective who went into show business and became best known for playing Jerry Seinfeld’s father Morty on the comedian’s hit television series, has died. He was 82. … Read full obituary
Filed under Movies & Stage, Television
Posted: Thursday, March 24th, 2005 7:13 am
WILTON, New Hampshire — Guitarist Rod Price, founding member of the blues boogie band Foghat, died Tuesday after falling down a stairway at his home, a family friend said. He was 57. … Read full obituary
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Posted: Monday, March 21st, 2005 11:11 pm
John Z. DeLorean, 80, the brilliant but troubled automaker who arguably was as flamboyant as his car designs, died March 19 at a hospital in Summit, N.J., after a stroke. … Read full obituary
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Posted: Monday, March 21st, 2005 3:26 pm
Bobby Short, the cherubic singer and pianist whose high-spirited but probing renditions of popular standards evoked the glamour and sophistication of Manhattan nightlife, died today at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He was 80… Read full obituary
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Posted: Sunday, March 20th, 2005 10:47 am
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Posted: Thursday, March 17th, 2005 9:25 am
An appointee of Mayor Anthony A. Williams who headed the city’s office of gay and lesbian issues was found slain late yesterday in her Northeast Washington home, police said, stunning city officials, activists and friends. …
Authorities said she apparently had been stabbed, but they were awaiting the medical examiner’s ruling on the cause of death. … Read full obituary
Filed under Government/Politics, LGBT
Posted: Tuesday, March 15th, 2005 7:08 am
DAVIE, Florida (AP) — Danny Joe Brown, the lead singer of the Southern rock band Molly Hatchet, died of complications from diabetes, his family said Monday. He was 53. … Read full obituary
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Posted: Thursday, March 3rd, 2005 12:57 pm
WAUWATOSA, Wis. — The Rev. Walter H. Halloran, a priest who took part in an exorcism that spawned the book and movie “The Exorcist,” has died at age 83.
He was the last living Jesuit who assisted in the exorcism in 1949 at a psychiatric unit in St. Louis. He died Tuesday night at a Jesuit retirement home in suburban Milwaukee. … Read full obituary
Filed under Movies & Stage, Religion