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&#39;Joe the Plumber&#39; Is Dead at 49
'Joe the Plumber'
Is Dead at 49
OBITUARY
Aug 28, 2023 1:10 PM CDT

'Joe the Plumber' Is Dead at 49

Joe Wurzelbacher famously questioned Barack Obama on campaign trail in 2008

(Newser) - The man the world came to know as "Joe the Plumber" has died at age 49 from pancreatic cancer, reports Fox News . Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher gained national fame back in 2008 when he questioned then-Sen. Barack Obama on the campaign trail in Toledo, Ohio, about his tax plan, per...

Game Show Host Made a Request of His Viewers
Price Is Right's Bob Barker
Is Dead at 99
obituary
Aug 26, 2023 1:45 PM CDT

Price Is Right's Bob Barker Is Dead at 99

Iconic game show host was a longtime animal rights advocate

(Newser) - Popular game show host Bob Barker, a household name for a half-century as host of television's Truth or Consequences and The Price Is Right, has died. His publicist said Barker, a longtime animal rights activist who made a plea to viewers to have their pets spayed or neutered part...

Big Star in Wrestling Is Dead at 36
Big Star in Wrestling
Is Dead at 36
obituary
Aug 25, 2023 12:52 PM CDT

Big Star in Wrestling Is Dead at 36

Bray Wyatt, real name Windham Rotunda, reportedly suffered a heart attack

(Newser) - One of the bigger names in World Wrestling Entertainment has died young: Windham Rotunda, who performed under the name Bray Wyatt, died at age 36 on Thursday, reports Yahoo Sports . Rotunda died unexpectedly, wrote WWE chief content officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque on X. The family hasn't released...

Co-Founder of Adobe Helped Create the First PDF
Co-Founder
of Adobe
Helped Create
the First PDF
obituary
Aug 21, 2023 6:00 PM CDT

Co-Founder of Adobe Helped Create the First PDF

John Warnock developed PostScript with Charles Geschke

(Newser) - John Warnock, who helped invent the PDF and co-founded Adobe Systems, has died. He was 82. The Silicon Valley entrepreneur and computer scientist died Saturday surrounded by family, Adobe said in a statement. The company didn't give a cause of death or say where Warnock died, per the AP...

Ron Cephas Jones&#39; Work on This Is Us &#39;Was Perfect&#39;
Longtime Stage Actor
Made His Mark on This Is Us
obituary
Aug 20, 2023 10:00 AM CDT

Longtime Stage Actor Made His Mark on This Is Us

Ron Cephas Jones went back to Broadway after double lung transplant

(Newser) - Ron Cephas Jones, a veteran stage actor who won two Emmy Awards for his role as a long-lost father who finds redemption on the NBC drama This Is Us, has died. Jones, 66, died "due to a long-standing pulmonary issue," said his manager, Dan Spilo, the AP reports....

Co-Founder of A&amp;M Records Dies
Co-Founder of
A&M Records Dies
OBITUARY
Aug 16, 2023 5:09 PM CDT

Co-Founder of A&M Records Dies

Jerry Moss was the M in A&M

(Newser) - Jerry Moss, a music industry giant who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert and rose from a Los Angeles garage to the heights of success with hits by Alpert, the Police, the Carpenters, and hundreds of other performers, has died at age 88. Moss, inducted with Alpert into the...

&#39;Godfather of Black Music&#39; Dead at 92
'Godfather
of Black Music'
Has Died
OBITUARY
Aug 14, 2023 1:57 PM CDT

'Godfather of Black Music' Has Died

Clarence Avant was 92

(Newser) - Clarence Avant, the judicious manager, entrepreneur, facilitator, and adviser known as the "Godfather of Black Music" who helped launch or guide the careers of Quincy Jones, Bill Withers, and many others, has died. He was 92. Avant, inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2021, died...

Robbie Robertson Sought to Write Songs 'Lost in Time'

Lead guitarist for the Band also collaborated with Martin Scorsese

(Newser) - Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter for the Band—a Canadian American group that famously backed Bob Dylan while achieving Rock and Roll Hall of Fame success in its own right—died Wednesday. Robertson, 80, died in Los Angeles after a long illness, CBC News reports. He wrote or co-wrote...

Revered Singer Resurrected by Documentary Has Died
Singer
Immortalized
in Documentary
Has Died
obituary
Aug 9, 2023 4:55 PM CDT

Singer Immortalized in Documentary Has Died

Sixto Rodriguez was the subject of 'Searching for Sugar Man'

(Newser) - Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man , has died at age 81. Rodriguez' death Tuesday in Detroit was announced on the Sugarman.org website and confirmed Wednesday by his granddaughter, Amanda Kennedy. He died following a short illness, according to...

Sinead O'Connor Heads Home a Final Time

Crowds throng funeral procession in Irish singer's hometown of Bray, in County Wicklow

(Newser) - Throngs of fans lined the streets of Sinead O'Connor's former hometown in Ireland to bid farewell to the gifted singer as her funeral procession passed by Tuesday following a private memorial service. A vintage VW camper van with rooftop speakers blasting Bob Marley's song "Natural Mystic"...

Exorcist, French Connection Director William Friedkin Dies

Oscar-winner was 87

(Newser) - William Friedkin, the Oscar-winning director who became a top filmmaker in his 30s with the gripping The French Connection and the horrifying The Exorcist but struggled in the following decades to match his early success, has died. He was 87. Friedkin, who won the best director Oscar for The French ...

Actor Who Breathed Life Into Breaking Bad Baddie Dies at 83

Mark Margolis played the menacing Hector Salamanca on AMC show, and on Better Call Saul

(Newser) - There were many unforgettable scenes throughout Breaking Bad's five-season run, but one of the most memorable is when drug kingpin Hector Salamanca blows up himself and nemesis Gus Fring by repeatedly ringing a bell hooked up to explosives on his wheelchair. Now, a sad goodbye to the veteran character...

She Became Acting Governor Friday, Died Days Later

Sheila Oliver was seen as a 'political trailblazer' in New Jersey

(Newser) - New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, who made history as the first Black woman to serve as speaker of the state Assembly, died Tuesday at age 71. No cause of death was given, according to Politico , which calls Oliver a "trailblazing political leader." Oliver had begun serving as...

A Week After Burying His Dad, Angus Cloud of Euphoria Dead at 25

Family says he had been struggling with immense grief

(Newser) - Soon after returning to the US after laying his beloved father to rest in Ireland, Angus Cloud, who played the drug dealer Fezco on HBO's Euphoria, died at his family's northern California home. No cause of death has been released for Cloud, whom CBS News refers to as...

Sinead O&#39;Connor Is Dead at 56
Sinead O'Connor
Is Dead at 56
Jul 26, 2023 1:26 PM CDT

Sinead O'Connor Is Dead at 56

No cause of death for the Irish singer is immediately released

(Newser) - Irish singer Sinead O'Connor has died at age 56, the BBC reports. Her family confirmed the news in a statement but did not reveal a cause of death. "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinead," it reads. "Her family...

Crooner Tony Bennett Is Dead at 96
Crooner Tony Bennett
Is Dead at 96
obituary
Jul 21, 2023 7:45 AM CDT

Crooner Tony Bennett Is Dead at 96

Some of his greatest success came after the age of 60

(Newser) - Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" graced a decades-long career, died Friday at 96. He was just two weeks short of his birthday. Publicist Sylvia Weiner confirmed...

He Went From Most Wanted to Working for &#39;the Greater Good&#39;
He Was Once
the 'World's
Most Wanted
Hacker'
OBITUARY
Jul 20, 2023 12:01 PM CDT

He Was Once the 'World's Most Wanted Hacker'

Kevin Mitnick dies from cancer complications at age 59

(Newser) - Kevin Mitnick, named the world's most wanted computer hacker during a 1990s crime spree, died Sunday at age 59. Mitnick had been battling pancreatic cancer for more than a year, according to his obituary , which notes "much of his life reads like a fiction story." "An...

British-Born Jane Birkin Became French Star
British Actress, Singer
Became a French Icon
obituary
Jul 16, 2023 11:20 AM CDT

British Actress, Singer Became a French Icon

With Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin produced scandalous hit 'Je t'aime'

(Newser) - Jane Birkin, an actress and singer who charmed France with her English grace, style, and accented French and made the country her home, has died. She was 76 and died at her home in Paris, according to France's Culture Ministry and French media. The London-born star was widely admired...

Before He Wrote Unbearable Lightness, He Fled Homeland

Czech dissident and author Milan Kundera, who became a thorn in Communists' side, dies at 94

(Newser) - Milan Kundera, the Czech author who was cast out of the Communist Party and became best known for penning The Unbearable Lightness of Being, has died. The 94-year-old passed away Tuesday in Paris "after a long illness," a spokeswoman for the Czech library that kept Kundera's personal...

Pro Surfer Dies in Freak Accident With Board

Hawaii native Mikala Jones was 'arguably one of the most barreled surfers on the planet'

(Newser) - An American professional surfer who became famous for taking cameras and viewers inside barrel waves has died in a freak surfing accident. Mikala Jones, 44, was fatally injured while riding waves in Indonesia's Mentawai Islands on Sunday morning. According to Surfline , the native Hawaiian was surfing near Awera Resort...

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