In Memoriam

Sumner Redstone, the media mogul who built his family’s drive-in theater chain into a multibillion-dollar empire encompassing CBS and Viacom and later became the center of a jilted lover’s lawsuit that nearly cost his family his financial legacy, has died. He was 97. Redstone, who often boasted that would live forever, died Tuesday, according to a statement from National...

Former professional wrestler James Harris, who was known as Kamala “the Ugandan Giant,” has died at age 70, the WWE said. Harris was a mainstay from the ’80s and ’90s when a cast of wrestling legends that also included Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker and Andre the Giant entertained fans. WWE did not detail Harris’ cause of death but Kenny Casanova,…

A longtime adviser to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H

Family says filmmaker Alan Parker, director of ‘Midnight Express’ and ‘Evita,’ has died at 76

Kelly Preston’s family is mourning the death of the beloved star. The actress, known for her roles in “Twins,” “Jerry Maguire,” “What a Girl Wants” and “For Love of the Game” died Sunday, July 12, at the age of 57. Preston’s husband, John Travolta, confirmed the heartbreaking news in a message on social media. “It is with a very heavy…

Jonathan Sackler, one of the co-owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, has died at 65

Country music firebrand and fiddler Charlie Daniels, who had a hit with “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” has died at age 83. A statement from his publicist said the Country Music Hall of Famer died Monday at a hospital in Hermitage, Tennessee, after doctors said he had a stroke. He had suffered what was described as a mild stroke in…

Relatives say Jean Kennedy Smith, the youngest sister and last surviving sibling of President John F

Time never softened the urgency of Larry Kramer’s demands. Theatergoers leaving a celebrated revival of Kramer’s “The Normal Heart” in 2011 were greeted by the playwright himself, deep in his 70s by then, handing out leaflets outside the Broadway theater demanding they do more to stop AIDS. “Please know that AIDS is a worldwide plague. Please know there is...

Annie Glenn, wife of the late astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn and an advocate for those with speech disorders, died Tuesday of complications from COVID-19

Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS’s “The NFL Today” and served as the first lady of Kentucky, has died

Lynn Shelton, an independent filmmaker who directed “Humpday” and “Little Fires Everywhere,” has died. She was 54. Shelton’s publicist, Adam Kersh, said in a statement Saturday that she died Friday in Los Angeles from an unidentified blood disorder. Shelton had become the leading voice of the new American independent cinema movement. She caused waves with her low-budget films, then made…

Singer-songwriter Cady Groves has died at the age of 30. She was known for her hit, “This Little Girl.”

Jack Welch, a railroad conductor’s son who became chairman and CEO of General Electric and led it for two decades, growing its market value from $12 billion to $410 billion, has died. He was 84. Welch died late Sunday at home, surrounded by his wife, Suzy, and family, and his beloved dogs nearby. The cause of death was renal failure, his…

Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s former autocratic leader of 30 years, died at the age of 91, according to local media. Mubarak is best known as the stabilizing force against Islamic militarists as well as the catalyst that ignited the 2011 Arab Springs revolt against his rule.