Joe DePugh, Pitcher Who Inspired Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Glory Days,’ Dead at 75
Joe DePugh, the Little League teammate of Bruce Springsteen who inspired the rocker’s hit song “Glory Days,” a rousing, bittersweet […]
Deaths (Obituaries)
Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65
“Most actors recognize there’s something different in Val than meets the eye,” Mr. Stone said in a 2007 interview for
Richard Chamberlain, Actor in ‘Shogun’ and ‘Dr. Kildare,’ Dies at 90
Mr. Chamberlain made his film debut in “The Secret of the Purple Reef” (1960), a crime drama set in the
Gai Gherardi, Who Made Eyeglass Frames Fashion Statements, Dies at 78
Gai Gherardi, a Los Angeles optician who with a partner attracted a celebrity clientele by pioneering the notion that eyeglass
Clive Revill, Original Voice of Emperor Palpatine in ‘Star Wars,’ Dies at 94
It was a minute that changed the course of the “Star Wars” franchise. In “The Empire Strikes Back,” the now-celebrated
Pilar Viladas, Architecture and Design Journalist, Dies at 70
Pilar Viladas, a veteran writer and editor whose human touch and encyclopedic knowledge of architecture, design and art history gave
Fred Eversley, Sculptor of Otherworldly Discs, Is Dead at 83
Fred Eversley, a sculptor who used a technique dating back to Isaac Newton to make otherworldly discs of tinted resin,
J.B. Moore, Producer of Seminal Hip-Hop Records, Dies at 81
J.B. Moore, an advertising man from suburban Long Island who wrote the lyrics to one of rap’s first hits —
Athol Fugard, South African Playwright Who Dissected Apartheid, Dies at 92
Survivors include his second wife, Ms. Fourie, his daughter from his first marriage, Lisa Fugard, two children from his second
Gwen McCrae, 81, Dies; Singer Helped Open the Dance Floor to Disco
Gwen McCrae, whose gospel-infused R&B hits of the early 1970s like “Lead Me On” and “Rockin’ Chair” featured bouncing, dance-floor-friendly