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Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who briefly served as Thailand's prime minister and considered himself a proxy of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74. Complete Story...
Renowned Chinese literature translator Yang Xianyi has died at the age of 94, China's official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday.
Former Iranian Interior Minister Ali Kordan, who was dismissed after being accused of faking a law degree from the University of Oxford, has died, reports said Monday. He was 51.
Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, known as the "Mother of Judo" partly for her role in bringing women's judo to the Olympic Games, has died. She was 74.
Russian spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in the history of the Soviet space program, has died at the age of 83.
Art Savage, the majority owner of the Sacramento River Cats, the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, has died. He was 58.
Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom, an international opera star, has died, her husband Sverker Olow says.
Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died. She was 74.
A Marsh & McLennan Cos. board member, David A. Olsen, died Saturday, the company said in a statement Wednesday. He was 71.
American painter Irving Kriesberg has died in New York City. He combined intense abstract colors with human and animal elements.
Sy Syms, founder and chairman of the SYMS Corp. discount clothing chain, died of heart failure Tuesday in New York, according to a statement issued by the company. He was 83.
Ken Ober, who hosted the 1980s MTV game show "Remote Control" and helped produce the shows "Mind of Mencia" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine," has died. He was 52.
Edward Woodward, the star of films including "Breaker Morant" and "The Wicker Man," died Monday. He was 79.
Paul Wendkos, who directed over 100 films and television shows during a 50-year career, including the 1959 surf movie "Gidget," has died. He was 84.
Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle, who called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan ethnic wars of the 1990s but failed to openly condemn extreme Serb nationalism, died Sunday. He was 95.
James R. Lilley, a longtime CIA operative and later the U.S. ambassador to China during the time of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died. He was 81.
Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King, a folksy cattle rancher who served more time as governor than anyone else and became an institution in state politics, died Friday. He was 85.
Dr. William Ganz, a pioneering cardiologist and one of the inventors of a specialized catheter, has died. He was 90.
John J. O'Connor III, the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, has died.
Carl Ballantine, a comedian, magician and actor who was in the 1960s TV sitcom "McHale's Navy," has died. He was 92.
Radio, television and cable industry leader and prominent philanthropist Peter Francis Storer has died. He was 81.
Radio, television and cable industry leader Peter Francis Storer has died. He was 81.
Gheorghe Dinica, a Romanian actor who delighted his country by portraying characters such as villainous politicians and defiant Gypsies in dozens of plays and movies, died Tuesday. He was 75.
Vitaly Ginzburg, a Nobel Prize-winning Russian physicist and one of the fathers of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, has died in Moscow. He was 93.
Nick Counter, a longtime negotiator for Hollywood producers who led the studios through two grueling writers' strikes last year and in 1988, has died. He was 69.
Sheldon J. Segal, Developer of Contraceptives Like Norplant, Dies at 83The cause was congestive heart failure, said his daughter Amy R. Segal. Mr. Segal, an embryologist and biochemist, spent his entire career developing contraceptives, including the intrauterine device Mirena, but his most notable breakthrough came with Norplant.
Special Olympian Angela Leigh Durham dies from leukemia A love of pickles, especially sour ones, earned Angela Leigh Durham the nickname "Pickle."
RIP: Dominick Dunne: 1925-2009Dominick Dunne, a best-selling author and special correspondent for Vanity Fair, died today at his home in Manhattan. He was 83. The cause of death was bladder cancer, said his son Griffin Dunne.
Sir Bobby Robson, former England manager, dies, aged 76Sir Bobby Robson, the former England manager, has died following a long battle with cancer.
Animals In Advertising Hall Of Fame - in honor of the passing of Gidget the Taco Bell ChihuahuaIn honor of the passing of Gidget the Taco Bell Chihuahua yesterday, we've compiled a tribute to the commercial achievements of our favorite animal thespians, from Morris the Cat's unsuccessful presidential bid to the duck that's torturing Ben Affleck.
Phyllis Gotlieb, sci-fi writer and poet, dies at 83Phyllis Gotlieb, the novelist and poet said to be the first Canadian science fiction writer, has died. She was 83.
Steven Wells: RIPIt's with great sadness to report that Steven Wells, one of the most remarkable and creative writers in the football business, died yesterday of cancer.
The Truth about Global Warming Earth's Orbit Around The Sun Is Decaying
Daniel Carasso, a Pioneer of Yogurt, Dies at 103Daniel Carasso, who helped turn yogurt from an obscure ethnic food into an international staple through the Danone brand in Europe and Dannon in the United States, died Sunday at his home in Paris. He was 103.
Memorial Day weekend makes me wonder: if I croaked today, what noteworthy accomplishments have I made that would merit inclusion in my obit headline? What would my family remember about me? What would my colleagues say? Would the community in which I live have memories worth noti …
POW activist Ted Sampley, a thorn to U.S. politicians Ted Sampley, a Vietnam War veteran and former member of the Green Berets who was a persistent activist for American prisoners of war and missing servicemen, and who later led smear campaigns against presidential candidates, died May 12 at the VA Medical Center in Durham, N.C., of …
"Post Mortem" - Washington Post Obituary Blog Creates Death StarsSo you think you've seen newspaper blogs on just about everything? Politics, sports, you name it — the Salt Lake Tribune even has one about polygamy, quite the news topic out there in Big Love country. But try this one on for size: obituaries.
Sir John Maddox: 1925 - 2009Sir John Maddox combined a comprehensive knowledge of science with a fluent pen; talents that made him the foremost scientific journalist and editor of his era.
Messages for Caylee Marie AnthonyLeave messages for Caylee on Legacy.com, set-up by The Orlando Sentinel.
W. Mark Felt, Watergate Deep Throat, Dies at 95 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.comW. Mark Felt, who was the No. 2 official at the F.B.I. when he helped bring down President Richard M. Nixon by resisting the Watergate cover-up and becoming Deep Throat, the most famous anonymous source in American history, died Thursday. He was 95 and lived in Santa Rosa, Calif.
H. M., An Unforgettable Amnesiac, Dies at 82On Tuesday evening at 5:05, Henry Gustav Molaison — known worldwide only as H. M., to protect his privacy — died of respiratory failure at a nursing home in Windsor Locks, Conn.
The Rev. George M. Docherty dies at 97; led push to include 'under God' in Pledge of AllegianceThe Rev. George M. Docherty, credited with helping to push Congress to insert the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance, has died. He was 97.
Avraham Biran, Archaeologist Who Studied Biblical Sites, Is Dead at 98Avraham Biran, an archaeologist of biblical sites who excavated Tel Dan, an ancient city along Israel's northern border, and uncovered an unexpected stone fragment bearing what might be the earliest reference to the House of David, died on Sept. 16 in Jerusalem. He was 98.
Pink Floyd founder Richard Wright dies at 65Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Richard Wright has died aged 65 from cancer. Wright appeared on the group's first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside lead guitarist Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason.
Adventurer Ralph Plaisted Dies Polar pioneer Ralph Plaisted -- the first man to indisputably reach the top of the world -- has died at age 80.
Pet Picture and Story.--Ihop - Netherland Dwarf Rabbit -- July 12Ihop is a very special rabbit. We rescued him a year and a half ago from an owner who couldn't care for him any more. His favorite treats are a small piece of apple just before bed, along with an extra helping of Timothy Hay.
World's first systems analyst diesDavid Caminer, a pioneer of commercial computing, has died at the age of 93. Caminer is widely credited as the first ever computer systems analyst for his work on the world's first business computer, which was built by J.
Counter-culture icon comedian George Carlin passed away yesterday. He changed the way I thought about comedians and more importantly he made me think as I laughed. Ultimately he was not as misanthropic as he led me to believe.
Seattle Restaurateur Who Employed a Young Bruce Lee DiesRuby Chow, longtime matriarch of Seattle's Chinese-American community, has died at age 87. Family members say the restaurateur and politician died Wednesday morning at her Seattle home of heart failure. Chow was born in Seattle in 1920.
Willis Lamb Jr., 94, dies; won Nobel for work on atomWillis Lamb Jr., who shared the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of a slight and subtle discrepancy in the quantum theory describing how electrons behave in the hydrogen atom, died on Thursday in Tucson. He was 94.
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