Dead Celebrity Alert

Steve Howe, the relief pitcher whose promising career was derailed by cocaine and alcohol abuse, died Friday when his pickup truck rolled over in Coachella, Calif. He was 48. … Read full obituary

Julia Thorne, the ex-wife of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, died Thursday after a long battle with cancer, a Kerry spokesman confirmed to CNN. … Read full obituary

April 13, 2006 — Poker is a game of colorful characters. The poker world lost one of its pioneering characters yesterday as Walter Clyde “Puggy” Pearson passed away. Puggy was 77. … Read full obituary

[June] Pointer, the youngest of the Grammy-winning trio the Pointer Sisters, who scored hits with “I’m So Excited” and “Jump (For My Love),” died of an undisclosed type of cancer on Tuesday in Los Angeles. She was fifty-two years old. … Read full obituary

Jim Clack, an offensive lineman who played 11 seasons in the National Football League and won two Super Bowl rings with the Pittsburgh Steelers, died Friday in Greensboro, N.C. He was 58… Read full obituary

American superstar Gene Pitney has been found dead aged 65 in his bed in a Cardiff hotel.

Pitney — who found fame with Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa — was pronounced dead at the Hilton hotel at 1000 BST.

He was on a UK tour and had shown no signs of illness. … Read full obituary

Hal, the coyote who led park rangers and police officers on a two-day chase in Central Park last month, died on Thursday, moments before he was to be released in a thousand-acre state forest in Putnam County. He was about a year old. … Read full obituary