http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/ObituariesFind stories, videos, and photos about Obituaries from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:54:56 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Obituaries14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Obituaries from CNN.com.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/11/19/spielman.wife.obit.ap/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/11/19/spielman.wife.obit.ap/index.htmlCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The wife of former NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman has died after a lengthy battle with cancer.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:12:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/28/william.safire/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/28/william.safire/index.html#cnnSTCTextWilliam Safire, a onetime speechwriter for President Nixon who became a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, has died at age 79, the newspaper announced Sunday.Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/16/obit.henry.gibson/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/16/obit.henry.gibson/index.html#cnnSTCTextActor Henry Gibson, who played roles ranging from loopy poets to vengeful Illinois Nazis and cranky judges during a 40-year film and television career, has died at age 73, his representatives said Wednesday.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/14/jim.carroll.obit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/14/jim.carroll.obit/index.html#cnnSTCTextPoet and punk rocker Jim Carroll has died at age 60. Funeral arrangements are pending.Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/13/nobel.borlaug.wheat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/13/nobel.borlaug.wheat/index.html#cnnSTCTextNobel laureate Norman E. Borlaug, an agricultural scientist who helped develop disease-resistant wheat used to fight famine in poor countries, died Saturday. He was 95.Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/nkorea.skorea.kim/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/nkorea.skorea.kim/index.html#cnnSTCTextNorth Korea will send a delegation to the funeral of former South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung, who is best remembered for trying to foster better relations between the two neighbors.Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:45:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/hockey/nhl/08/14/kennedy.dead/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/hockey/nhl/08/14/kennedy.dead/index.htmlPORT COLBORNE, Ontario (AP) -- Ted "Teeder" Kennedy, who captained the Toronto Maple Leafs to five Stanley Cups during a Hall of Fame career, died Friday. He was 83.Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/08/04/obit.naomi.sims/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/08/04/obit.naomi.sims/index.html#cnnSTCTextNaomi Sims, one of the world's first black supermodels, has died at the age of 61 after a battle with breast cancer, according to her family.Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/29/fred.travalena.dies/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/29/fred.travalena.dies/index.html#cnnSTCTextComedian and impersonator Fred Travalena died Sunday afternoon after a seven-year battle with cancer. He was 66.Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/03/obit.koko.taylor/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/03/obit.koko.taylor/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Queen of the Blues is dead.Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/03/15/davis.widow.dies/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/03/15/davis.widow.dies/index.html#cnnSTCTextAltovise Davis, the widow of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., has died. She was 65.Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/16/cordero.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/16/cordero.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer Ecuadorian President Leon Febres Cordero died of cancer Monday afternoon. He was 77.Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:22:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/08/von.bulow.obit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/08/von.bulow.obit/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter spending nearly 28 years in an irreversible coma, heiress and socialite Martha "Sunny" von Bulow died Saturday in a New York nursing home, according to a family statement. She was 76.Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:07:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20242661,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20242661,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn"It was an affectionate, unusual relationship I had with this incredible horse," the comedian tells PEOPLE of his costarTue, 25 Nov 2008 19:52:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/maldives.nasir/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/maldives.nasir/index.html#cnnSTCTextIbrahim Nasir, credited with ushering in independence to the Maldives as prime minister and then serving as its first president has died, a former government spokesman confirmed.Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:41:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20238381,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20238381,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe author of Jurassic Park and the creator of TV's ER privately battled cancer, his family says Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:16:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/03/obama.grandma/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/03/obama.grandma/index.html#cnnSTCTextSen. Barack Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died following a bout with cancer, Obama and his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, said Monday.Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:33:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20237587,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20237587,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnMadelyn Dunham, 86, "was the cornerstone of our family," says the Democratic presidential candidateTue, 04 Nov 2008 17:48:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1856069,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1856069,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsBarack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Democratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced Monday, 1 day before the electionMon, 03 Nov 2008 21:00:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20229926,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20229926,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnTom Hanks released a statement Tuesday remembering his Road to Perdition costar Paul Newman, who died at age 83:Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:16:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20229688,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20229688,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnMourners remember Chris "Lil' Chris" Baker in Los AngelesTue, 30 Sep 2008 20:39:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/27/king.newman.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/27/king.newman.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCTextLegendary actor Paul Newman died of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut, at the age of 83.Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:06:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1845126,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1845126,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsScreen legend Paul Newman died Friday evening of cancerSat, 27 Sep 2008 15:20:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1838720,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1838720,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsBill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other Peanuts characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20223304,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20223304,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnBill Melendez, 91, drew more than 70 TV specials for Snoopy and friends, including A Charlie Brown ChristmasThu, 04 Sep 2008 13:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/02/obit.lafontaine/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/02/obit.lafontaine/index.html#cnnSTCTextDon LaFontaine, the voiceover king whose "In a world ..." phrase on movie trailers was much copied -- and much parodied -- has died, according to media reports. He was 68.Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:18:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1838042,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1838042,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIke Pappas, a longtime CBS newsman who reported the shooting death of presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald on the radio as it was happening, has died at age 75Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1838038,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1838038,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsDon LaFontaine, the man who popularized the now loved-catch phrase, "in a world where..." and lent his voice to thousands of movie trailers, has diedTue, 02 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837768,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837768,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPro wrestling pioneer Walter "Killer" Kowalski has died from a heart attackSun, 31 Aug 2008 23:30:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20220247,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20220247,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnLeRoi Moore died of complications from an ATV accident in June, the band saysWed, 20 Aug 2008 16:24:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20218110,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20218110,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnHis sister-in-law tells PEOPLE, "He struggled for his life. He couldn't breathe"Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:31:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1831054,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1831054,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA publicist says Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mac has died at age 50Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20217510,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20217510,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnRobert Hazard, who wrote Cyndi Lauper's hit, passes away after a brief illnessThu, 07 Aug 2008 17:56:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/08/03/skip.caray.obit/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/08/03/skip.caray.obit/index.htmlSkip Caray, a voice of the Atlanta Braves for 33 years and part of a family line of baseball broadcasters that included Hall of Famer Harry Caray, died in his sleep at home on Sunday, the team said. He was 68.Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:50:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20214970,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20214970,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe Carnegie Mellon professor, who battled pancreatic cancer, became an Internet sensationFri, 25 Jul 2008 19:47:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/07/25/obit.pausch/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/07/25/obit.pausch/index.html#cnnSTCTextRandy Pausch, the professor whose "last lecture" became a runaway phenomenon on the Internet and was turned into a best-selling book, died Friday of pancreatic cancer, Carnegie Mellon University announced on its Web site.Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:06:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20213964,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20213964,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe actress was surrounded by her family in her Hollywood Hills homeWed, 23 Jul 2008 15:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/14/oldest.blogger/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/14/oldest.blogger/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Australian woman often described as the world's oldest blogger has died at the age of 108 after posting a final message about her ailing health but how she sang "a happy song, as I do every day."Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:26:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20212204,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20212204,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn"America has lost a devoted public servant and a man of character," President Bush saysMon, 14 Jul 2008 04:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/12/obit.snow/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/12/obit.snow/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer White House press secretary Tony Snow -- who once told reporters "I'm a very lucky guy" -- died at the age of 53 early Saturday after a second battle with cancer.Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:43:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1820353,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1820353,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsFormer Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:50:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20210531,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20210531,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn"He was the most optimistic man I ever met," says his wife SusanFri, 04 Jul 2008 00:08:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1818506,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1818506,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsLt. Col. Charles "Chuck" Dryden, one of the first of the pioneering black World War II pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, died ThursdayFri, 27 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208346,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208346,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn"Hugely influential," says Stiller, while Leno adds, "He never lost that fire"Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:55:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208232,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208232,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe counterculture icon passed away from heart failure SundayMon, 23 Jun 2008 22:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/19/son.coldcase/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/19/son.coldcase/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe son of a man who died from intestinal problems says he now wonders whether his father's wife might have poisoned him.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:15:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20207555,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20207555,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn"She was a star and true lady, and she will be missed greatly," the actress tells PEOPLEThu, 19 Jun 2008 12:45:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20207064,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20207064,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnA public wake, a private funeral and a televised memorial are set for the NBC newsmanTue, 17 Jun 2008 15:27:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1814437,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1814437,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe death of the Meet the Press host and media institution is a blow not just to NBC but all of political journalism Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1811786,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1811786,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsArtist Alton Kelley, who created the psychedelic style of posters and other art associated with the 1960s San Francisco rock scene, has died. He was 67Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1811577,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1811577,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA family spokesman says actor-director-producer Mel Ferrer, who starred in scores of movies and directed his late wife, Audrey Hepburn in numerous others, has died at age 90Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20202461,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20202461,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe Oscar-winning director and producer and actor was surrounded by familyTue, 27 May 2008 19:07:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1808411,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1808411,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe last surviving plaintiff in Topeka's Brown v. Board of Education case, which led to the historic 1954 Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation in public schools, has died at 88Wed, 21 May 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1737986,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1737986,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIrvine Robbins, who as co-founder of Baskin-Robbins brought Rocky Road, Pralines 'n Cream and other exotic ice cream concoctions to every corner of America, has died at age 90Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/05/02/obit.miracle.marine/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/05/02/obit.miracle.marine/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Marine who survived being burned over more than 95 percent of his body in Iraq and established a charity to help burned children has died, the military has announced.Sat, 03 May 2008 00:24:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/04/28/smbusiness/mcconnell_steel.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/04/28/smbusiness/mcconnell_steel.fsb/index.htmJohn McConnell, a steel-processing entrepreneur who grew the company he started on a $600 loan into a billion-dollar enterprise, died Friday of cancer at age 84. McConnell passed away at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, the same city in which he founded his business.Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:40:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20189146,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20189146,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe Oscar winner who starred in Ben-Hur and played Moses dies at his homeMon, 07 Apr 2008 18:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/04/06/heston.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/04/06/heston.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTextActor Charlton Heston died at his Beverly Hills home at the age of 84 Saturday, his family said.Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:49:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20181177,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20181177,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnMike Smith, the lead singer of The Dave Clark Five, has died at age 64.Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/16/obit.orange/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/16/obit.orange/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Rev. James Orange, a civil rights activist whose 1965 jailing sparked a fatal protest that ultimately led to the famed Selma-to-Montgomery march and the Voting Rights Act, died Saturday at Atlanta's Crawford Long Hospital, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference said in a statement. He was 65.Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:31:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20177320,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20177320,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnRoy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee who played the alarmist police chief who famously saves a beach resort in the 1975 blockbuster Jaws and its sequel, died Sunday. He was 75.Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/04/obit.jacobs.iwojima/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/04/obit.jacobs.iwojima/index.html#cnnSTCTextRaymond Jacobs, believed to be the last surviving member of the group of Marines photographed during the original U.S. flag-raising on Iwo Jima during World War II, has died at age 82.Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:54:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/indonesia.suharto/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/indonesia.suharto/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer Indonesian dictator Suharto -- the "smiling general" who ruled his country with an iron fist for three decades -- died Sunday at a hospital in Jakarta, said his doctor. He was 86.Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:26:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/22/smbusiness/sorenson.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/22/smbusiness/sorenson.fsb/index.htmJames LeVoy Sorenson, inventor of the computerized heart monitor and of disposable paper surgical masks, died on Sunday of cancer at age 86. The Utah billionaire and chairman of the board of Sorenson Companies passed away in Salt Lake City.Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:10:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20172796,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20172796,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnSuzanne Pleshette, best-known for her role as Bob Newhart’s wisecracking wife on the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show, died at her home in Los Angeles Saturday. She was 70.Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:43:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20172777,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20172777,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnAll in the Family star Allan Melvin, who played Archie Bunker's neighbor on the seminal 1970s sitcom, died in Los Angeles Thursday. He was 84.Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:22:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/18/smbusiness/Richard_Knerr.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/18/smbusiness/Richard_Knerr.fsb/index.htmRichard Knerr, co-founder of the company that introduced America to the Hula Hoop, the Frisbee and other iconic toys, died on Monday, January 14th. The 82-year-old entrepreneur passed away at Methodist Hospital after suffering a stroke earlier in the day at his home in Arcadia, Calif.Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:15:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20171939,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20171939,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnActor Brad Renfro has died at age 25, PEOPLE has confirmed.Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:43:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20165468,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20165468,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnParis Hilton was at the center of a bizarre nightclub incident when she comforted an entertainer in an Oompa-Loompa costume injured when the crowd rushed the stage.Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:43:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/12/03/great.love.affairs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/12/03/great.love.affairs/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt's what makes women wear torturous undergarments and feign interest in preposterous sporting rituals. It's also what makes men hold dainty purses outside of fitting rooms and suffer through hosts of terrible movies. What could be this powerful? Why, love, of course. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:02:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20162635,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20162635,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnWashington Redskins star Sean Taylor died Tuesday morning, a day after he was shot inside his home in Florida.Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:23:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20161829,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20161829,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe mother of troubled actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers has died after a short illness.Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:22:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20161284,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20161284,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnMartha Stewart's mother, Martha Kostyra – who was known as Big Martha – has died at age 93.Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:03:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20155857,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20155857,00.htmlAward-winning singer-actor Robert Goulet died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 73.Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:44:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1672864,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1672864,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsBritish actress Deborah Kerr, who shared one of cinema's most famous kisses with Burt Lancaster in "From Here to Eternity," has diedThu, 18 Oct 2007 16:00:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/09/04/bc.bkc.obit.bynum.ap/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/09/04/bc.bkc.obit.bynum.ap/index.htmlFormer Clemson basketball standout Clarke Bynum, who once helped thwart a plane hijacking, has died, the school said Tuesday. He was 45.Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/08/06/david.osier.obit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/08/06/david.osier.obit/index.html#cnnSTCTextDavid Osier, an editor who spent the last years of a distinguished career sharing his enthusiasm for journalism and his passion for excellence with colleagues at CNN.com, died Sunday in Atlanta after a battle with cancer. He was 62.Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/06/24/england.dougan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/06/24/england.dougan/index.htmlFormer Northern Ireland and Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Derek Dougan has died at the age of 69.Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:04:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/02/12/germany.buschner/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/02/12/germany.buschner/index.htmlGeorg Buschner, the man who guided East Germany to Olympic soccer gold and masterminded one of the most famous victories of all time, has died at the age of 81, his old club Carl Zeiss Jena reported on Monday.Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:10:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/01/28/germany.hackmann/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/01/28/germany.hackmann/index.htmlGerman football league head Werner Hackmann has died at the age of 59, the country's Football Association (DFB) has confirmed.Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:15:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/11/06/italy.rava/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/11/06/italy.rava/index.htmlPietro Rava, the last remaining member of Italy's 1938 World Cup-winning team, has died aged 90.Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/22/janewyatt.obit/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/22/janewyatt.obit/index.htmlActress Jane Wyatt, the prototypical housewife and mother in the television series "Father Knows Best," has died at age 96, her spokeswoman told CNN Sunday.Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/11/britain.floyd/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/11/britain.floyd/index.htmlPink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett has died at the age of 60, according to a spokeswoman for the band.Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/03/india.politician/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/03/india.politician/index.htmlPramod Mahajan, an Indian politician who represented the moderate face of his Hindu nationalist BJP party, has died in Mumbai.Wed, 03 May 2006 12:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/19/mowlan.obituary/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/19/mowlan.obituary/index.htmlMo Mowlam, the UK Northern Ireland Secretary who helped Tony Blair negotiate the Good Friday Agreement and who played a significant role in the Northern Ireland peace process, has died at the age of 55.Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/08/12/blue.angel.obit/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/08/12/blue.angel.obit/index.htmlA man whose pioneering flying career with the U.S. Navy began in the age of biplanes and ended in the jet age has died. Retired Navy Capt. Roy "Butch" Voris, an original Blue Angel, died at his home in Monterey, California. He was 86.Fri, 12 Aug 2005 04:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/02/04/schmeling.death/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/02/04/schmeling.death/index.htmlThe boxing world has been paying tribute to former world heavyweight champion Max Schmeling, who has died at the age of 99.Fri, 04 Feb 2005 12:28:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/10/faget.obit/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/10/faget.obit/index.htmlThe designer of the Mercury space capsules that took the first Americans into orbit has died at age 83, NASA announced Sunday.Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:04:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/09/28/news/newsmakers/beene/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/09/28/news/newsmakers/beene/index.htmDesigner Geoffrey Beene died Tuesday of complications from pneumonia at his home on Manhattan's Upper East Side.Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/07/11/portugal.quaresma/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/07/11/portugal.quaresma/index.htmlManuel Quaresma, the head of Portugal's football federation (FPF), has died at the age of 49 following an undetermined illness, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said on Sunday.Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/02/22/singapore.khoo/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/02/22/singapore.khoo/index.htmlSingapore tycoon Khoo Teck Puat, the largest shareholder in Britain's Standard Chartered Bank, has died at the age of 86.Sun, 22 Feb 2004 23:42:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/01/02/golf.henning/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/01/02/golf.henning/index.htmlSouth African Harold Henning, the winner of more than 50 golf tournaments, died on Thursday at the age of 69 after a lengthy illness, the PGA Tour has said.Fri, 02 Jan 2004 09:28:00 EST