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Obituary surfaces for suspect in Springs cold case
May 10, 2013 6:50 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS - A strange twist has surfaced in a 16-year old homicide cold case out of Colorado Springs. Just after midnight on may 24, 1997 Gino Romero, 13, was shot and killed while riding in the back seat of an old black sedan during a drive by shooting in... more » -
Longtime Grand Ole Opry member Billy Grammer dies
August 10, 2011 5:14 PM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Billy Grammer, whose 1958 hit "Gotta Travel On"' hit the top of the charts and led to a long career on the Grand Ole Opry, has died. He was 85. A statement from Grand Ole Opry spokeswoman Jessie Schmidt says Grammer died Wednesday morning in... more » -
Entertainer Eddie Fisher dies at 82
September 24, 2010 8:29 AM
Entertainer Eddie Fisher, whose singing career was overshadowed by scandals of his marriages to Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor, has died. He was 82. His daughter, Tricia Leigh Fisher, said Fisher died Wednesday night of complications from hip surgery at a hospital in Berkeley, Calif. Fisher sold millions... more » -
Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal dead at 84
August 9, 2010 9:30 AM
Family members say actress Patricia Neal has died at her Massachusetts home at the age of 84. She'd had lung cancer -- which her family says she fought with "grace" and "stubbornness." Less than two years after she won an Oscar for her role in "Hud," Neal suffered a... more » -
Conductor Mitch Miller dies at age 99
August 2, 2010 2:03 PM
Mitch Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to "Sing Along With Mitch" on television and records, has died at age 99. His daughter, Margaret Miller Reuther, says her father died in New York City after a short illness. Miller was a key record executive at Columbia... more » -
'Golden Girls' star Rue McClanahan dies at 76
June 3, 2010 12:13 PM
Rue McClanahan, the Emmy-winning actress who brought the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux to life on the hit TV series "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 76. Her manager Barbara Lawrence said McClanahan died Thursday at 1 a.m. of a stroke. She had undergone treatment for... more » -
'People Are Funny' host Art Linkletter dies
May 26, 2010 3:33 PM
Art Linkletter, who hosted the popular TV shows "People Are Funny" and "House Party" in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He was 97. His son-in-law Art Hershey says Linkletter died Wednesday at his home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles. Linkletter was known on TV for... more » -
Former IOC president Samaranch dies at 89
April 21, 2010 10:44 AM
Juan Antonio Samaranch, a former International Olympic Committee president, died Wednesday. He was 89. The Quiron Hospital in Barcelona says Samaranch died after being admitted with heart problems. Samaranch headed the IOC from 1980 to 2001. Samaranch's final moments of consciousness were spent watching tennis, a fitting end... more » -
Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass dies at 59
January 14, 2010 9:03 AM
A relative says soul singer Teddy Pendergrass has died in suburban Philadelphia at age 59. The singer's son, Teddy Pendergrass II, says his father died Wednesday at Bryn Mawr Hospital. Pendergrass' son says his father underwent colon cancer surgery eight months ago and had "a difficult recovery." The elder Pendergrass... more » -
Oral Roberts dead at 91
December 15, 2009 3:36 PM
A spokesman for Oral Roberts says the evangelist and university founder has died at age 91. Roberts was a legendary evangelist who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most influential Christian leaders of the 20th century. Spokesman A. Larry Ross said that Roberts died Tuesday... more »
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