Obituary

A North Carolina woman recognized as the oldest living U.S. Marine has died at age 107

“Joanne was a brilliant and accomplished musician, a wonderful advocate for the arts, and a dear friend to everyone in our organization.”

According to a report, Jessica Campbell, who acted alongside Reese Witherspoon in “Election,” passed away on Dec. 29 at the age of 38.

Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda died on Thursday night after suffering cardiopulmonary arrest. He was 93.

Actress Tanya Roberts is dead at 65 following two days of confusion that stemmed from a premature report of her death.

Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, R-La., has died from complications of the coronavirus at the age of 41.

Country singer K.T. Oslin, who hit it big with the 1987 hit “80′s Ladies” and won three Grammy awards, has died. She was 78.

The Country Music Hall of Famer died Saturday in Texas from COVID-19 complications.

Pilot Chuck Yaeger, the first man to break the sound barrier, has died at the age of 97.

Argentinian soccer great Diego Maradona has died after undergoing surgery for a subdural hematoma earlier this month. He was 60 years old.

Boston Celtics legend Tom Heinsohn has died at the age of 86. The Hall-of-Famer won eight NBA championships as a player for the Celtics before going on to coach the team to two more titles. He was a play-by-play man and color commentator for the team’s television broadcast for over 30 years, most recently for NBC Sports Boston. He was…

As a player, as a coach and as a broadcaster, the impact of Tommy Heinsohn on the Boston Celtics cannot be overstated.

Between his contributions as a player, as a coach and as a broadcaster, Tommy Heinsohn was a true Boston Celtics legend.

Actor Sean Connery, best known for his role as James Bond, has died at the age of 90.

David Scondras, Boston’s first openly gay city councilor, died last week, according to the Boston Globe. He was 74. Scondras was elected to the City Council in 1983. The Harvard-educated tenant activist was voted out of office 10 years later. After leaving office, the Globe said he continued to advocate for tenants and ran Search For A Cure, a nonprofit…

An award-winning screenwriter for the landmark TV projects “Brian’s Song” and “Roots” has died.

Jerry Jeff Walker, a Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song “Mr. Bojangles,” has died at age 78.

After losing Charlie to lymphoma earlier this month, Sallie Gregory Hammett cried for about four days straight. Then she decided to do something different with her grief: write his obituary.

Singer Helen Reddy, best known for her song “I Am Woman,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. She was 78.