Obituaries

SAO PAULO (AP) — Oscar Schmidt, the Basketball Hall of Famer known to his Brazilian compatriots a...

Mangaka Shoji Sadao has died of heart failure at the age of 88.

Shoji, known for works su...

Kentaro Ogawa, founder and chairman of Zensho Holdings Co., which operates restaurant chains such...

NAGOYA — Teruo Kajiwara, who spent more than 20 years as a clown bringing smiles to children in m...

Yoshiharu Tsuge, a manga artist known for highly artistic avant-garde works such as “Nejishiki” (...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation's premier la...

Chuck Norris, the former martial arts champion and 1980s action-film hero who fought the bad guys...

Hiroshima, March 17 (Jiji Press)—Shigeaki Mori, the hibakusha survivor of the August 1945 U.S. at...

Mutsuo Hidaka, the former sumo grand champion and ozeki known as Wakashimazu, has passed away, a ...

BERLIN (AP) — Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him on...

Masako Ikeda, Voice of Maetel in ‘Galaxy Express 999,’ Dies at 87

Hideaki Hatta, president of Kyoto Animation Co., died of illness on Feb. 16. He was 76.

NEW YORK (AP) — Neil Sedaka, the hit-making singer-songwriter whose boyish soprano and bright mel...

Shinya, the drummer for the popular rock band Luna Sea, died on Tuesday at 56, the group’s offici...

Eric Dane, the celebrated actor best known for his roles on “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Euphoria” and w...