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Ex-German President's Son Stabbed to Death During Speech

Richard von Weizsaecker's son Fritz, 59, was killed at hospital where he was a head physician

(Newser) - The son of former German president Richard von Weizsaecker, one of the country's most popular leaders, was stabbed to death while giving a lecture at a Berlin hospital where he worked as a head physician, police said Wednesday. A 57-year-old German man is in custody after he leaped from...

Inventor of One of World&#39;s Grossest Drinks Dies at 89
Pour One Out
for the Inventor
of the 'Sourtoe'
OBITUARY
Nov 16, 2019 8:15 AM CST

Pour One Out for the Inventor of the 'Sourtoe'

Capt. Dick Stevenson, who created popular cocktail with a toe floating in it, dies at 89

(Newser) - "I'm pretty sure I'm the only daughter in history that has to, following my dad's will, make sure that his toes are removed and dried." Dixie Stevenson explains why to the CBC : Her late father, Capt. Dick Stevenson, would like his digits used in the...

Survivor Fan Favorite Dead at 91
Survivor Fan Favorite Dead at 91
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Nov 2, 2019 4:00 PM CDT

Survivor Fan Favorite Dead at 91

Rudy Boesch died from Alzheimer's complications

(Newser) - Rudy Boesch, the ex-Navy SEAL who became a fan favorite on Survivor's first season, died Friday after a battle with Alzheimer's. He was 91. Boesch "was surrounded by his family and passed away peacefully" in Virginia, a SEAL veterans official tells the Hollywood Reporter . "He proudly...

&#39;Life Won&#39;t Be as Funny Without Him&#39;
'Life Won't Be as
Funny Without Him'
obituary
Oct 30, 2019 6:02 AM CDT

'Life Won't Be as Funny Without Him'

'Friday' actor-comedian John Witherspoon dead at 77

(Newser) - Actor-comedian John Witherspoon, who memorably played Ice Cube's father in the Friday films, has died. He was 77. Witherspoon's manager Alex Goodman confirmed late Tuesday that Witherspoon died in Los Angeles. No cause of death was released. The actor had a prolific career, co-starring in three Friday films,...

Studio Boss Who &#39;Saved&#39; The Godfather Dead at 89
Studio Boss Who 'Saved'
The Godfather Dead at 89
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Oct 28, 2019 3:48 PM CDT

Studio Boss Who 'Saved' The Godfather Dead at 89

Production chief Robert Evans made Paramount a powerhouse

(Newser) - Robert Evans, the protean, fast-living Hollywood producer and former Paramount Pictures production chief who backed such seminal 1970s films as Chinatown, The Godfather, and Harold and Maude, has died. He was 89. Evans' publicist, Monique Moss, confirmed that Evans died on Saturday, the AP reports. Evans was married and divorced...

Tick-Borne Illness Claims Life of Former Senator

66-year-old Kay Hagan had encephalitis, caused by Powassan virus

(Newser) - Kay Hagan, a former bank executive who rose from a budget writer in the North Carolina Legislature to a seat in the US Senate, died Monday after a three-year illness related to a tick-borne virus. She was 66. Hagan died of encephalitis, or brain inflammation, caused by Powassan virus, a...

WaPo Catches Flak for Baghdadi Headline

Describing terrorist as 'austere religious scholar' shouldn't have happened, says 'Washington Post' rep

(Newser) - The weekend's news was dominated by the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but one headline garnered extra attention. In its obituary for the 48-year-old Islamic State leader, the Washington Post originally topped the story with a headline most Americans wouldn't argue with, per USA Today : "Abu Bakr...

The Longest- Serving Black Congressman Has Died

John Conyers was known as the dean of the Congressional Black Caucus

(Newser) - Former US Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in Detroit despite several scandals, has died, the AP reports. He was 90. Conyers, among the high-profile politicians topped by sex...

Nancy Pelosi&#39;s Brother Is Dead at 90
Nancy Pelosi Loses a Brother
Oct 20, 2019 4:00 PM CDT

Nancy Pelosi Loses a Brother

Thomas D'Alesandro III passed away in Baltimore

(Newser) - Thomas D'Alesandro III, a former Baltimore mayor and the brother of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has died. He was 90. A spokesman for Pelosi said D'Alesandro died Sunday morning at his north Baltimore home after complications from a stroke, the AP reports. Pelosi says in a statement that...

Husband of &#39;Maude&#39; Nearly Lived to 100
Husband of 'Maude'
Nearly Lived to 100
obituary
Oct 18, 2019 1:20 PM CDT

Husband of 'Maude' Nearly Lived to 100

Actor Bill Macy dead at 97

(Newser) - He had a long resume of TV and movie credits, but the world knows him best as the husband of Maude in the 1970s sitcom of that name. Bill Macy, the actor who played Walter Findlay and opposite Bea Arthur in the show, has died at age 97, reports the...

Rep. Elijah Cummings Dead at 68
Rep. Elijah Cummings Dies
OBITUARY
Oct 17, 2019 5:17 AM CDT

Rep. Elijah Cummings Dies

Democrat chaired powerful House committee

(Newser) - Rep. Elijah Cummings died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications from longstanding health challenges, his congressional office says. He was 68. A sharecropper's son, Cummings became the powerful chairman of a House committee that investigated President Trump, and was a formidable orator who passionately advocated for...

Man Who Shared 'Secret Sex Lives of the Stars' Has Died

Scotty Bowers was a self-described Hollywood 'fixer'

(Newser) - Scotty Bowers, a self-described Hollywood "fixer" whose memoir offered sensational accounts of the sex lives of such celebrities as Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, has died. He was 96. Bowers' agent, David Kuhn, said he died Sunday of natural causes at his home...

Eminent Critic Harold Bloom Dead at 89
Anxiety of Influence
Author Dies at 89
OBITUARY
Oct 15, 2019 12:11 AM CDT

Anxiety of Influence Author Dies at 89

Eminent critic Harold Bloom was still teaching days ago

(Newser) - Harold Bloom, the eminent critic and Yale professor whose seminal The Anxiety of Influence and melancholy regard for literature's old masters made him a popular author and standard-bearer of Western civilization amid modern trends, died Monday at age 89. Bloom's wife, Jeanne, said that he had been in...

He Struggled in Acting for Decades. Then Came Tarantino

Character actor Robert Forster died of brain cancer after a brief illness at the age of 78

(Newser) - Robert Forster, the handsome character actor who appeared in the Twin Peaks reboot, earned an Oscar nod for his turn in Jackie Brown, and who most recently appeared in the Breaking Bad sequel El Camino, has died at the age of 78, the AP reports. His publicist confirms Forster died...

He Was the First to Walk in Space
First Human to Walk
in Space Is Dead
OBITUARY
Oct 11, 2019 12:00 PM CDT

First Human to Walk in Space Is Dead

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was 85

(Newser) - The first-ever spacewalk had an unexpected snag when Alexei Leonov was unable to get back in his space capsule. As the AP reports, Leonov's suit had ballooned in the vacuum of space so much that he needed to vent oxygen through a valve in his suit in order to...

&#39;Surgeon to the Stars&#39; Dies at 98
'Surgeon to the
Stars' Dies at 98
OBITUARY
Oct 11, 2019 8:38 AM CDT

'Surgeon to the Stars' Dies at 98

Bjorn Thorbjarnarson was sued after gallbladder operation on Andy Warhol

(Newser) - Some called him a "surgeon to the stars" ; most knew him as the doctor at the center of the controversy over Andy Warhol's death. Now, Bjorn Thorbjarnarson is once more in headlines, this time for his own passing at the age of 98. The New York surgeon's...

&#39;Crying Comedian&#39; Dies At 84
'Crying Comedian'
Dies At 84
OBITUARY
Oct 7, 2019 5:33 AM CDT

'Crying Comedian' Dies At 84

Rip Taylor was known for his zany mannerisms and throwing confetti

(Newser) - When he first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in the early '60s, Rip Taylor made a name for himself as the "Crying Comedian," pretending to sob as he pleaded with the audience to laugh at his jokes. The world never really had a problem laughing at...

Ginger Baker, Cream&#39;s Volatile Drummer, Dies
Iconic '60s Supergroup
Drummer Dead 
OBITUARY
Oct 6, 2019 7:47 AM CDT

Iconic '60s Supergroup Drummer Dead

Ginger Baker, Cream's volatile drummer, dies at age 80

(Newser) - Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive British musician best known for his time with the power trio Cream, died Sunday at age 80, reports the AP . Baker wielded his blues power and jazz technique to help break open popular music and become one of the world's most admired and...

Her Career, Romances Were Legendary. Goodbye to a 'Pioneer'

Oscar-nominated Diahann Carroll was first black woman to star in non-servant role on TV

(Newser) - Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role on TV—in the series Julia—has died at 84. Carroll's daughter, Suzanne Kay, told the AP her mother died Friday in Los Angeles of cancer. During...

A &#39;Punk Legend&#39; Is Dead at 56
A 'Punk Legend'
Is Dead at 56
Oct 3, 2019 4:04 PM CDT

A 'Punk Legend' Is Dead at 56

Kim Shattuck was the frontwoman for the Muffs, appeared in other bands including the Pixies

(Newser) - Kim Shattuck, the guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the frontwoman for the Muffs, died Wednesday at age 56, NPR reports. Shattuck, whom Jezebel calls a "Los Angeles punk legend," had suffered from ALS for two years, though she never announced the diagnosis publicly. She formed the...

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