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Acclaimed Conductor Long Led Boston Symphony Orchestra

Seiji Ozawa brought star power in three-decade period of growth

(Newser) - Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has died at age 88. Ozawa died of heart failure Tuesday at his home in Tokyo, according to his office, Veroza Japan. The internationally...

Ex-Dutch PM, 93, Dies 'Hand in Hand' With Wife by Euthanasia

Dries van Agt led nation from 1977 till 1982

(Newser) - Dries van Agt, the Christian Democrat prime minister of the Netherlands from 1977 until 1982, has died by euthanasia along with his wife, according to the human rights organization he founded. They both were 93. The news was made public on Friday by the Rights Forum, which said the couple...

Country Music Star Toby Keith Dies at 62

'Beer For My Horses' singer was battling stomach cancer

(Newser) - "Beer For My Horses" singer-songwriter Toby Keith has died. He was 62, reports the AP . Keith, who was battling stomach cancer, passed peacefully on Monday surrounded by his family, according to a statement posted on the country singer's website. "He fought his fight with grace and courage,...

Retired Firefighter Shared Iconic Image With President
Bob Beckwith Shared
Iconic 9/11 Image
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Feb 5, 2024 4:15 PM CST

Bob Beckwith Shared Iconic 9/11 Image

Firefighter was retired when he rushed to Ground Zero after attacks

(Newser) - Bob Beckwith, a retired firefighter whose chance encounter with the president amid the rubble of Ground Zero became part of an iconic image of American unity after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, has died. He was 91. Beckwith died Sunday in hospice care after battling cancer, his wife, Barbara...

A Unique Love Story Has Ended
A Unique
Zoo Love Story
Has Ended
Feb 5, 2024 1:22 PM CST

A Unique Zoo Love Story Has Ended

Walnut, a white-naped crane who attacked potential mates but bonded with her keeper, has died

(Newser) - One of the great interspecies love stories of our time has come to an end. Walnut, a white-naped crane and internet celebrity, has passed away at age 42, reports the AP . She is survived by eight chicks, the loving staff at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute,...

Carl Weathers Said Role in Rocky Films Put Him on the Map

Actor's films included 'Predator' and 'Happy Gilmore'

(Newser) - Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator and teaching golf in Happy Gilmore, has died. He was 76. His manager said Weathers died Thursday, the AP reports....

Adele Springsteen Inspired, and Danced With, a Rock Star

Bruce Springsteen says his mother 'held our family together'

(Newser) - Adele Zerilli Springsteen, a longtime legal secretary, musical muse, and dance partner to Bruce Springsteen—in the family living room and later onstage—who captured the hearts of her son's fans, has died. Her son announced in an Instagram post that his mother died Wednesday, the AP reports. She...

Brian Wilson Mourns Wife: 'She Was My Savior'

Melinda Ledbetter Wilson dies at 77

(Newser) - Brian Wilson's wife of 28 years, famously portrayed by Elizabeth Banks opposite John Cusack's Brian in the 2014 film Love & Mercy, died Tuesday at age 77. Melinda Ledbetter first met Wilson in 1986 when she sold the founding Beach Boy a Cadillac; they had an on-and-off relationship...

Broadway Legend Chita Rivera Dead at 91
Chita Rivera Was a
'True Broadway Legend'
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Jan 30, 2024 2:35 PM CST

Chita Rivera Was a 'True Broadway Legend'

Tony-winning dancer, singer dead at 91

(Newser) - Chita Rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer, and actress who garnered 10 Tony nominations, winning twice, in a long Broadway career that forged a path for Latina artists and shrugged off a near-fatal car accident, died Tuesday. She was 91. Rivera's death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who...

Giant of Native American Literature Dies
Giant of
Native American
Literature Dies
OBITUARY
Jan 29, 2024 12:21 PM CST

Giant of Native American Literature Dies

N. Scott Momaday was a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1969

(Newser) - N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator, and folklorist whose debut novel House Made of Dawn is widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature, died last week at age 89. Momaday died at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, said publisher HarperCollins. He...

Bill Hayes Was Half of a &#39;Soap-World Power Couple&#39;
Soap Star Also Had
'Davy Crockett' Hit Song
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Jan 26, 2024 9:26 AM CST

Soap Star Also Had 'Davy Crockett' Hit Song

'The last scene I got to play with him is about how much we love each other,' says Bill Hayes' widow

(Newser) - Susan Seaforth Hayes is mourning Bill Hayes, her husband in real life and on Days of Our Lives for decades. Hayes, who joined the daytime soap opera's cast in 1970 as con artist-turned-lounge singer Doug Williams, taped his final scene with his wife just weeks before he died on...

'Toothless Man' From Deliverance Dies in Crash

Herbert Coward was 85

(Newser) - Herbert Coward, known for his "Toothless Man" role in the movie Deliverance, died Wednesday in a crash on a western North Carolina highway, according to authorities. He was 85. The crash happened Wednesday afternoon as Coward and Bertha Brooks, 78, left a doctor's appointment, North Carolina Highway Patrol...

Harry Connick Sr. Dead at 97
Harry Connick Sr. Dead at 97
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Jan 26, 2024 1:30 AM CST

Harry Connick Sr. Dead at 97

Longtime New Orleans district attorney saw his legacy dogged by questions

(Newser) - New Orleans' longtime vaunted district attorney and the father of one of the city's more famous musicians died Thursday at age 97. Harry Connick Sr. died peacefully at his home in New Orleans with his wife, Londa, and children—Suzanna and musician and actor Harry Connick Jr.—by...

Woodstock Singer Had Hits With &#39;Lay Down,&#39; &#39;Brand New Key&#39;
Melanie's Family Asks
Fans to Light a Candle
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Jan 24, 2024 7:40 PM CST

Melanie's Family Asks Fans to Light a Candle

Singer of 'Lay Down' and 'Brand New Key' was a breakout star at Woodstock

(Newser) - Melanie, a folk singer who performed at Woodstock in 1969—solo and petrified—before having major pop hits with "Brand New Key" and "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)," has died. The singer whose full name was Melanie Safka was 76. "She was one of the...

CBS Host Charles Osgood Dies at 91
His Famous
Signoff: 'I'll See
You on the Radio'
OBITUARY
Jan 24, 2024 7:36 AM CST

His Famous Signoff: 'I'll See You on the Radio'

Emmy-winning TV/radio journalist Charles Osgood, former host of 'CBS Sunday Morning,' dies at 91

(Newser) - Charles Osgood, a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who anchored CBS Sunday Morning for more than two decades, hosted the long-running radio program The Osgood File, and was referred to as CBS News' poet in residence, has died. He was 91, per the AP . CBS reports that Osgood died Tuesday at...

Director Made Moonstruck, In the Heat of the Night

Norman Jewison mixed comedies with films about racism, injustice

(Newser) - Norman Jewison, the acclaimed and versatile Canadian-born director whose Hollywood films included Doris Day comedies, Moonstruck, and social dramas such as the Oscar-winning In the Heat of the Night, has died at age 97. His publicist said Jewison, a three-time Oscar nominee who in 1999 received an Academy Award for...

MLK&#39;s Youngest Son Is Dead at 62
MLK's Youngest
Son Is Dead at 62
Jan 22, 2024 1:53 PM CST

MLK's Youngest Son Is Dead at 62

Dexter Scott King had prostate cancer

(Newser) - Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has died after battling prostate cancer, per the AP . The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter King served as chairman, said the 62-year-old son of the civil rights icon died at his home in Malibu,...

She Had a Massive Hit With the Shangri-Las


She Had
a Massive Hit
With the
Shangri-Las
obituary
Jan 21, 2024 5:31 AM CST

She Had a Massive Hit With the Shangri-Las

Mary Weiss of 'Leader of the Pack' fame and more is dead at 75

(Newser) - A familiar voice from the 1960s has died. Mary Weiss, lead singer of the Shangri-Las, was 75, reports Rolling Stone . The group is best known for "Leader of the Pack," which reached No. 1 in 1964 and entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, per...

A Pole Vault World Champ Is Dead at 29

Shawn Barber died of medical complications after an unspecified illness

(Newser) - World champion pole vaulter Shawn Barber, whom the Athletic calls "Canada's greatest pole vaulter," died Wednesday at his Texas home, his agent confirms to the AP . He was 29. Though details are not clear, he'd been having health problems for some time, and died as a...

Joyce Randolph Played Herself on The Honeymooners
Joyce Randolph Played
Herself on The Honeymooners
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Jan 14, 2024 1:50 PM CST

Joyce Randolph Played Herself on The Honeymooners

Actress was the last of the 1950s sitcom's cast

(Newser) - Joyce Randolph, a veteran stage and television actress whose role as the savvy Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners provided the perfect foil to her dimwitted TV husband, has died. She was 99. Randolph died of natural causes Saturday night at her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the...

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