Liverpool Legend Ron Yeats Dies Aged 86

'Screamingly funny' Tony Slattery dies aged 65

Sir Stephen Fry pays tribute to the actor and comedian well known for Whose Line Is It Anyway?

BBC News - 14h

Oliviero Toscani, photographer behind provocative Benetton ads, dies aged 82

Tributes paid to Italian known for images that drew attention to social themes including HIV/Aids and racism. Tributes have been paid to Oliviero Toscani, the Italian fashion photographer renowned ...

The Guardian - 1d

Oliviero Toscani, Benetton's shock photographer, dies aged 82

Toscani was the creative force behind shock ad campaigns of the 1990s including a priest and nun kissing.

BBC News - 1d

Soul Man singer Sam Moore dies aged 89 from surgery complications

Half of 1960s duo Sam & Dave is also remembered for the hit Hold On, I’m Comin’. Sam Moore – the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave that was known for such definitive hits ...

The Guardian - 4d

Bill McCartney, former championship-winning head coach at Colorado, dies at age 84

McCartney, who led the Buffaloes to three Big Eight titles and a national title in 1990, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Former Orioles pitcher Brian Matusz has died at age 37, team announces

Matusz, a former first-round pick, played for the Orioles from 2009 to 2016.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 8

Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary, dies at age 86

Peter Yarrow, of the folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86. The group was responsible for songs like "Puff the Magic Dragon." Yarrow's career and political activism were marred ...

CBS News - Jan. 7

Mohamed Salah future: If Liverpool legend doesn't sign contract extension, where could he end up?

There are reasons why Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich don't make any sense

CBS Sports - Jan. 7

Peter Yarrow, folk singer of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, dies at 86

Folk singer Peter Yarrow — writer of the timeless classic "Puff the Magic Dragon" and one-third of the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary — died Tuesday, a family representative said.

NBC News - Jan. 7

Peter Yarrow, folk legend and 'Puff the Magic Dragon' co-writer, dead at 86

Folk music legend Peter Yarrow, one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86.

ABC News - Jan. 7

Peter Yarrow of '60s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86

The singer and songwriter who helped popularize folk music in the 1960s died of bladder cancer at his home in New York.

Los Angeles Times - Jan. 7

Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary dies at age 86

Peter Yarrow was a singer-songwriter and a social activist, but he was best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary.

CBS News - Jan. 7

Peter Yarrow of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies aged 86

Known for his political songs as well as Puff, the Magic Dragon, the group’s co-songwriter died of bladder cancer. Peter Yarrow, a vocalist with the US folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died aged ...

The Guardian - Jan. 7

Peter Yarrow, the Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dies at 86

The folk trio he formed with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers became a pop phenomenon, scoring hits like “If I Had a Hammer” and “Puff the Magic Dragon.”

The New York Times - Jan. 7

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader, dies aged 96

Former paratrooper led National Front party for decades and courted controversy, being repeatedly fined for contesting crimes against humanity. Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right ...

The Guardian - Jan. 7

RuPaul's Drag Race UK star The Vivienne dies aged 32

James Lee Williams, better known as drag queen The Vivienne, died aged 32 over the weekend.

BBC News - Jan. 6

Welsh Lib Dem Baroness Randerson dies aged 76

She was the first ever female Welsh Lib Dem to hold ministerial office at Westminster.

BBC News - Jan. 6

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne dies aged 32

Tributes flood in for ‘warm-hearted and amazing’ drag artist James Lee Williams. James Lee Williams, known as drag artist The Vivienne, has died at the age of 32, their public relations ...

The Guardian - Jan. 5

‘Titan’ of Welsh politics Jenny Randerson dies aged 76

Tributes paid to Lib Dem peer and former Wales culture minister who introduced free entry to museums. Tributes have been paid to Jenny Randerson, a “titan” of Welsh politics who introduced free ...

The Guardian - Jan. 5

Tributes paid after former Greek PM Costas Simitis dies aged 88

Four days of mourning declared for death of Pasok party co-founder, the architect of country’s entry into euro. Tributes have been paid to the former socialist prime minister Costas Simitis, who ...

The Guardian - Jan. 5

Indie film-maker Jeff Baena dies aged 47

Husband of actor Aubrey Plaza was known for writing and directing Life After Beth and co-writing I Heart Huckabees. Independent director and screenwriter Jeff Baena – who was known for quirky hits ...

The Guardian - Jan. 4

World’s oldest person, Tomiko Itooka, dies in Japan aged 116

Itooka, who died at a care home in Ashiya, enjoyed bananas and had been a keen mountain climber. A Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest living person has died at the age of 116.. Tomiko ...

The Guardian - Jan. 4

World's oldest person Tomiko Itooka dies aged 116

Ms Itooka lived through two world wars and was credited with a sprightly spirit all her life.

BBC News - Jan. 4

Soul singer Brenton Wood, behind the 1967 hit Oogum Boogum Song, dies aged 83

Born Alfred Jesse Smith, his smash title has repeatedly been used in film and television shows. The soul singer Brenton Wood has died at the age of 83, TMZ and Variety reported. Wood’s manager, ...

The Guardian - Jan. 4

Can you be a Liverpool legend after playing for Man Utd?

Former Liverpool and Manchester United striker Michael Owen talks to BBC Sport's Dion Dublin about the rivalry between the two clubs and what it is like to have a foot in both camps.

BBC News - Jan. 3

'Masterful' novelist David Lodge dies aged 89

Lodge was twice nominated for the Booker Prize in the 1980s for comic novels Small World and Nice Work.

BBC News - Jan. 3

Wayne Osmond, brother of Donny and Marie, dies at age 73

Wayne Osmond started his musical career as an original member of The Osmonds with his brothers.

CBS News - Jan. 2

Wayne Osmond, member of the singing Osmond family, dies aged 73

Utah-born singer dies at hospital after ‘massive stroke’, making him first of hugely successful US pop group to die. Wayne Osmond, the smooth baritone of pop group the Osmond Brothers and later the ...

The Guardian - Jan. 2

Rosita Missoni, co-founder of Italian label, dies aged 93

Yahoo News - Jan. 2

Rosita Missoni, co-founder of Italian label, dies aged 93

Lombardy's president, who confirmed the news, says Missoni's death is "a great loss for Italy".

BBC News - Jan. 2

Rosita Missoni, Italian fashion house matriarch, dies at age 93

Rosita Missoni, the matriarch of the iconic Italian fashion house that made zigzag-patterned knitwear high fashion, has died

ABC News - Jan. 2

Ron Johnson: Reducing 'out of control' government spending is not only 'reasonable but doable'

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) doubled down on a conservative plan to reduce government spending with new proposals outlined in an op-ed published by The Wall Street Journal. “Federal spending is out of ...

The Hill - Jan. 2

Ágnes Keleti, the world's oldest Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103

Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She was 103.

The Hill - Jan. 2

Italian fashion designer and ‘colour genius’ Rosita Missoni dies aged 93

Founder of renowned knitwear brand was at forefront of bringing Italian ready-to-wear industry to global market. Rosita Missoni, the esteemed Italian fashion designer who co-founded the eponymous ...

The Guardian - Jan. 2