Mike Wallace (who spent four decades as a hard-hitting) provocative news correspondent on “60 Minutes,” has died, CBS reported Sunday. He was 93. Wallace died Saturday night “peacefully surrounded by family members at Waveny Care Center in New Caanan, Connecticut, where he spent the past few years” – CBS said in a statement. “For half [...]
Thomas Kinkade, the “Painter of Light” and one of the most popular artists in America, died suddenly Friday at his Los Gatos home. He was 54. His family said in a statement that his death appeared to be from natural causes. “Thom provided a wonderful life for his family” – his wife, Nanette, said in [...]
Earl Scruggs (who died Wednesday at age 88) was the banjo player of his time, right? Right. He defined the sound of a bluegrass band with his banjo style, right? Right. A bluegrass band without a Scruggs-style banjo isn’t a bluegrass band, right? It may be a country band, a folk band or some kind [...]
U.S. Rep. Donald Payne (New Jersey’s first black congressman) died yesterday after a months-long battle with colon cancer. He was 77. Payne represented the 10th Congressional District, which encompasses parts of Bayonne and Jersey City, in addition to portions of Union and Essex counties. First elected in 1988, he vowed to seek re-election this November, [...]
Guitarist Ronnie Montrose (one of rock’s great sidemen, whose namesake band introduced Sammy Hagar to the world) died Saturday. He was 64. The cause was complications from prostate cancer, said his wife and manager, Leighsa Montrose. Mr. Montrose, a San Francisco native, got his first break when he was hired to play guitar on Van [...]
Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart was no respecter of the maxim that one shouldn’t speak ill of the dead – After the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in 2009, he spewed venom all over the liberal lion’s grave via Twitter, calling him a “special pile of human excrement,” a “villain” and other things we can’t [...]
Conservative activist Andrew Breitbart (an influential voice in Republican circles known for his online media attacks on liberals) died unexpectedly of natural causes in Los Angeles early on Thursday, his family said. He was 43. Breitbart, the founder of a news website named after himself, was walking late on Wednesday near his Los Angeles home [...]
Davy Jones (who as lead singer of the Monkees turned a prefab TV band gig into a life-long career) died Wednesday of a heart attack in Stuart, Fla. He was 66. His death shocked fans and friends like by Bruce Morrow, the veteran city radio deejay. “I was stunned” – said Morrow. “He seemed to [...]
The night before Marie Colvin was killed, she posted a message to her friends in a closed facebook group. It sent a chill down my spine – “Please post my Baba Amr, Homs story in February 19 issue. I don’t often do this, but it is sickening what is happening here. Cannot understand how the [...]
A tight police cordon couldn’t keep Whitney Houston’s fans away from her funeral Saturday, and as they watched the service on their laptops, smartphones, and TV, they shared their emotions all online. Fans talked of the impact Houston had on their lives, whether her music gave them the confidence to pursue a singing career or [...]