Seven people, including three young children, who died when their minivan plunged 60ft and landed in a ravine on the grounds of a zoo, have been named by police. Police identified the dead adults as Jacob Nunez (85) and Ana Julia Martinez (81), both from the Dominican Republic, and their daughters, Maria Gonzalez (45) and […]
For the second time in two months, a customer at Las Vegas’ Heart Attack Grill collapsed mid-meal and was carted off to a hospital. The female customer, a Las Vegas resident in her 40′s, had been devouring a “double bypass burger,” puffing on cigarettes, and sipping a margarita when she collapsed Saturday night, the Grill’s […]
After more than half a century on national television, ushering music acts into the public eye and ringing in the new year for millions, Dick Clark was eulogized last week as a cultural giant first, a shrewd businessman second. Clark (who died of a heart attack at age 82) would not have objected. But there […]
Jonathan Frid (a Canadian actor best known for playing Barnabas Collins in the 1960s original vampire soap opera “Dark Shadows”) has died. He was 87. Frid died Friday of natural causes in a hospital in his home town of Hamilton, Ontario, said Jim Pierson, a friend and spokesman for Dan Curtis Productions, the creator of […]
Dick Clark (whose “American Bandstand” made him rich, famous, influential and sometimes controversial by marrying rock ‘n’ roll with television) died Wednesday morning at the age of 82. His agent (Paul Shefrin) said he suffered a massive heart attack. He had struggled with health issues since suffering a a serious stroke in 2004. Before then […]
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 […]