A forensic analysis of the audio file commissioned by The Plain Dealer of Cleveland confirmed that a voice on the recording was that of someone…
View More Alan Canfora, Who Carried Wounds From Kent State, Dies at 71Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
George Whitmore, Climber Who Vanquished El Capitan, Dies at 89
Early on the morning of Nov. 12, 1958, George Whitmore, Warren Harding and Wayne Merry accomplished something many climbers considered unthinkable: They reached the top…
View More George Whitmore, Climber Who Vanquished El Capitan, Dies at 89Dee Rowe, UConn Basketball Coach and Fund-Raiser, Dies at 91
Dee Rowe, a revered figure at the University of Connecticut for a half-century as the men’s basketball coach and athletics department fund-raiser, died on Sunday…
View More Dee Rowe, UConn Basketball Coach and Fund-Raiser, Dies at 91Dee Rowe, UConn Basketball Coach and Fund-Raiser, Dies at 91
Dee Rowe, a revered figure at the University of Connecticut for a half-century as the men’s basketball coach and athletics department fund-raiser, died on Sunday…
View More Dee Rowe, UConn Basketball Coach and Fund-Raiser, Dies at 91Sheldon Adelson, Billionaire Donor to G.O.P. and Israel, Is Dead at 87
In Israel, where he had a home and owned major conservative media outlets, Mr. Adelson supported Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party. He…
View More Sheldon Adelson, Billionaire Donor to G.O.P. and Israel, Is Dead at 87Sheldon Adelson, Billionaire Donor to G.O.P. and Israel, Is Dead at 87
In Israel, where he had a home and owned major conservative media outlets, Mr. Adelson supported Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party. He…
View More Sheldon Adelson, Billionaire Donor to G.O.P. and Israel, Is Dead at 87Ved Mehta, Celebrated Writer for The New Yorker, Dies at 86
To the end of his life Dr. Mehta held himself responsible for Ved’s blindness, which had arisen amid circumstances that encapsulated the class-consciousness and learned…
View More Ved Mehta, Celebrated Writer for The New Yorker, Dies at 86Nancy Bush Ellis, Sister and Aunt of Presidents, Dies at 94
Nancy Bush Ellis, the sister of one president and aunt of another, who for a time devoted herself to Democratic causes despite her family dynasty’s…
View More Nancy Bush Ellis, Sister and Aunt of Presidents, Dies at 94Nancy Bush Ellis, Sister and Aunt of Presidents, Dies at 94
Nancy Bush Ellis, the sister of one president and aunt of another, who for a time devoted herself to Democratic causes despite her family dynasty’s…
View More Nancy Bush Ellis, Sister and Aunt of Presidents, Dies at 94Michael Cusack, 64, Dies; Helped Inspire the Special Olympics
“They found that preposterous,” his sister Connie McIntosh said. “We had no experience with someone with intellectual disabilities, but every day he surprised us with…
View More Michael Cusack, 64, Dies; Helped Inspire the Special Olympics