Dwight Muhammad Qawi, boxer who went from prison to champion, dies
CAMDEN, N.J. — Dwight Muhammad Qawi, the Hall of Fame fighter who took up boxing in prison and became a two-weight world champion, has died. He was…
Influential musical satirist Tom Lehrer dies at 97
Tom Lehrer, an acerbic songwriter and Harvard-trained mathematician who rose to fame in the 1950s and ’60s by pillorying the sensibilities of the day, has…
US man convicted in Palestinian-American boy hate crime murder dies in jail | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The murder of Wadee Alfayoumi and attack on his mother stand as one of the worst hate crimes in the US since Gaza war began.A…
Ziad Rahbani, pioneering Lebanese musician and composer, dies at 69 | Music News
The trailblazing artist, son of legendary Fairuz and composer Assi Rahbani, was also a playwright, pianist and political provocateur.Lebanese musician and composer Ziad Rahbani, son…
Ohio officer shot multiple times in ‘ambush’ dies
July 25 (UPI) -- One of three Ohio police officers shot in what authorities described as an ambush earlier this week has died. The Lorain…
Hulk Hogan dies: The rise and fall of a wrestling icon
Hulk Hogan, who died Thursday at 71, was a star in pro wrestling, perhaps the star, through its two biggest popularity booms in the mid…
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, star of The Cosby Show, dies aged 54
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, an actor best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has died.Warner, who was 54, drowned at the weekend…
Skip Brittenham, Hollywood lawyer to the stars, dies at 83
Skip Brittenham, a prominent Hollywood attorney whose clients included Harrison Ford, Henry Winkler and Eddie Murphy, has died at age 83. Brittenham died Thursday, said…
Corey Adams death: Mississippi freshman lineman dies in shooting at 18
Mississippi freshman defensive lineman Corey Adams was shot and killed Saturday night near Memphis, Tenn. He was 18.Adams was a three-star recruit out of Edna…
Malcolm-Jamal Warner dead: Cosby Show star dies aged 54 after 'accidental drowning'
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played Theodore Huxtable on the sitcom the Cosby Show, and later appeared on TV shows such as The Resident, has reportedly died,…
WWII veteran and social media star ‘Papa Jake’ dies at 102
July 20 (UPI) -- A World War II veteran who became a social media sensation and captivated millions of people with his stories has died…
James Stark Bennett, former CBS and Disney TV executive, dies at 78
Television executive James Stark Bennett II, known for developing talk show “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee,” has died at 78.Bennett, who went by Jamie,…
Eileen Fulton, ‘As the World Turns’ soap star, dies at 91
Actor Eileen Fulton, known for her long-running role as Lisa Grimaldi on the CBS soap opera “As the World Turns,” has died at 91.Fulton died…
Weeks-old baby dies of starvation in Gaza hospital during ongoing blockade | Israel-Palestine conflict News
A Palestinian baby has died of starvation in Gaza as Israel maintains its blockade on aid supplies and fires on people forced to seek food…
Activist who ‘reclaimed’ state-owned home dies amid eviction protest
Benito Flores, who more than five years ago seized a state-owned home in El Sereno to protest against homelessness in Los Angeles, has died.A 70-year-old…
Kate Beckinsale’s mother Judy Loe dies: ‘My dearest friend’
Actor Kate Beckinsale is mourning the loss of her “dearest friend,” her mother British actor Judy Loe.The “Underworld” star announced Thursday that her mother died…
Felix Baumgartner dead: Daredevil dies in paragliding accident at 56
Felix Baumgartner lived to leap, becoming the first person to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile skydiving adventure through the stratosphere…
Felix Baumgartner, extreme athlete, dies in paragliding crash in Italy | Sport News
The legendary daredevil, best known for his record-breaking jump from the stratosphere, lost control of his paraglider and crashed into a hotel pool.Renowned extreme athlete…
Bryan Braman death: Super Bowl champion with the Eagles dies at 38
Former NFL linebacker and special teams player Bryan Braman, who rose from undrafted free agent to Super Bowl champion, died Thursday morning after a battle…
Connie Francis, legendary singer of ‘Who’s Sorry Now?’ and ‘Where the Boys Are,’ dies at 87
Connie Francis, the angelic-voiced singer who was one of the biggest recording stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s, has died. She was 87.…