Obituaries
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Alex Chilton, Influential Rock Singer, Dies at 59 Mr. Chilton was a mercurial rock musician whose work ranged from the soul songs of the Box Tops to the multiple incarnations of his pop band Big Star.
New York Times | 2 hours, 32 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Fess Parker, Who as Davy Crockett Set Off Coonskin Cap Craze, Dies at 85 Mr. Parker's television portrayal of the American frontiersman Davy Crockett catapulted him to stardom in the mid-1950s.
New York Times | 2 hours, 36 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Fess Parker, TV's `Davy Crockett,' dies at 85 AP - Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.
Yahoo! | 3 hours, 13 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Jerome York dies at 71; financial wizard credited with turning around Chrysler and IBM
York, an Apple Inc. board member since 1997, led an investigation of the firm's stock option practices. He worked with all three Detroit automakers starting in the 1960s. Jerome York, an Apple Inc. board member and a financial wizard credited with turning around Chrysler and IBM, died Thursday ... more »
Los Angeles Times | 6 hours, 52 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Los Angeles Times | 6 hours, 52 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Sheikh Mohamed Sayyid Tantawi: Controversial Imam who preached tolerance but spoke strongly against Judaism
Grand Imam Sheikh Mohamed Sayyid Tantawi, Rector of Al Azhar University in Cairo and the leading cleric in Sunni Islam worldwide, often courted controversy. His most notable characteristics in office were his liberal reforming pronouncements, compared to many Sunni clerics, his great Islamic scholar ... more »
The Independent | 7 hours, 14 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
The Independent | 7 hours, 14 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Lives Remembered: Gillie Johnson
Gillie Johnson, who died on 17 January aged 61 from pancreatic cancer, was a mentor, advisor, and friend to hundreds of people in the voluntary sector. A love of music, a commitment to social justice, and an expansive and varied community of friends and neighbours were central to Gillie's child ... more »
The Independent | 7 hours, 14 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
The Independent | 7 hours, 14 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Charlie Gillett
Radio DJ and historian of rock and roll who became a passionate champion of world music
Telegraph.co.uk | 11 hours, 44 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Telegraph.co.uk | 11 hours, 44 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Pierrot Bidon
French creator of Archaos who revolutionised the circus world with punkish, pyrotechnic daredevilry
Telegraph.co.uk | 11 hours, 46 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Telegraph.co.uk | 11 hours, 46 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Brigadier the Reverend David Whiteford
Wartime chaplain to the Black Watch who was forced by heavy fire to dive for cover into an open grave
Telegraph.co.uk | 11 hours, 46 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Telegraph.co.uk | 11 hours, 46 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Elisabeth de Stroumillo
Telegraph travel writer who panned for gold in Alaska and worked with Freddie Laker
Telegraph.co.uk | 11 hours, 50 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Telegraph.co.uk | 11 hours, 50 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
