Fatima Meer, Mandela biographer, dead at 81
(AP) 12.03.2010, 19:10:10 AP - Fatima Meer, a friend and biographer of Nelson Mandela has died. She was 81. |
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Spanish novelist Miguel Delibes dies at 89
(AP) 12.03.2010, 12:58:40 AP - Miguel Delibes, an acclaimed and prolific novelist whose work featured gritty depictions of rural life in post-civil war Spain and psychological analyses of characters facing turning points, died Friday. He was 89. |
Football Hall of Famer, TV star Olsen dies at 69
(AP) 12.03.2010, 06:21:53 AP - Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL's greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 69. |
Ex-AP reporter, bureau chief Nance dies in Ohio
(AP) 12.03.2010, 00:11:01 AP - John Nance, a former Associated Press reporter and photographer who covered the Vietnam War and later oversaw the news cooperative's operations in the Philippines, has died. He was 74. |
World backgammon champion Tim Holland dies at 79
(AP) 11.03.2010, 20:55:33 AP - Tim Holland, a world backgammon champion who was one of the most prominent competitors in the game's modern heyday, has died. He was 79. |
Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen dies at 69
(AP) 11.03.2010, 18:49:43 AP - Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman and member of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" who followed up football with a successful television career in "Little House on the Prairie," NFL broadcasts and commercials, has died. He was 69. |
Mass. patron who paid for conjoined twins' op dies
(AP) 11.03.2010, 02:50:33 AP - A Massachusetts philanthropist who gave away millions of dollars to meet medical expenses for needy people and paid for the separation surgery of conjoined twins has died. A. Raymond Tye was 87. |
Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition
(AP) 11.03.2010, 01:56:23 AP - Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded. |