Tag: Obituaries
Former GOP Chairman, Tennessee Sen. Bill Brock dies at 90
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Tennessee Sen. Bill Brock, whose long career in Washington included a key role in rebuilding the Republican Party after the...
Bobby Brown, ex-Yankee and former AL president, dies at 96
Bobby Brown, an infielder who played on five World Series champions with the New York Yankees and later became a cardiologist and president of...
Acclaimed French director Bertrand Tavernier is dead aged 79
<p>PARIS — French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, who directed acclaimed movies such “A Sunday in the Country,” “Captain Conan” and “The Judge and the Assassin,”...
Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski dies in avalanche at 40
PARIS — Julie Pomagalski, a former Olympic snowboarder from France, has died in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. She was 40.
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Dubai’s deputy ruler Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid dies at 75
<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates minister of finance, has...
‘Virginia Woolf,’ ‘Goldbergs’ star George Segal dies at 87
LOS ANGELES — George Segal, the banjo player turned actor who was nominated for an Oscar for 1966's “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” and...
Tobias Harris comes up big late as Sixers hold off Warriors
SAN FRANCISCO — Tobias Harris hit a go-ahead jumper with 3:44 to play, scored another basket on the next possession and finished with 25...
Dubai’s deputy ruler Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid dies at 75
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates minister of finance, has...
Acclaimed Polish poet Adam Zagajewski dies at age 75
<p>WARSAW, Poland — Adam Zagajewski, one of Poland’s greatest poets who wrote a poem that came to symbolize the world's sense of shock and...
Acclaimed Polish poet Adam Zagajewski dies at age 75
WARSAW, Poland — Adam Zagajewski, one of Poland’s greatest poets who wrote a poem that came to symbolize the world's sense of shock and...