Tag: Celebrity deaths
100 years after Tulsa Race Massacre, still toting the damage
TULSA, Okla. — On a recent Sunday, Ernestine Alpha Gibbs returned to Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Ex-Michigan State player Appling wanted in fatal shooting
DETROIT — Detroit police named a former Michigan State University basketball star as the suspect in a deadly shooting late Saturday.
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Sweden’s Ericsson Globe gets a new name: AVICII ARENA
NEW YORK — Avicii's legacy will live on in Sweden — one of the country's popular arenas is being renamed AVICII ARENA.
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Pioneering comic Paul Mooney, a writer for Pryor, dies at 79
NEW YORK — Paul Mooney, a boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryor's longtime writing partner and whose sage, incisive musings on racism and American...
Actor Seth Rogen to tell stories in his own Stitcher podcast
NEW YORK — Actor Seth Rogen is jumping into the podcast world later this year with a series where he interviews people who have...
Famed Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan dead at age 37
HONOLULU — Colt Brennan, a star quarterback at the University of Hawaii who finished third in the 2007 Heisman Trophy balloting, died early Tuesday,...
‘Saboteur,’ ‘St. Elsewhere’ star Norman Lloyd dies at 106
LOS ANGELES — Norman Lloyd, whose role as kindly Dr. Daniel Auschlander on TV’s “St. Elsewhere” was a single chapter in a distinguished stage...
Lloyd Price, singer and early rock influence, dies at 88
NEW YORK — Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price, an early rock ’n roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favorites as “Lawdy Miss...
Obama dog Bo, once a White House celebrity, dies from cancer
WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama’s dog Bo died Saturday after a battle with cancer, the Obamas said on social media.
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Family of Chris Cornell settles with doctor over his death
LOS ANGELES — The family of Chris Cornell and a doctor who they alleged over-prescribed him drugs before he died have agreed to a...