Ravi Shankar (the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960′s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over a 10-decade career) died Tuesday. He was 92. A statement on the musician’s website said he died in San Diego, near his Southern California home. The […]
If you set out to design a reality TV star, you couldn’t have created a more perfect specimen than Jenni Rivera, the norteno, banda and Mun2 TV star who died Sunday in the crash of a small plane in the Mexican mountains. She was 43, three times divorced, the mother of five and one of […]
Former Colombian national team goalkeeper Miguel Calero died Tuesday in Mexico City, a day after he was declared brain dead. He was 41. Calero (who spent most of his playing career with Pachuca in the Mexican league) had been hospitalized since Nov. 28 after thrombosis in his arm caused a blood clot to reach his […]
Zig Ziglar (86) the consummate salesman who built a lucrative motivational empire, died Wednesday of pneumonia at his home in Plano, Texas, a family spokeswoman said. With an aim at helping people achieve success in their careers and personal lives, in addition to a focus on Christianity, Ziglar was a prolific speaker who appeared at […]
Sasha McHale photos have emerged in the wake of her death, and they show a beautiful young girl in the final weeks of her all-too-short life. Photographs of Sasha McHale have emerged in the wake of her tragic death, and they show a beautiful young girl in the final weeks of her all-too-short life. Two […]
Singer Mitch Lucker of the metal band Suicide Silence died Thursday morning in Orange County following a Halloween motorcycle crash. He was 28 years old. Lucker crashed around 8:55 p.m. Wednesday night in Huntington Beach – according to a press release from the Huntington Beach Police Department. He was driving a black 2013 Harley Davidson […]
Emanuel Steward (owner of Detroit’s legendary Kronk Gym and a standout trainer for boxers including Thomas Hearns, Evander Holyfield and Oscar De La Hoya) died Thursday. He was 68. Victoria Kirton (Mr. Steward’s executive assistant) said Mr. Steward died at a Chicago hospital. She did not disclose the cause of death. Mr. Steward trained, helped […]
Sylvia Kristel, the actress who brought erotica into the mainstream as the star of Emmanuelle but found herself unable to escape its tawdry associations, has died of cancer at the age of 60. Kristel became a global sensation in 1974 when, as a convent-educated ingenue, she appeared in the French film about a diplomat’s wife […]
Gary Collins (an actor who was the longtime host of the syndicated TV show “Hour Magazine” and a former master of ceremonies for the Miss America Pageant) died early Saturday in Biloxi, Miss. He was 74. Collins died of natural causes soon after arriving at Biloxi Regional Medical Center, Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove told […]
Alex Karras (the former Detroit Lions All-Pro defensive tackle and later a successful actor) died on October 10. I have vivid memories of him before he ever gained immortality as “Mongo” in “Blazing Saddles” or as the stepdad of “Webster.” Karras was a star on the great Detroit Lions defenses of the early 1960′s—a unit […]