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Correction: Music-Brubeck Tribute story
In a May 12 story about a tribute to the late jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, The Associated Press incorrectly gave the name of the Brubeck son who performed on cello. His name is Matthew Brubeck, not Michael Brubeck. Michael Brubeck, the jazz legend's second-oldest son, died of a heart attack ...
Former Jets WR George Sauer dies at 69
George Sauer had a huge day in the biggest game in New York Jets history, and then surprisingly walked away from football a few years later. Sauer, a wide receiver on the Jets' only Super Bowl championship team, has died. He was 69. The team and Moreland Funeral Home in ...
Former University of Cincinnati president dies
The University of Cincinnati says former school president Joseph Steger has died. Steger was the school's president for 19 years, beginning in 1984 until he stepped down in 2003. The university says Steger died on Thursday in Cincinnati. He was 76. A cause of death was not released. Steger oversaw ...
Grandson of Malcolm X killed in Mexico City
Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of political activist Malcolm X, died in Mexico City after a violent dispute in a bar, Mexican authorities said Friday. He was 28. City prosecutors are investigating the attack that sent Shabazz to a nearby hospital where he died Thursday of blunt-force trauma injuries. United States officials ...
Man convicted of rape dies at Del. prison
Corrections officials say a man convicted of rape has died in prison. Sixty-nine-year-old Lester R. Minner of Harrington died Thursday at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna after an illness. Minner was serving a 34-year term. He was sentenced in 2002. His body was turned over to the ...
Longtime Barron's writer Alan Abelson dies at 87
Alan Abelson, who spent 57 years as a writer, editor and chief columnist for financial news publication Barron's, has died at the age of 87. The author of the long-running Up and Down Wall Street column died Thursday of a heart attack, according to Sara Blask, a spokeswoman for Dow ...
Patriarch of fashion brand Missoni dies in Italy
Ottavio Missoni, the patriarch of the iconic fashion brand of zigzag-patterned knitwear that helped launch Italian ready-to-wear and turn Milan into a fashion mecca, died Thursday just months after his eldest son disappeared without a trace. He was 92. Missoni "passed away serenely" in his home in the town of ...
Owner of OH hot dog diner linked to 'M-A-S-H' dies
The man who bought the northwest Ohio hot dog eatery made famous on the TV series "M-A-S-H" has died. Robert G. Bennett was 76. A spokeswoman for Maumee-based Bennett Management Corp. says the Sylvania resident died Wednesday at the Cleveland Clinic after a short illness. Bennett gained national attention in ...
'Monkeemobile' designer Dean Jeffries dies at 80
A celebrated car customizer who painted James Dean's Porsche and made the "Monkeemobile" for "The Monkees" TV show has died. Dean Jeffries was 80. His son, Kevin, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/1913hRl ) that Jeffries died in his sleep on Saturday at his Hollywood home. In 1955, Jeffries custom ...
'Young and Restless' star Jeanne Cooper dies at 84
Jeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on "The Young and the Restless," has died. She was 84. Cooper died Wednesday morning in her sleep, her son the actor Corbin Bernsen wrote on Facebook. The family confirmed the death to ...
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