obituaries

Buffalo shooting victim: Roberta Drury was at the supermarket to get food for dinner

5:15am May 16, 2022

Roberta Drury, 32, was among the 10 people killed at a Buffalo grocery store Saturday by a white supremacist. She was remembered as someone who loved to help her family.

Dennis DeCarlo, 61: 'No One Is Alone' from 'Into the Woods'

6:41pm May 13, 2022

In memory of a woodshop teacher and set designer for high school musical productions, a song about carrying on after loss.

Queue Listen Now

Arts

Actor Fred Ward dies. He had the right stuff in movies from 'Tremors' to 'The Player'

10:44am May 13, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Ward died on Sunday at age 79.

Playwright Terrence McNally pictured at a Tony Awards function in 2019.

Arts

In memory of cultural figures the U.S. lost to COVID-19

9:07am May 13, 2022

by Fi O'Reilly

Groundbreaking artists and thinkers are among those whose deaths are blamed on the illness caused by the coronavirus.

Participant in Ruby Ridge standoff, Randy Weaver, dies at 74

1:28am May 13, 2022

Randy Weaver, known for the Ruby Ridge standoff in Idaho, has died. The 11-day standoff with federal agents 30 years ago, left three people dead.

Queue Listen Now

Randy Weaver, the object of the Ruby Ridge siege, visits with the media at the main FBI roadblock outside the Freemen compound in Montana on April 27, 1996. Weaver, who served as a spark for the growth of anti-government extremists, has died at the age of

National

Randy Weaver, participant in Ruby Ridge standoff, dies at 74

6:37pm May 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

A patriarch of a family that was involved in an 11-day Idaho standoff with federal agents 30 years ago has died.

The Milwaukee Bucks' Bob Lanier (16) moves for the basket as Philadelphia 76ers Darryl Dawkins defends during an NBA playoff game on April 13, 1981, in Milwaukee. Lanier died on Tuesday at age 73.

Sports

NBA Hall of Famer Bob Lanier dies at 73

11:25am May 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

The eight-time All-Star, who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA's top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. Lanier had worked for the league as a global ambassador.

Books
Arts

Comic book legend George Pérez, known for reinventing Wonder Woman, has died at 67

4:45pm May 10, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

Celebrated comic book artist George Pérez died on May 6. He was known for his rich and detailed work on the Avengers and Justice League — and for reinventing Wonder Woman on the page.

Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk speaks during a campaign rally in Kyiv, on Jan. 22, 2019. Kravchuk, who led Ukraine to independence amid the collapse of the Soviet Union and served as its first president, has died. He was 88.

World News

Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine's 1st president, dies at age 88

4:08pm May 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

Kravchuk led Ukraine as its Communist Party boss in the waning years of the Soviet Union. He played a pivotal role in the demise of the USSR before holding the Ukrainian presidency from 1991 to 1994.

Books
Arts

George Pérez, celebrated comic book artist who redefined Wonder Woman, has died

6:39pm May 08, 2022

by Emma Bowman

Pérez died on Friday at age 67. In a career that spanned over four decades, Pérez's meticulous pencil was behind some of the biggest comic book heroes.