Alan Arkin — the revered Hollywood character actor who catapulted to fame in the 60’s and found late-career success with Little Miss Sunshine, for which he won an Oscar — has died. He was 89.
Cormac McCarthy, whose novels and stories including “No Country for Old Men” and “All the Pretty Horses” chronicled the American West in ways that were both elegiac and pitiless, has died. He was 89.
Veteran actor Treat Williams, known for his role on TV’s Everwood, died on Monday at the age of 71 in a tragic motorcycle accident.
Canadian folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot died in Toronto on Monday at the age of 84 after a long and storied career.
Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts epitomized Swinging London in the 1960s has died. She was 93.
Actor Robert Blake, best known for his role as murderer Perry Smith in the 1967 true-crime classic In Cold Blood, died on Wednesday. He was 89.
A deputy died after falling ill while training last week, Indiana’s Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday.
The impossibly beautiful actress and icon Raquel Welch died Wednesday at age 82
Actor Cody Longo, who starred in NBC’s daytime drama series “Days of Our Lives” and Nickelodeon’s high school series “Hollywood Heights,” has died at age 34, according to multiple reports.
Hugh Hudson, who directed the enduringly popular movie Chariots of Fire, has died at 86 following a brief illness.
Jason David Frank — the mixed martial arts athlete who starred in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series and movie — has reportedly died at age 49.
Wolfgang Petersen, the German director who died this week at age 81, is a good example of not knowing how good you have it until it’s gone.
Former Democrat party strategist and co-host of Fox News’ The Five has died at the age of 73 after a decades-long political career.
A husband and wife from New Hampshire held each other’s hands while they passed away within seconds of one another due to coronavirus.
Michael Nesmith, a singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the famed American pop rock band the Monkees, has died, according to multiple reports. He was 78.
Charles Louis “Sonny Boy” Saunders is being laid to rest in his Texas hometown 80 years after he died in the Pearl Harbor attack.
Robert Dole will remain widely admired, both for his military heroism and for his public service, one of the greatest Americans never to win the presidency.
General Colin Powell, the first black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State, died Monday morning from complications of COVID-19.
A Bronx woman has been found guilty of using obituaries to target homes of mourners and then burglarizing the houses while families were at wakes and funerals.
Larry King, one of the most formidable interviewers on television, passed away at the age of 87.
Pro-life activist Joseph Scheidler, called the “Godfather” of the pro-life movement, died Monday morning at the age of 93.
Jean Kennedy Smith, 92, died in her Manhattan residence on Wednesday, her daughter Kym confirmed to the New York Times.
Artists literally spend their entire lives trying and failing to create something, anything, as perfect as The Graduate, and then Henry did it again…
The New York Post featured an “obituary” on its Saturday front page for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s now-defunct presidential campaign.
Frances Irene Finley Williams died November 21 at age 87 and her family blames President Donald Trump for hastening her demise.
For a time he was Burt Reynolds — the man everyone else wanted to be; and there will never be another like him.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) passed away Saturday, 4:28 p.m., at the age of 81 after a months-long battle with brain cancer.
Krauthammer’s greatness was his ability to salvage grand themes from the muddle of everyday politics, and — the hardest part — to explain them in ordinary language.
Former First Lady Barbara Bush passed away on Tuesday at the age of 92, two days after her family spokesman, Jim McGrath, announced that she would seek “comfort care” rather than additional medical treatment for her ailing health.
Jake and Patrick Killebrew of Richmond, Virginia have a routine. When the Nationals play, they watch. The Nationals also have a routine, when they put in their bullpen, they lose.
An Oregon man died peacefully in his home after his ex-wife lied to him and told him President Trump was impeached.
After battling with cancer, Michael Novak, renowned American scholar and defender of the free-market economy and religious liberty, died on Friday at the age of 83.
Israel awakens Wednesday to the sad news that Shimon Peres, a pioneer and president, passed away at the age of 93 after a recent stroke.
Avi Davis, president and founder of the American Freedom Alliance, passed away peacefully early Monday morning at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was surrounded by friends and loved ones.
California’s premier pollster, Mervin Field, passed away Monday at his home in Marin County at the age of 94 after what was described as a brief illness. He was one of the architects of modern polling and focus groups that grew up along with the rise of modern media marketing.
Primarily a media and culture writer, Carr was one of the most established brands at the most established publication, yet he approached his topics earnestly and with markedly less cynicism than most of his mainstream media peers. A perfect illustration of that is the exceptional 2600-word obituary, “The Provocateur,” he penned after the death of Andrew Breitbart.
While the convention speech is notable for its focus on the division between rich and poor, the Iona College is remarkable for its emphasis on a common question facing members of a prosperous society. What is the purpose of wealth, Cuomo asked, if it does not provide happiness?
