Former ODU president Alfred Rollins dies at 91
NORFOLK Old Dominion University's third president, Alfred B. Rollins Jr., died Wednesday. He was 91. A history professor and preacher's son, Rollins left the University of Vermont, where he was vice...
View ArticleC. Everett Koop, ex-surgeon general, dies in N.H.
C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, died Monday in New Hampshire....
View ArticleBonnie Franklin, 'One Day At a Time' star, dies
NEW YORK Bonnie Franklin, the pert, redheaded actress whom millions came to identify with for her role as divorced mom Ann Romano on the long-running sitcom "One Day at a Time," has died.
View ArticleKnotts Island volunteer fire chief dies after blaze
CURRITUCK COUNTY, N.C. A volunteer fire chief died Sunday after fighting a blaze. Scott Morrison, fire chief for the Knotts Island Volunteer Fire Department, was responding to a brush fire in the 500...
View ArticleHugo Chavez, Venezuela's 'soldier' for socialism, dies
CARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez was a fighter. The former paratroop commander and fiery populist waged continual battle for his socialist ideals and outsmarted his rivals time and again,...
View ArticleService set for Hampton U. student who drowned
HAMPTON A memorial service will be held Wednesday afternoon for a Hampton University freshman who drowned last week. The service for David Esan, 17, will begin at noon at Ogden Hall, a university news...
View ArticleRoger Ebert, famed movie critic, dies of cancer at 70
CHICAGO Roger Ebert, the most famous and popular film reviewer of his time who became the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and, on his long-running TV program, wielded the...
View ArticleFormer British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies
LONDON Margaret Thatcher, the combative "Iron Lady" who infuriated European allies, found a fellow believer in Ronald Reagan and transformed her country by a ruthless dedication to free markets in 11...
View ArticleMouseketeer and film star Annette Funicello dies
NEW YORK Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a perky, cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, then teamed up with Frankie Avalon in a string of '60s...
View ArticleKoprowski, developer of the polio vaccine, dies
PHILADELPHIA Dr. Hilary Koprowski, a pioneering virologist who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio, died this week at his suburban Philadelphia home. He was 96.
View ArticleUSA Today founder Neuharth dies in Florida at 89
COCOA BEACH, Fla. Critics dubbed USA Today "McPaper" when it debuted in 1982, and they accused its founder, Al Neuharth, of dumbing down American journalism with its easy-to-read articles and bright...
View ArticleGeorge Jones, country music superstar, dies at 81
NASHVILLE, Tenn. George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic "He Stopped Loving Her...
View ArticleFormer Portsmouth Mayor Bernard Griffin dies
PORTSMOUTH Bernard Griffin - teacher, School Board member, councilman, mayor, tireless public servant - died Thursday."He was a great man. He had a tremendous passion for Portsmouth," City Manager John...
View ArticleSouth Norfolk pastor helped those without hope
CHESAPEAKE The Rev. Jake Manley, a pastor who ministered for decades to drug addicts, gang members and other down-and-outers and was credited with turning around the lives of hundreds, died at the age...
View Article'Sopranos' actor James Gandolfini dies of heart attack
LOS ANGELES James Gandolfini's lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV's indelible characters. But his portrayal of criminal Tony Soprano in HBO's landmark drama...
View ArticleFormer Navy leader Adm. Frank Kelso dies in Norfolk
In the place where he was born and where he retired, he was known as a hometown hero who made it all the way to chief of naval operations, influenced men of power and maintained the humility of an...
View ArticleTarget founder Douglas Dayton dies at 88
MINNEAPOLIS Douglas Dayton, who led the transformation of a family department store into retailing giant Target Corp., has died at the age of 88. Dayton's wife, Wendy Dayton, confirmed his death...
View ArticleMariners' Museum director John Hightower dies at 80
NEWPORT NEWS John B. Hightower was yanked into the world of art and museums in the 1960s by Nelson Rockefeller, whose brother David Rockefeller booted him out a few years later.
View ArticleTV's 'Waltons' storekeeper Joe Conley dies at 85
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. Joe Conley, an actor best known as the small town storekeeper on the TV series "The Waltons," has died at age 85. The Los Angeles Times reports Tuesday that according to wife...
View ArticleGlee star Cory Monteith found dead in hotel
VANCOUVER, British Columbia Cory Monteith, the handsome young actor who shot to fame in the hit TV series "Glee" but was beset by addiction struggles so fierce that he once said he was lucky to be...
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