Dead Celebrity Alert

Samuel A. Garrison III, a congressional lawyer who argued against the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon, has died in Virginia at age 65. …

Garrison later announced he was gay and became active in gay rights issues, the Times reported. … Read full obituary

Wallace Seawell, a top Hollywood portrait and glamour photographer during the heyday of movie stars including Sophia Loren, Tony Curtis and Gregory Peck, has died. He was 90. … Read full obituary

WACO, Texas (AP) — Tony Thompson, who sang on the 1990s R & B hits “I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)” and “She’s Playing Hard to Get” as part of the group Hi-Five, has died. He was 31.

Friends told the Waco Tribune-Herald that Thompson was found dead last night of an apparent drug overdose. … Read full obituary

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Mark Harris, best known for baseball novels that included “Bang the Drum Slowly,” narrated by the fictional Henry Wiggen, has died. He was 84. … Read full obituary

BRISTOW — A Bristow native considered the father of modern hot-air ballooning died Thursday.

Paul “Ed” Yost perfected the concept of using propane heat to fill a balloon to make it fly and be maneuverable. He died of natural causes at this home in Taos, N.M. He was 87. … Read full obituary