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'Tennessee Waltz' Singer Patti Page Dead at 85

B-side became a mega-seller

(Newser) - "Tennessee Waltz" singer Patti Page has died at age 85, reports the Tennessean . Page was a huge star in the 1950s with hits such as "(How Much Is That) Doggy in the Window," but "Waltz" turned into her signature hit and became one of the best-selling...

&#39;Lady of the Cells&#39; Dead at 103
 'Lady of the Cells' Dead at 103 
obituary
Dec 31, 2012 9:21 AM CST

'Lady of the Cells' Dead at 103

Inside the fascinating life of Rita Levi-Montalcini

(Newser) - Italy has lost a truly fascinating centenarian. Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi-Montalcini died at her home yesterday at age 103, leading Rome's mayor to declare the scientist's death a loss "for all of humanity." It may not be much of an exaggeration: The so-called "Lady...

Those We Lost in 2012
 Those We Lost in 2012 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Dec 30, 2012 7:00 PM CST

Those We Lost in 2012

Whitney Houston, Joe Paterno, Dick Clark, Ravi Shankar

(Newser) - Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." A look at some of the notables who died in 2012:
  • Etta James, 73. Blues singer best known for her enduring classic "At Last."
...

Oops: Mag Runs Obit of 'Colorless' HW Bush

'Der Spiegel' accidentally posts incomplete obituary today

(Newser) - Reports of former President George HW Bush's demise were greatly exaggerated earlier today when German magazine der Spiegel erroneously published a partial obituary, reports the AP . Adding insult to premature death, Spiegel memorialized Bush as a "colorless politician," whose presidency only looked good when later compared to...

Gen. Schwarzkopf Dead at 78
 Gen. Schwarzkopf Dead at 78 
Dec 27, 2012 6:30 PM CST

Gen. Schwarzkopf Dead at 78

'Stormin' Norman' led forces that got Saddam out of Kuwait

(Newser) - Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who commanded the US-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991, has died at age 78 in Tampa, Fla. The president he served under at the time, George HW Bush, who remains in the ICU of a Houston hospital,...

'Rescue Me' Singer Fontella Bass Dead at 72

Her big hit in 1965 endures

(Newser) - R&B singer Fontella Bass, whose "Rescue Me" became a No. 1 hit in 1965 and remains in play today, died yesterday at 72 after a heart attack, reports the AP . The St. Louis native had modest success with other songs, but "Rescue Me," which she co-wrote,...

Character Actor Charles Durning Dead at 89

He also survived D-Day invasion, Battle of the Bulge

(Newser) - Charles Durning grew up in poverty, lost five of his nine siblings to disease, barely lived through D-Day, and was taken prisoner at the Battle of the Bulge. His hard life and wartime trauma provided the basis for a prolific 50-year career as a consummate character actor, playing everyone from...

Odd Couple Star Jack Klugman Dies
 Odd Couple Star 
 Jack Klugman Dies 
OBITUARY
Dec 24, 2012 5:33 PM CST

Odd Couple Star Jack Klugman Dies

Gruff actor died this afternoon at age 90, family says

(Newser) - Jack Klugman, who made an art of gruffness in TV's The Odd Couple and Quincy, M.E., has died at the age of 90. The actor's son Adam says his father died this afternoon in Los Angeles. In the 1970s sitcom The Odd Couple, Klugman played sloppy sports...

Bar Code Inventor Dead at 91
 Bar Code Inventor Dead at 91 
Dec 13, 2012 2:40 PM CST

Bar Code Inventor Dead at 91

N. Joseph Woodland and co-inventor made only $15K

(Newser) - The New York Times has what must be the most interesting obituary of the day: that of 91-year-old N. Joseph Woodland, who invented the now-ubiquitous bar code with a colleague in the late 1940s. Among the tidbits:
  • Aha moment: It came while Woodland sat on the beach at his parents'
...

Sitar Hero Ravi Shankar Dead at 92
 Sitar Hero 
 Ravi Shankar 
 Dead at 92 
OBITUARY
Dec 12, 2012 2:47 AM CST

Sitar Hero Ravi Shankar Dead at 92

'60s icon brought Indian music to the West

(Newser) - The Indian sitar maestro George Harrison called the "father of world music" has died in California at the age of 92, Reuters reports. Ravi Shankar was already famous in his homeland when he introduced the Beatles to the sitar, bridging the gap between Eastern and Western music and achieving...

Jazz Great Dave Brubeck Dead at 91
 Jazz Great 
 Dave Brubeck 
 Dead at 91 
OBITUARY
Dec 5, 2012 11:31 AM CST

Jazz Great Dave Brubeck Dead at 91

Pioneer of the genre attained pop-culture success

(Newser) - Jazz legend Dave Brubeck died this morning of heart failure in Norwalk, Conn., one day short of his 92nd birthday. Even those who are not aficionados will likely recognize hits such as "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk," which came out in 1959 on what...

Rupert Murdoch&#39;s Mother Dead at 103
 Rupert Murdoch's 
 Mother Dead at 103 
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Dec 5, 2012 10:40 AM CST

Rupert Murdoch's Mother Dead at 103

Elisabeth Murdoch was a patron of the arts

(Newser) - Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, mother of media mogul Rupert, has died at her Australia home at age 103, the Australian reports. Murdoch was an 18-year-old debutante when a photo of her in a magazine was spotted by editor Keith Murdoch, 42. The newspaperman and his wife were married 24 years and...

Beloved College Hoops Coach Rick Majerus Dies at 64

Had struggled with heart problems for years

(Newser) - Rick Majerus, the jovial basketball coach who led Utah to the 1998 NCAA final and had only one losing season in 25 years with four schools, died yesterday. He was 64. Jon Huntsman, the coach's longtime friend, confirmed in a statement that Majerus died of heart failure in a...

Motivational Speaker Zig Ziglar Dead at 86

He was one of the kings of his industry

(Newser) - The man Texas Monthly once dubbed "the nation's most motivated motivational speaker" is dead at age 86. Zig Ziglar, author of more than two dozen books, died in the Dallas suburb of Plano, reports AP . Ziglar rose to national fame with his first book, See You at the ...

First Organ Transplant Doctor Dead at 93
First Organ Transplant Doctor Dead at 93
OBITUARY
Nov 27, 2012 1:18 AM CST

First Organ Transplant Doctor Dead at 93

Dr. Joseph Murray won Nobel for pioneering work

(Newser) - Tens of thousands of people alive today owe their lives to techniques pioneered by Dr. Joseph Murray, who has died at the age of 93 in the same Boston hospital where he carried out the world's first successful human organ transplant. Murray made history in 1954 when he transplanted...

Dallas Star Larry Hagman Dead at 81
 Dallas Star 
 Larry Hagman 
 Dead at 81 
obituary
Nov 24, 2012 5:20 AM CST

Dallas Star Larry Hagman Dead at 81

'JR Ewing' actor also starred in 'I Dream of Jeannie'

(Newser) - JR Ewing was a business cheat, faithless husband, and bottomless well of corruption. Yet with his sparkling grin, Larry Hagman masterfully created the charmingly loathsome oil baron—and coaxed forth a Texas-size gusher of ratings—on television's long-running and hugely successful nighttime soap, Dallas. Although he first gained fame...

Brooke Shields&#39; Mom Dead at 79
 Brooke Shields' 
 Mom Dead at 79 
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Nov 6, 2012 4:12 PM CST

Brooke Shields' Mom Dead at 79

Teri Shields managed her young daughter to stardom

(Newser) - Teri Shields raised eyebrows when she allowed her 11-year-old daughter, Brooke, to be cast as a prostitute in 1978's Pretty Baby. A few years later, she permitted a teenage Brooke to famously star in a series of commercials for Calvin Klein jeans, provocatively professing that nothing comes between "...

Wounded Knee Activist Russell Means Dies
 Wounded Knee Activist 
 Russell Means Dies 
OBITUARY
Oct 22, 2012 9:35 AM CDT

Wounded Knee Activist Russell Means Dies

He also starred in Last of the Mohicans , once ran for president

(Newser) - Russell Means, a former American Indian Movement activist who helped lead the 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee, reveled in stirring up attention, and appeared in several Hollywood films, has died. He was 72. Means died early today at his ranch in Porcupine, SD, an Ogala Sioux tribal spokeswoman said. Means...

George McGovern Dead at 90

Family confirms death of former presidential candidate

(Newser) - Sen. George McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died this morning at the age of 90. A family spokesman said that McGovern died at 5:15am today at a hospice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, surrounded by family and friends....

Star of Cult Erotic Hit Emmanuelle Dead at 60

Sylvia Kristel had been battling cancer

(Newser) - Actress Sylvia Kristel, the Dutch star of the hit 1970s erotic movie Emmanuelle, has died of cancer at age 60. Her agent, Features Creative Management, says in a statement today that Kristel died in her sleep last night. Kristel, a model who turned to acting in the 1970s, had been...

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