Obituaries

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and ‘60s whose hits includ...

Actress Nagiko Tono has died, it was learned Thursday from the Sugamo Police Station of the Metro...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dave Parker, a hard-hitting outfielder who was set to be inducted into the Base...

Mick Ralphs, a guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of the classic British rock band...

Scriptwriter James Miki, whose real name was Kiyomoto Yamashita, died of pneumonia on June 14 at ...

LONDON (AP) — Alfred Brendel, a pianist and poet renowned for his refined playing of Beethoven ov...

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys' visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements ...

LONDON (AP) — Frederick Forsyth, the British author of "The Day of the Jackal" and other bestsell...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Famil...

Martha Miyake, a pioneering female jazz singer, died of natural causes on Wednesday at the age of...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and...

Ellie Omiya, a painter, author and scriptwriter, died of illness on Wednesday, her management com...

Ruling and opposition party lawmakers, as well as government officials, are mourning the passing ...

WAKAYAMA (Jiji Press) - Shuhei Kishimoto, governor of Wakayama Prefecture, died of septic shock a...

WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, known for his expertise on J...