The Moody Blues' Ray Thomas Dies at 76
Ray Thomas, of The Moody Blues, has died at 76, months before the band was to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Ray Thomas, of The Moody Blues, has died at 76, months before the band was to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Jerry Van Dyke, the actor and comedian who played lead or second banana in such TV series as "Coach" and "My Mother the Car," has died.
Astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight has died. Young was the only agency astronaut to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs.
Enberg broadcast nine no-hitters, including two by San Francisco's Tim Lincecum against the Padres in 2013 and 2014.
Mel Tillis, the affable country star who wrote hits for Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs and many others, and overcame a stutter to sing on dozens of his own singles, has died.
Liz Smith, the syndicated gossip columnist whose mixture of banter, barbs, and bon mots about the glitterati helped her climb the A-list as high as many of the celebrities she covered, died Sunday at the age of 94.
Walter Becker, the guitarist, bassist and co-founder of the rock group Steely Dan, has died. He was 67.
Jerry Lewis, the comedian whose fundraising telethons became as famous as his hit movies, has died.
Marian Cleeves Diamond, a neuroscientist who studied Albert Einstein's brain and was one of the first to show that the brain can improve with enrichment, has died.
Country music great Glen Campbell, who had such major hits as "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Wichita Lineman" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" died Tuesday after a long battle with Alzheimer's, according to his publicist.
Former California state Sen. Dave Cogdill has died after battling pancreatic cancer.
Heard was a resident of Studio City, Calif., a spokeswoman from the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office said, and the cause of death is being investigated.
Stanford mathematics professor Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win the Fields Medal, mathematics' leading award, has died of cancer at the age of 40.
John G. Avildsen, who directed "Rocky" and "The Karate Kid," two audience favorites that went on to become Hollywood franchises, died Friday at age 81.
Adam West, who defined the role of Batman in the campy 1960s series, has died.
O'Neill's died of natural causes Friday at his Santa Cruz home, his family said in a statement. He was 94.
Gregg Allman, whose bluesy vocals and soulful touch on the Hammond organ helped propel the Allman Brothers Band to superstardom, died Saturday at his home in Georgia.
Zbigniew Brzezinski, the national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, has died. He was 89.
The senior coroner for Oxfordshire explained how the singer died....
Norma McCorvey, who as "Jane Roe" was at the center of the Supreme Court's landmark decision that legalized abortion died Saturday at age 69.
Hale, who played Perry Mason's secretary Della Street on the long-running TV series died Thursday in Los Angeles.
John Hurt received Academy Award nominations for "Midnight Express" and "The Elephant Man."
Former California State Librarian Kevin Starr, who is deemed the pre-eminent historian of the Golden State, has died.
Like Allen Ginsberg and other Beats, Meltzer had an affinity for jazz and taught for decades at the San Francisco-based New College of California.
Best known for his music as part of the 80's duo Wham! and a Grammy-winning solo artist, George Michael died at the age of 53 at his home in Goring, England.
