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Jimmy Carter's Defense Secretary Had One Big Regret

Harold Brown never forgot what happened in Iran

(Newser) - Harold Brown, who as defense secretary in the Carter administration championed cutting-edge fighting technology during a tenure that included the failed rescue of hostages in Iran, has died at age 91. Brown died Friday, said the Rand Corp., the California-based think tank which Brown served as a trustee for more...

Southwest Airlines Co-Founder Dies at 87

The wisecracking Herb Kelleher revolutionized air travel

(Newser) - Not many CEOs dress up as Elvis Presley, settle a business dispute with an arm-wrestling contest, or go on TV wearing a paper bag over their head. Herb Kelleher did all those things. Along the way, the co-founder and longtime leader of Southwest Airlines also revolutionized air travel. Kelleher died...

The Captain and Tennille&#39;s &#39;Captain&#39; Dead at 76
The Captain and Tennille's
'Captain' Dead at 76
OBITUARY
Jan 2, 2019 4:44 PM CST

The Captain and Tennille's 'Captain' Dead at 76

Daryl Dragon died of renal failure

(Newser) - Daryl Dragon, the cap-wearing "Captain" of "The Captain and Tennille" who teamed with then-wife Toni Tennille on such easy listening hits as "Love Will Keep Us Together" and "Muskrat Love," died Wednesday at age 76, the AP reports. Dragon died of renal failure at a...

Bob Einstein of Curb, 'Super Dave' Fame Dead at 76

Two-time Emmy winner played Funkhouser on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'

(Newser) - Bob Einstein, who as Marty Funkhouser acted as a foil for Larry David's character on Curb Your Enthusiasm, died Wednesday at 76 after a recent cancer diagnosis. Einstein, the older brother of Albert Brooks, started off as a writer in the 1960s, winning the first of two Emmys as...

WWE&#39;s Most Recognizable Interviewer Has Died
WWE's Most Recognizable
Interviewer Has Died
obituary
Jan 2, 2019 12:08 PM CST

WWE's Most Recognizable Interviewer Has Died

'Mean Gene' Okerlund was 76

(Newser) - The man the WWE calls "the most recognizable interviewer in sports-entertainment history" has died, and Deadspin says that's no exaggeration. Gene Okerlund, better known by the "Mean Gene" moniker bestowed on him by Jesse Ventura, was 76. No cause of death was given. The WWE reports he...

Journalist, Fox News Contributor Dead at 26

Bre Payton dies after sudden illness

(Newser) - California journalist and frequent Fox News guest Bre Payton died suddenly Friday at age 26, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The Federalist , the news website for which Payton wrote, says only that Payton suffered a sudden illness; according to a GoFundMe campaign set up to raise money for a scholarship...

Colleague on News Anchor's Death: 'There Are No Words'

Overdose suspected in death of Chris Burrous

(Newser) - A Los Angeles celebrity has died unexpectedly at 43. Chris Burrous, a fixture on KTLA's Morning News since 2011, died at a hospital Thursday in what police describe as a possible overdose. Firefighters responding to a report of an unconscious man at a Days Inn in the LA suburb...

List of Those Who Died in 2018 Includes Less-Known Names
Among Those
Who Died in 2018:
35 Less-Known Names
in case you missed it
Dec 22, 2018 3:04 PM CST

Among Those Who Died in 2018: 35 Less-Known Names

Does Juan Romero ring a bell?

(Newser) - Being reminded that Aretha Franklin, John McCain, George HW and Barbara Bush, Burt Reynolds, Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain, Stephen Hawking, and Stan Lee died in 2018 will likely come as no great shock. But the AP's roll call of some of the people who shuffled off this mortal coil...

Penny Marshall Dies at 75
Penny Marshall
Dies at 75
obituary
Dec 18, 2018 1:27 PM CST

Penny Marshall Dies at 75

Legendary actress, director died of diabetes complications

(Newser) - Penny Marshall, the legendary Laverne & Shirley actress turned iconic director, died Monday night at age 75. Her publicist confirms to the New York Daily News Marshall died "peacefully" at her Hollywood Hills home due to diabetes complications. Born in the Bronx to an industrial film director father and...

A Jazz Legend Is Gone at 81
A Jazz Legend
Is Gone at 81
OBITUARY
Dec 14, 2018 8:10 AM CST

A Jazz Legend Is Gone at 81

Vocalist, NPR host, and civil rights activist Nancy Wilson is dead

(Newser) - A powerful jazz vocalist has sung her last song. Nancy Wilson, a three-time Grammy winner and host of NPR's "Jazz Profiles," died Thursday at her home in Pioneertown, Calif., after a long illness, her manager confirms to NPR . She was 81. Known for telling stories through her...

She Got an Oscar Nom for Her First Film. Then She Met Eastwood

Actress and director Sondra Locke has died at age 74

(Newser) - She was in her early 20s when she received an Oscar nomination for her very first film, and from there Sondra Locke went on to act and direct for the next 30 years. Her longtime relationship with Clint Eastwood in the '70s and '80s earned her even more...

Tuskegee Airman: &#39;We Were Just Doing Our Job&#39;
Tuskegee Airman:
'We Were Just Doing Our Job'
obituary
Dec 8, 2018 5:20 PM CST

Tuskegee Airman: 'We Were Just Doing Our Job'

Wilfred DeFour served as an aircraft technician

(Newser) - A New York City man who served as an aircraft technician with the famed all-black Tuskegee Airmen died Saturday at age 100, the AP reports. Police say a home health aide found Wilfred DeFour unconscious and unresponsive inside his Harlem apartment at about 9am. DeFour was pronounced dead by Emergency...

Punk Pioneer Dead at 63
Punk Pioneer
Dead at 63
Dec 6, 2018 5:45 PM CST

Punk Pioneer Dead at 63

Pete Shelley 'was held in the highest regard'

(Newser) - Pete Shelley, lead singer and guitarist of first-wave British punk band Buzzcocks, died Thursday in Estonia. He was 63. NPR reports that no cause of death was given when the band’s publicist confirmed the news “with great sadness.” But, per the BBC , a heart attack is suspected....

George HW Bush Dead at 94
George HW Bush
Dead at 94
Nov 30, 2018 11:17 PM CST

George HW Bush Dead at 94

Former president dies 8 months after Barbara Bush's death

(Newser) - Former President George HW Bush has died at the age of 94, the AP reports. Family spokesman Jim McGrath says Bush died shortly after 10pm Friday, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush. The nation's 41st president served from 1989 to 1993, and eight years...

SpongeBob Squarepants Creator Is Dead at 57
SpongeBob Squarepants
Creator Is Dead at 57
obituary
Nov 27, 2018 12:53 PM CST

SpongeBob Squarepants Creator Is Dead at 57

Stephen Hillenburg had ALS

(Newser) - It's a sad day in the fictional world of Bikini Bottom. Stephen Hillenburg, the man who created SpongeBob Squarepants and his undersea pals, has died at age 57, reports Variety . Hillenburg, who revealed last year that he had ALS, didn't start out as an animator. As the Hollywood ...

Man Who Shocked World With Last Tango in Paris Has Died

Bernardo Bertolucci was 77

(Newser) - Filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with The Last Emperor and whose erotic drama Last Tango in Paris enthralled and shocked the world, has died. He was 77. Bertolucci's press office, Punto e Virgola, confirmed the death to the AP . Italy's state-run RAI said Bertolucci died at his...

Oldest Military Survivor of Pearl Harbor Dies at 106

Ray Chavez died in his sleep Wednesday

(Newser) - Ray Chavez, the oldest US military survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, died Wednesday. He was 106. Chavez, who'd been battling pneumonia, died in his sleep in the San Diego suburb of Poway, his daughter tells the AP . The chief historian for the National Park...

'My Name Is Inigo Montoya': Legendary Screenwriter Dies

2-time Oscar winner William Goldman was 87

(Newser) - A "true legend" in filmmaking has died at 87. William Goldman, who won screenwriting Oscars for All The President's Men and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, died Thursday night at his Manhattan home due to complications from colon cancer and pneumonia, per the Washington Post . Referring to...

Roy Clark of Hee Haw Is Dead
Country Great
Roy Clark Is Dead
obituary
Nov 15, 2018 11:59 AM CST

Country Great Roy Clark Is Dead

He hosted 'Hee Haw' for years, was renowned musician in his own right

(Newser) - Country star Roy Clark, the guitar virtuoso and singer who headlined the cornpone TV show Hee Haw for nearly a quarter-century, has died at age 85, per the AP . Publicist Jeremy Westby said Clark died Thursday due to complications from pneumonia at home in Tulsa, Okla. Clark was Hee Haw...

Stan Lee Dies at 95
Stan Lee
Dies at 95
updated
Nov 12, 2018 2:00 PM CST

Stan Lee Dies at 95

His daughter confirms the news to TMZ

(Newser) - Stan Lee, the co-creator of Marvel Comics, is dead at 95, Lee's daughter tells TMZ . The gossip site reports an ambulance was called to Lee's Hollywood Hills home early Monday and he died at a nearby medical center. His cause of death is not yet clear, but TMZ...

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