Obituaries

Golf Legend Masashi ‘Jumbo’ Ozaki Passes Away Aged 78

Masashi Ozaki aka Jumbo is the most successful golfer ever on the Japan Golf Tour. He has 40 more wins…

2 months ago

Dick Cheney, Former Vice President and Influential Republican Leader, Dies at 84

Dick Cheney in the Oval Office of the White House in 2007. © Doug Mills/The New York Times Dick Cheney,…

4 months ago

Tristan Rogers, Iconic ‘General Hospital’ Super Spy Robert Scorpio, Dies at 79

Tristan Rogers, who played legacy character Robert Scorpio on ABC’s “General Hospital,” died Friday, less than one month after he…

6 months ago

Hulk Hogan, Pro Wrestler and Hollywood actor, Dies at 71: The Man Who Defined ‘Hulkamania’

Hulk Hogan shown flexing in 1994. © British Sky Broadcasting Ltd/Shutterstock Hulk Hogan, the towering, charismatic figure who revolutionized professional wrestling…

7 months ago

‘Pretty Little Baby’ singer Connie Francis dies at 87 after being hospitalized

In 1955, the singer signed a recording contract with MGM Records. (Getty Images) Francis was further propelled to stardom through hits…

7 months ago

Shigeo Nagashima, Postwar Japan’s Beloved ‘Mr. Baseball,’ Dies at 89

Shigeo Nagashima, Japan’s most celebrated baseball player and a linchpin of the storied Tokyo Yomiuri Giants dynasty of the 1960s…

9 months ago

Herbert Migdoll, Longtime Joffrey Ballet Photographer, Dies at 90

Herbert Migdoll, the official photographer and designer of the Joffrey Ballet for about a half-century, who was admired for capturing…

9 months ago

David Cope, Pioneer of A.I.-Generated Music, Dies at 83

David Cope, a composer and pioneer in the field of algorithmic composition, who in the 1980s developed a computer program…

9 months ago

Loretta Swit, Best Known as ‘Hot Lips’ on TV’s ‘MAS*H,’ Dies at 87

Loretta Swit, in costume as Maj. Margaret Houlihan, on the set of the hit TV series “M*A*S*H” in 1975. (CBS…

9 months ago

Bill Aitken, the writer who considered India the “father” of the hippie movement, has died at 90

Bill Aitken, a self-described “founding father of the hippies” who hitchhiked from England to India in 1959 and became a…

9 months ago

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