A longtime Twin Cities radio personality and race track fixture who went by the name “Dark Star” has died. KFAN Radio program director Chad Abbott says Minnetonka police told him Friday that officers found George Chapple (who worked at the station) dead in his apartment. Police say they’re investigating a non-suspicious death. Chapple worked for […]
An explosive day of violence ended Wednesday when a man believed to have shot five people in a cafe near the University District and a woman in a downtown parking lot shot himself in the head as police closed in. “We strongly believe that this is the person that committed the homicides” – Assistant Police […]
Grammy-winning U.S. guitarist and folk singer Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson died on Tuesday in a North Carolina hospital at age 89 – his management company said. Watson died at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, following abdominal surgery last week, Folklore Productions International said in a statement. “Doc was a legendary performer who blended […]
Two-time welterweight champion Paul Williams was paralyzed in a motorcycle crash near Atlanta on Sunday while driving to his brother’s wedding. “From the waist down, he has absolutely no movement. He’s in very good spirits, though” – said Williams’ manager, George Peterson. “He still believes he’s going to fight again.” Williams (30) severed his spinal […]
Former three-weight world boxing champion Johnny Tapia has died at the age of 45. Tapia’s body was found in his Albuquerque, New Mexico, home on Sunday night and police spokesperson Robert Gibbs said there did not appear to be any suspicious circumstances. Although a highly successful boxer, Tapia’s life outside the ring was highly tumultuous: […]
Donna Summer, the singer who came to be known as the “Queen of Disco” during her 1970′s heyday, died at her Naples, Fla. home today after battling lung cancer. She was 63. “Early this morning, surrounded by family, we lost Donna Summer Sudano, a woman of many gifts, the greatest being her faith” – her […]
Boston Red Sox public address announcer Carl Beane (the voice of Fenway Park whose booming baritone called ballplayers to the plate for two World Series champions) died on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack while driving. He was 59. “We are filled with sadness at this tragic news” – Red Sox president Larry Lucchino said […]
George Lindsey, better known as the grinning (beanie-wearing Goober from the classic rural comedy ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ and ‘Hee Haw’) has died on Sunday at age 83. According to a press release from Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home in Nashville, Tennessee, the actor passed away after an extended hospitalization. Lindsey is best remembered as Goober Pyle, […]
Adam Yauch (the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys rapper and the most conscientious member of the seminal hip-hop group) has died. He was 47. Yauch’s representatives confirmed that the rapper died Friday morning in New York after a nearly three-year battle with cancer. Also known as MCA, Yauch was diagnosed with a cancerous salivary gland in […]
Junior Seau’s apparent suicide stunned an entire city and saddened former teammates who recalled the former NFL star’s ferocious tackles and habit of calling everybody around him “Buddy.” It also left everyone wondering what led to Seau’s death Wednesday morning in what police said appeared to be a suicide. He was 43. “I’m sorry to […]