Phil Chess, the co-founder of Chess Records, passed at 95 on October 18, 2016. His impact on the music industry is immeasurable, as Chess Records played a crucial role in shaping the sound of American music in the 20th century.…
Jean Shepard was an American country music singer and songwriter. She was born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and raised in Visalia, California. Shepard began her career as a singer on the radio show “The Ozark Jubilee” in the early 1950s.…
Arnold Palmer was the telegenic golfer who took a staid sport to TV and to the masses ) Arnold Daniel Palmer was an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in professional golf history.…
Arnold Palmer, the champion golfer whose full-bore style of play, dramatic tournament victories and magnetic personality inspired an American golf boom, attracted a following known as Arnie’s Army and made him one of the most popular athletes in the world,…
American golf legend Arnold Palmer has died aged 87 in Pittsburgh. Palmer claimed seven majors during his lengthy career, including four Masters titles. He won 62 US PGA Tour events in total prior to retiring in 2006. Palmer's four Masters…
Dennis Green, a highly respected and accomplished former NFL coach, passed away at 67. Green, who coached the Minnesota Vikings and the Arizona Cardinals during his career, leaves a legacy of success and leadership in football. Green began his coaching…
Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself “The Greatest” and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is dead. Ali died Friday at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he had spent the past…
Morley Safer, the legendary journalist who became the longest-serving reporter for CBS’s “60 Minutes” news magazine, has died at 84. CBS News confirmed Safer’s death on Thursday afternoon. The reporter retired last week after 46 seasons with the television program.…
Lennox Honychurch Facebook. Franklyn Andrew Merrifield Baron, First Chief Minister of Dominica, politician, businessman, and newspaper proprietor, passed away today, 9 April 2016. He was 93 years of age. He was born in Portsmouth, Dominica, on 19 January 1923. He…
Garry Shandling died on Thursday at a Los Angeles hospital, The Associated Press reports. According to TMZ, the 66-year-old comedian suffered a massive heart attack. However, LAPD officer Tony Im told the AP that Shandling died of an undisclosed cause.…
Internet pioneer Ray Tomlinson, who is credited with the invention of email, has died at the age of 74. The US computer programmer came up with the idea of electronic messages that could be sent from one network to another…
Nancy Reagan dies at 94 The news was first reported by the website TMZ, citing a “close family member,” and confirmed by a spokeswoman. The Reagan Library said in a statement that the cause of death was “congestive heart failure.”…
