obituaries

Owner of beloved Dayton, Ohio, restaurant died of COVID-19

4:25pm March 01, 2022

Throughout the pandemic, we've been remembering the lives of some of the nearly 1 million people who have died in the U.S. from COVID. Aaron Kim was a father, a husband and a restaurateur from Ohio.

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Sally Kellerman, known as Margaret Houlihan in 'MASH,' dies at 84

12:22pm February 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

Kellerman died of heart failure at her home in Los Angeles, her publicist said. She had a career of more than 60 years in film and television.

Music & Culture

Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees singer, dies at 57

6:17am February 23, 2022

Mark Lanegan was a founding member of the grunge-era Seattle band Screaming Trees and later part of Queens of the Stone Age. He died Tuesday of unspecified causes at his home in Ireland.

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In addition to fronting Screaming Trees, Mark Lanegan also worked with Queens of the Stone Age, The Gutter Twins, Isobel Campbell and Mad Season.

Music & Culture

Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees singer and voracious collaborator, dies at 57

4:50pm February 22, 2022

by Lars Gotrich

Mark Lanegan, known for his work in Queens of the Stone Age and The Gutter Twins, had a rumbling rasp in his voice that could convey the weight of the world.

Health & Safety

Global health champion Paul Farmer dies at 62

4:04pm February 21, 2022

by Nurith Aizenman

Dr. Paul Farmer, a global health champion, Harvard Medical School professor, anthropologist and co-founder of the nonprofit health organization Partners in Health, has died at age 62.

Berlin honors U.S. war veteran 'Candy Bomber'

4:44pm February 18, 2022

Berliners are mourning U.S. veteran Gail Halvorsen, who died this week aged 101. He was one of the pilots who flew planes during the Berlin Airlift, dropping candy among other much-needed supplies.

Cristina Calderón, the last known native speaker of the Yaghan language, poses outside of the local community center in Puerto Williams, southern Chile, on April 23, 2017.

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Cristina Calderón, Chile's last known Yaghan speaker, dies at 93

7:03am February 18, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

Until the end of her days, Abuela Cristina — as many knew her — bided her time making traditional reed baskets, and sharing the Yaghan language and culture with those around her.

Gail Halvorsen, also know as the "Candy Bomber", poses for a portrait at his son's home in Midway, Utah, in 2020. Halvorsen, who was known for his airdrops of sweets during the Berlin airlift after World War II ended, died Wednesday at the age of 101.

The 'Candy Bomber' who dropped sweets during the Berlin airlift has died at age 101

6:08pm February 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

"Halvorsen's deeply human act has never been forgotten," Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey said in a statement.

Bollywood singer and music composer Bappi Lahiri speaks to the media before planting a tree during an environmental awareness campaign in Mumbai on June 19, 2021.

Bappi Lahiri, the king of Bollywood disco, dies at 69

1:34pm February 16, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

Lahiri famously brought a disco vibe to India's biggest film industry. He composed dozens of hits in the 1970s and '80s — which appeared in many top Bollywood movies.

Douglas Trumbull in a publicity portrait from the film Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.

Arts

'2001' and 'Blade Runner' visual effects wizard Douglas Trumbull has died at 79

8:13am February 16, 2022

by Bob Mondello

Trumbull, who brought otherworldly landscapes to life pioneered physical, not digital, effects that catapulted audiences into hyperspace and became Hollywood's go-to guy for sci-fi imagery.

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