Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history from many of the nation’s most significant criminal and civil trials — Charles Manson, O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson, among others — died Sunday. She was 80.
Mariah Carey’s mother Patricia and sister Alison both died on the same day, the singer said Monday.
Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that made household names of Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88.
Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb around the world, died at age 88, French media reported.
Peter Marshall, the actor and singer turned game show host who played straight man to the stars for 16 years on “The Hollywood Squares,” has died. He was 98.
Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema, has died.
Wally Amos, an entrepreneur who started Famous Amos, one of the first brands to push high-quality cookies and one of the world’s best-known names in baked goods, died at his home in Honolulu. He was 88.
Peter Dwars helped provide below-market financing for about 30,000 housing units across the state as head of the Illinois Housing Development Authority.
Holland’s service spanned five governors — three Republicans and two Democrats — but his audits spared no one.
Former Ald. Mary Ann Smith led efforts to beautify her North Side ward and also was a watchdog for Lake Michigan water quality.