The former United States first lady and literacy campaigner, Barbara Bush, died at 92. She was the matriarchal figure of a political dynasty that included two presidents – her husband, George HW Bush and son, George W Bush. Mrs. Bush,…
Dr. James F. Holland, a founding father of chemotherapy who helped pioneer a lifesaving drug treatment for pediatric leukemia patients, died on Thursday, March 29th, 2018 at his home in Scarsdale, N.Y. was 92. His son, Steven, said, respiratory failure…
REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM DIED THIS MORNING AT THE AGE OF 99, HE WAS CREDITED WITH BRINGING THE BORN-AGAIN MOVEMENT INTO THE AMERICAN MAINSTREAM, THE INDUSTRY STARTED IN CHICAGO’S WESTERN SUBURBS. HE WAS LISTED AS ONE OF THE 100 MOST IMPORTANT AMERICANS…
Jim Nabors, a comic actor who found fame in the role of the amiable bumpkin Gomer Pyle in two hit television shows of the 1960s while pursuing a second career as a popular singer with a booming baritone voice, died…
Tom Petty, the rock musician whose hits included American Girl and I Won’t Back Down, has died in California aged 66 after suffering cardiac arrest. Petty was reportedly rushed to the UCLA Santa Monica hospital after being found unconscious in…
Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, has died. He was 91. Lewis later went on to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as…
George A Romero, director of horror classic Night of the Living Dead, has died. He was 77. In a statement to the Los Angeles Times, Romero’s producing partner Peter Grunwald said the director died in his sleep after a “brief…
Samuel DuBois Cook, a lifelong educator who was widely saluted as the first tenure-track black professor appointed by a predominantly white university in the South since Reconstruction, died on May 29 at his home in Atlanta. A boyhood friend of…
Adam West, the US actor best known as the star of the 1960s hit TV series Batman, has died aged 88. West died peacefully in Los Angeles after a brief battle with leukaemia, a family spokesperson said. His tongue-in-cheek portrayal…
Former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes has died, the network says, citing a statement from the late executive’s family. Ailes resigned from his post leading Fox News last July, amid allegations of sexual harassment. He was 77. Ailes…
Eugene Michael “Gene” Lang (March 16, 1919 – April 8, 2017) was an American philanthropist who founded REFAC Technology Development Corporation in 1951. REFAC held patents relating to LCDs, ATMs, credit card verification systems, bar code scanners, VCRs, cassette players,…
Chuck Berry was one of the most popular and influential performers of rhythm-and-blues and rock ‘n’ roll music during the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. He’s known for songs like “Johnny B. Goode” and “My Ding-a-Ling.” Synopsis Born on October 18,…
