Kenneth Anger, gay film pioneer and unreliable Hollywood chronicler, dies at 96
Kenneth Anger was a queer underground filmmaker whose bestselling book, Hollywood Babylon, purported to reveal the seamy side of a golden era.
Obituaries
Rick Hoyt, a fixture at the Boston Marathon with his dad, dies at 61
Rick Hoyt, the man known for competing in the Boston Marathon from his wheelchair while his father pushed, has died from respiratory complications.
Martin Amis, British author of era-defining novels, dies at 73
The influential novelist and nonfiction writer died in Florida of esophageal cancer. His novels, such as Money, The Information and London Fields, came to define British life in the late 20th century.
Influential church leader Timothy Keller has died at the age of 72
He was a co-founder of The Gospel Coalition, a group concerned that evangelical Christianity had become too politicized.
The Smiths bassist Andy Rourke has died
On seminal Smiths recordings in the 1980s, guitarist Johnny Marr said, "Andy reinvented what it is to be a bass guitar player." Rourke had been ill with pancreatic cancer. He was 59.
'Godfather of Poker' Doyle Brunson dies at 89
Doyle Brunson, the "Godfather of Poker," has died at 89. Brunson won 10 bracelets at the World Series of Poker tournament and was known for writing Super System, a popular book about the game.
Los Angeles politician Gloria Molina has died at age 74
Gloria Molina was an outspoken advocate for working-class people in East Los Angeles. Several public spaces in the city are named in her honor.
Brazil's Queen of Rock, Rita Lee, has died
Rita Lee, the Brazilian singer, musician and composer, has died at 75.
Hodding Carter III, State Department spokesman during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88
Carter was a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who as State Department spokesman informed Americans about the Iran hostage crisis and later won awards for his televised documentaries.
Tributes pour in for an AFP journalist killed in Ukraine
Arman Soldin was with a team of AFP journalists traveling with Ukrainian soldiers near the city of Bakhmut when the group came under fire. He was 32. The rest of the team escaped uninjured.