Tag Archives: obit

• News

  ‘Stormin’ Norman’ Schwarzkopf, lauded Gulf War commander, dies

  Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, who led allied forces to a routing of Iraq in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, died at the age of 78.
• News

  Worlds oldest person dies

  The oldest person in the world died in Georgia at the age of 116.
• Politics

  George McGovern, an unabashed liberal voice, is dead at 90

  George McGovern, who ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1972 — died at the age of 90.
• Politics

  Arlen Specter — ‘one of the few truly wild cards’ — dead at 82

  Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who embodied a vanishing breed of liberal Republicanism before switching to the Democratic Party, died Sunday.
• Entertainment

  Singer Andy Williams dies at 84

  Legendary singer Andy Williams, known for his smooth voice and classics such as “Moon River,” died after a year-long battle with bladder cancer.
• Entertainment

  Michael Clarke Duncan, Academy Award nominee for ‘Green Mile,’ dead at 54

  Michael Clarke Duncan, nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the 1999 film “The Green Mile,” died Monday morning at age 54.
• News

  Remembering pilot Glenn “Skids” Smith

  Glenn “Skids” Smith was flying as a member of The Hoppers flight team when his plane crashed at the Quad…
• Entertainment

  Comedian Phyllis Diller dies ‘with a smile on her face’

  Comedian Phyllis Diller, known for her self-deprecating humor, died “peacefully in her sleep” at her Los Angeles home Monday morning.
• Entertainment

  Ron Palillo, TV’s ‘Horshack,’ dead at 63

  Actor Ron Palillo, who played class clown Arnold Horshack on the 1970s television comedy “Welcome Back, Kotter,” has died at age 63.
• Entertainment

  Former Cosmo editor Gurley Brown dead at 90

  Helen Gurley Brown, who created the idea of a modern woman with her book “Sex and the Single Girl” and was editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine has died at age 90.
• News

  Local reservist killed in motorcycle crash

  A Moline man who served with the Army and then with the Army Reserves died in a motorcycle crash Sunday, July 29, 2012.
• Entertainment

  Actor Sherman Hemsley dies

  Sherman Hemsley, who played the brash George Jefferson on “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons,” died Tuesday at 74.