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Lance Reddick Starred in The Wire , John Wick Films

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Mar 17, 2023 4:20 PM CDT

Oz Changed Actor's Mind on TV

Lance Reddick also starred in 'The Wire,' and 'John Wick' Films

(Newser) - Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy, and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including The Wire, Fringe, and the John Wick franchise, died Friday. He was 60. His publicist attributed the death to natural causes, the AP reports. Reddick was often put in a...

'Icon for the Feminist
Movement' Dead at 82

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Mar 14, 2023 1:16 AM CDT

'Icon for the Feminist Movement' Dead at 82

Former Rep. Pat Schroeder was a pioneer for women's rights

(Newser) - Former US Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for women’s and family rights in Congress, died Monday night, the AP reports. She was 82. Schroeder's former press secretary, Andrea Camp, said Schroeder suffered a stroke recently and died at a hospital in Celebration, Florida, the city where she had...

'Fosbury Flop' Remains
a Lesson in Innovation

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Mar 13, 2023 7:15 PM CDT

'Fosbury Flop' Remains a Lesson in Innovation

Dick Fosbury changed high jumpers' technique

(Newser) - Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his "Fosbury Flop," has died. He was 76. Fosbury died Sunday, the AP reports, after a recurrence with lymphoma, his publicist said. Before Fosbury, many high jumpers cleared...

Bud Grant Reached, Lost Four Super Bowls

Steely-Eyed
Vikings Coach
Reached Four
Super Bowls

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Mar 11, 2023 2:15 PM CST

Steely-Eyed Vikings Coach Reached Four Super Bowls

'You've got to handle losing,' Bud Grant said

(Newser) - Bud Grant, the stoic and demanding Hall of Fame coach who took the Minnesota Vikings and their mighty Purple People Eaters defense to four Super Bowls in eight years and lost all of them, died Saturday. He was 95. Wearing his trademark purple Vikings cap and a stone-faced demeanor, Grant'...

Robert Blake, Actor Acquitted in Wife's Murder, Dead at 89

Allegation That He
Killed His Wife
Overshadowed
His Acting Career

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Mar 10, 2023 12:01 AM CST

Allegation That He Killed His Wife Overshadowed His Acting Career

Robert Blake dead at 89

(Newser) - Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, died Thursday at age 89. A statement released on behalf of his niece, Noreen Austin, said Blake died from heart disease, surrounded by...

Fiddler on the Roof's
Tevye Bows Out

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Mar 9, 2023 10:50 AM CST

Fiddler on the Roof's Tevye Bows Out

Israeli actor and icon Chaim Topol dies at 87

(Newser) - Chaim Topol, a leading Israeli actor who charmed generations of theatergoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye, the long-suffering and charismatic milkman in Fiddler on the Roof, has died in Tel Aviv, Israeli leaders said Thursday, per the AP. He was 87. The cause wasn't immediately released. Israeli...

Entomologist Who Created
Schmidt Pain Index Dies

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Mar 6, 2023 6:00 PM CST

Entomologist Who Created Schmidt Pain Index Dies

Justin Schmidt suffered a lot of stings for science

(Newser) - "A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain," Justin Schmidt wrote of the sting of the bullhorn acacia ant. "Someone has fired a staple into your cheek." The Arizona-based entomologist has died at age 75, but his name will live on for as long as people are...

Last Surviving
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Founder Dies

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Mar 6, 2023 2:42 AM CST

Last Surviving Lynyrd Skynyrd Founder Dies

Gary Rossington survived a 1977 plane crash

(Newser) - Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped to found the group, died Sunday at the age of 71. No cause of death was given, the AP reports. “It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our...

Advocate Led Efforts
to Ensure Disability Rights

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Mar 5, 2023 1:40 PM CST

Advocate Led Efforts to Ensure Disability Rights

Judy Heumann, chronicled in 'Crip Camp,' had to sue to be able to teach school

(Newser) - Judy Heumann, whose advocacy for the rights of disabled people resulted in the passage of landmark federal legislation, died Saturday. She was 75 and died in Washington, DC, the BBC reports. Heumann, who was robbed of the ability to walk by polio when she was 2, was the first wheelchair...

Tom Sizemore
Dead at 61

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Mar 4, 2023 5:30 AM CST

Tom Sizemore Dead at 61

'Saving Private Ryan' actor never recovered from brain aneurysm he suffered last month

(Newser) - Tom Sizemore, the Saving Private Ryan actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his domestic violence and drug convictions, died Friday at age 61. The actor had suffered a brain aneurysm on Feb. 18 at his home in Los Angeles. He died in his sleep Friday...

A Jazz
Giant
Is Gone

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Mar 2, 2023 1:29 PM CST

A Jazz Giant Is Gone

Wayne Shorter hailed as one of the most influential modern musicians in the genre

(Newser) - Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died at age 89. Shorter died Thursday in Los Angeles, a representative for the musician said , per the AP . No cause of death was...

Man Who Worked for Disney
Longer Than Anyone Has Died

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Feb 28, 2023 12:27 PM CST

Man Who Worked for Disney Longer Than Anyone Has Died

Burny Mattinson was set to receive company's first 70-year service award

(Newser) - Disney's longest-serving employee—an animator, writer, and director who worked on films ranging from 1955's Lady and the Tramp to 2022's Strange World—has died. Burny Mattinson, described by CEO Bob Iger as a "legend" and "a true icon" of Disney Animation, died Monday at...

Manson Family
Member Linda
Kasabian Dead at 73

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Feb 28, 2023 6:49 AM CST

Manson Family Member Linda Kasabian Dead at 73

Her testimony on 1969 murders earned her immunity, sent other members to prison

(Newser) - She was the lookout during the murders of pregnant actor Sharon Tate and four others in August 1969, then the driver on the second night of the Manson family's murder spree. Linda Kasabian's testimony on what happened over those two days ended up earning her immunity and sending...

Billionaire Financier Found
Dead in NYC Office

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Feb 24, 2023 5:49 AM CST

Billionaire Financier Found Dead in NYC Office

Sources tell 'New York Post' Thomas Lee died by suicide

(Newser) - Billionaire financier Thomas H. Lee, a pioneer of leveraged buyouts best known for his hugely profitable buyout of Snapple in 1992, has died at age 78. Family members confirmed the death and said "Our hearts are broken," per the Boston Globe . They did not disclose a cause of...

Richard Belzer
Didn't Tire of
John Munch

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Feb 19, 2023 2:50 PM CST

Richard Belzer Didn't Tire of John Munch

Comic turned TV detective for a record run

(Newser) - Richard Belzer, who established a successful career as a comedian with a biting stand-up routine before playing the cynical, conspiracy theory-believing TV detective John Munch, died Sunday. He died in France, at his home in Bozouls, said a friend, Bill Scheft. He was 78. A cause of death was not...

Baseball Loses a Familiar
Face, and Voice

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Feb 16, 2023 2:01 PM CST

Baseball Loses a Familiar Face, and Voice

Player and broadcaster Tim McCarver dies at 81

(Newser) - Tim McCarver, the All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster who during 60 years in baseball won two World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals and had a long run as the one of the country's most recognized television commentators, died Thursday at age 81, per the AP...

Raquel Welch Dies at Age 82

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Feb 15, 2023 5:06 PM CST

Raquel Welch Dies at Age 82

International sex symbol of the '60s, '70s dies after brief illness

(Newser) - Raquel Welch, the actress who became a bona fide international sex symbol after appearing in One Million Years BC in a deerskin bikini, has died. She was 82. TMZ reports relatives said she died Wednesday morning following a short illness. Welch found fame after appearing in both BC and Fantastic ...

Boy Whose 2018 Rescue
Captivated the World Has Died

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Feb 15, 2023 8:44 AM CST

Boy Whose 2018 Rescue Captivated the World Has Died

Duangphet Phromthep was captain of the soccer team trapped in a Thai cave

(Newser) - The world watched as 12 boys were rescued from a flooded Thai cave in 2018. On Wednesday came the news that one of those boys has died. The cause of Duangphet Phromthep's death is unclear: CNN reports he suffered an unspecified accident; the BBC reports the 17-year-old was found...

Dave Hollis, Once a Force
at Disney, Is Dead at 47

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Feb 14, 2023 4:16 PM CST

Dave Hollis, Once a Force at Disney, Is Dead at 47

He left the company in 2018 to work with his then-wife, Rachel Hollis

(Newser) - Dave Hollis, a former Disney exec who left the company in 2018 to lead his then-wife's media empire, has died at age 47. The Los Angeles Times reports a cause of death hasn't been established, but a rep for the family says he died at his Austin, Texas-area...

Curb Director's Touching
Obit for Wife Goes Viral

Feb 14, 2023 1:15 PM CST

Curb Director's Touching Obit for Wife Goes Viral

Robert Weide's final love note to Linda Weide recalls her 'beauty,' 'grace,' love of grilled cheese

(Newser) - On Christmas Day, actor Linda Weide died in her husband's arms, the end of a yearslong battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological disease. "Her bravery and dignity in the face of this illness were awe-inspiring," her husband, Robert Weide, writes in her obituary , published last...