Gone But Not Forgotten is the category where those well-known people who gave so much to society died
JOSEPH NILES, the patriarch of gospel music in Barbados, died last night after ailing for several years. Known for putting his stamp on several traditional gospel songs, Niles was once the upfront man of the Consolers who served as Barbados…
NEW YORK (A.P.) — Gary Richrath, a former guitarist for the classic rock band R.E.O. Speedwagon who also co-wrote the group’s hit song “Take It on the Run,” died Sunday, according to a band publicist. He was 65. Erik Stein…
The prolific horror filmmaker Wes Craven dead at 76 Wes Craven, the director of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Scream,” has died at 76. The influential horror master battled with brain cancer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Craven is…
Justin Wilson British IndyCar driver dead at 37 British driver Justin Wilson has died after being struck by flying debris and suffering a serious head injury in Sunday’s Pocono IndyCar 500 race. Wilson was airlifted to hospital from the Pocono…
Civil rights Julian Bond dead at age 75 Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Bond died in Fort Walton Beach, Florida after a…
Giants Hall of Fame running back Frank Gifford has passed away, one week shy of his 85th birthday. “It is with the deepest sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved husband, father and friend, Frank Gifford,” the…
Peter Jennings died Aug. 7, 2005 Here is one of the many obituaries of Peter’s death back then: ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings died today at his home in New York City. He was 67. On April 5, Jennings announced…
Chris Hyndman, one half of the CBC Television talk show duo Steven and Chris, has died after police found him without vital signs in a laneway just below the east-end Toronto apartment he shared with husband Steven Sabados. Toronto police…
Rees, born in Wales, passed away at his home in New York after a short illness, his representative Rick Miramontez confirmed. The actor had abruptly left Durrenmatt’s The Visit on Broadway in late May to undergo a medical procedure. Rees…
Timothy John “Tim” Russert (May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press. He was a senior vice president…
John Nash, the Nobel prize-winning mathematician whose life story inspired the film A Beautiful Mind, was killed with his wife Alicia in taxi cab crash in New Jersey on Saturday night, police said. Nash, 86, was a senior mathematician at…
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