obituaries

A man takes a picture of a poster paying homage to veteran stock market investor and Indian billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala in Mumbai, India, on Sunday. Jhunjhunwala, died at the age of 62.

World News

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, nicknamed India's Warren Buffett, dies at 62

10:48am August 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

Jhunjhunwala, a chartered accountant from the northern state of Rajasthan, began investing in the stock market while he was still in college, starting off with capital of just 5,000 rupees ($63).

Olivia Newton-John at a London press conference in 1978. The pop singer, actress and activist died August 8 at 73.

Olivia Newton-John, a sexy nerd for the rest of us

5:00am August 14, 2022

by Evie Nagy

She was never just that prim prude from the start of Grease, nor the strutting vamp from its finale. Her superpower, for over 50 years, was embodying both at once.

Arts

Anne Heche legally dead at 53, a week after a fiery car crash

6:01pm August 12, 2022

by Chloe Veltman

The actress, best known for her roles in 'Donnie Brasco' and the 1998 'Psycho' remake, leaves behind two sons.

Music & Culture

Abdul Wadud, expressive cellist who blazed a trail in improvised music, dies at 75

3:43pm August 12, 2022

by Martin Johnson

Although much of his work was as a sideman, Wadud was one of the most important jazz musicians of the 1970s, '80s and '90s.

Issey Miyake is shown at the National Art Center in Tokyo on March 15, 2016.

Arts

Famed Japanese designer Issey Miyake dies at 84

6:55am August 09, 2022

by The Associated Press

Miyake defined an era in Japan's modern history, reaching stardom in the 1970s with his origami-like pleats that transformed usually crass polyester into chic.

Music & Culture

Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73

5:11am August 09, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

Olivia Newton-John was one of the biggest pop stars in the 1970s and early 1980s. In the movie musical Grease, she starred as good girl Sandy Olson, who falls for a bad boy played by John Travolta.

National

California's McKinney fire has taken 4 lives including that of a fire lookout

4:35am August 09, 2022

Kathy Shoopman, 74, was the Buckhorn-Bally fire lookout at the Klamath National Forest. She was killed Friday by the McKinney fire — the largest and most deadly wildfire in California this year.

Queue Listen Now

Olivia Newton-John arrives for G'Day USA's Los Angeles Black Tie Gala January 27, 2018.

Music & Culture

1980s pop goddess Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73

4:27pm August 08, 2022

English-Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73. She was one of the the biggest pop stars in the 1970's and early 1980's.

Historian David McCullough, shown here in 2013, has died at 89. He wrote extensively and compellingly about American history and won two Pulitzer Prizes.

Arts

Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough has died

2:40pm August 08, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

He wrote acclaimed books about Harry Truman and John Adams, along with the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal. He also was the authoritative voice narrating TV films such as The Civil War in 1990.

Albert Woodfox was a former member of the Black Panthers who was put in solitary confinement at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for over 43 years.

National

The Angola 3's Albert Woodfox, who survived decades of solitary confinement, dies

3:38pm August 05, 2022

by Shauneen Miranda

A wrongful murder conviction forced Woodfox to spend 43 years and 10 months in solitary confinement at Louisiana's Angola Prison. He has died at the age of 75.