Tag: Obituaries
`Superman,’ `Lethal Weapon’ director Richard Donner dies
Filmmaker Richard Donner, who helped create the modern superhero blockbuster with 1978’s “Superman” and mastered the buddy comedy with the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, has...
NYC temporary morgue lingers, a reminder of pandemic’s pain
NEW YORK — On a sun-soaked morning last month, a dozen mourners gathered by a freshly dug grave to bury four people who were...
Rockabilly performer Sanford Clark dead at 85 from COVID-19
JOPLIN, Mo. — Rockabilly and country performer Sanford Clark, who had a Top 10 hit with “The Fool” in 1956, has died in a...
Orchestra set to start in fall; CT virus rules up for a vote
PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland Symphony Orchestra isn’t playing at the Fourth of July extravaganza on the city’s East End beach, but it is...
Tom Reich, pioneering baseball and hockey agent, dies at 82
Thomas M. Reich, a pioneering baseball agent with an ebullient, oversized personality who helped players gain multimillion dollar salaries in the early years of...
Jill Biden’s travel shows breadth covered by first lady
PHOENIX — After wrapping up a hectic, two-day swing through Dallas, Houston and Phoenix to promote COVID-19 vaccinations, Jill Biden didn’t relax on the...
Rumsfeld, a cunning leader who oversaw a ruinous Iraq war
WASHINGTON — Calling Donald H. Rumsfeld energetic was like calling the Pacific wide. When others would rest, he would run. While others sat, he...
Skateboarder to be Britain’s youngest Summer Olympian
LONDON — Skateboarder Sky Brown will become Britain's youngest Summer Olympian in Tokyo next month.
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VIRUS DIARY: The unfinished business of a funeral deferred
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It dawned on me recently at the Nashville airport that the pandemic wouldn't end at the same time for everybody. I...
Former Indiana first lady Patricia Whitcomb dies at 91
SEYMOUR, Ind. — Former Indiana first lady Patricia Whitcomb, whose husband, Republican Edgar Whitcomb, led the state from 1969 to 1973, has died at...