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Chicago — Couch potatoes everywhere can pause and thank Eugene Polley for hours of feet-up channel surfing. His invention, the first wireless TV remote, began as a luxury, but with the introduction of hundreds of channels and viewing technologies it has become a necessity.
Disco queen Donna Summer, whose pulsing anthems such as “Last Dance,” “Love to Love You Baby” and “Bad Girls” became the soundtrack for a glittery age of sex, drugs, dance and flashy clothes, has died.
Washington — Chuck Brown, who styled a mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation's capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75.
Bedford, N.Y. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday.
Mexico City— Mexico's cultural agency says prolific Mexican novelist and essayist Carlos Fuentes has died in a hospital in Mexico City. He was 83.
Tokyo— Donald "Duck" Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and contributed to such classics as "In the Midnight Hour," "Hold On I'm Coming" and "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay," died Sunday at 70.
"Sweet Joe" Russell, who spent half a century harmonizing with the Persuasions, an influential vocal group widely regarded as the "kings of a cappella," has died. He was 72.
Ethel Schwartz ardently defended social equality and justice — marching in streets, forming picket lines, even rallying in the nation’s Capitol to push for change. Mrs. Schwartz died Tuesday, May 8, 2012, after a hospitalization. She was 94.
Annemarie Bondy Roeper, whose flight from Nazi Germany led her to Michigan, where she became an internationally recognized pioneer in gifted education that focused on a broader view of a child’s intelligence, died Friday. She was 93.
From volunteering in the community to serving through her church, Norma Moore was dedicated to helping others. Mrs. Moore died Sunday, May 6, 2012. She was 90.
New York — Horst Faas, a prize-winning combat photographer who carved out new standards for covering war with a camera and became one of the world's legendary photojournalists in nearly half a century with the Associated Press, died Thursday. He was 79.
Los Angeles — Hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, who undid the beehive with his wash-and-wear cuts and went on to become an international name in hair care, died Wednesday. He was 84.
Mitch Haddad had numerous passions: auto engineering, boating, traveling, computers, photography. And he strived to excel at them all.
Trenton, N.J. — While researching his epic series on Lyndon Johnson, Robert Caro found himself again and again calling upon Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, the former Justice Department and State Department official.
Sendak's “Where the Wild Things Are” upset parents and psychologists in 1963 and became an international best-seller that helped change the placid world of ...
As the head of her family's funeral home, Carolyn Brzuchowski comforted clients as they grieved.
Nashville, Tenn. — George Lindsey, who made a TV career as a grinning service station attendant named Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Hee Haw," ...
Nashville, Tenn.— George Lindsey, who spent nearly 30 years as the grinning Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Hee Haw," has died. He was 83.
Aaron Jackson delighted in traveling the world with his longtime bowling league — marveling at new sights and encouraging his companions to make the most of ...
Lillian Kiss loved to fill her schedule with volunteering at blood drives, helping voters at the polls and supporting groups dedicated to cancer research.
Margaret Barnes had many pursuits: teaching, traveling the world, advising her husband as owner of Belle Tire, volunteering for charitable causes, cooking ...
Finding the best solution for people facing legal issues marked Donald Welday’s commitment to his career.
A saxophone player who toured with The Killers has been found dead in Las Vegas in an apparent suicide.
James Hatcher learned to play the piano by ear and spent decades dedicated to music. “Music was his life. It was something that he was just gifted and talented ...
Bob Cipriano is remembered as a dedicated family man who made long-lasting friendships, excelled in work and was committed to his church.
Charles Colson, the tough-as-nails special counsel to President Richard Nixon who went to prison for his role in a Watergate-related case and became a ...
Judge Kalem Garian felt his best on the bench. Years after retiring from Highland Park’s district court, Mr. Garian, whose nickname was “Judgie,” was a ...
Los Angeles — Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock ’n’ roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for ...
Los Angeles — Jonathan Frid, the man known to fans around the world as Barnabas Collins, the suave vampire from the cult hit soap opera "Dark Shadows" ...
After an on-and-off battle with throat cancer over the past decade, Levon Helm of The Band, whose funky blend of rock, country, blues and gospel helped define ...
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