Actor Robert Vaughn is 81. Actor Michael Callan is 78. Comedian-director Terry Gilliam is 73. Actor Tom Conti is 72. Singer Jesse Colin Young (The Youngbloods) is 72. Guitarist-actor Little Steven (The E Street Band, “The Sopranos”) is 63. Bassist Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads is 63. Actor Richard Kind …
Singer-bassist Jack Bruce of Cream is 69. Movie producer George Lucas is 68. Director Robert Zemeckis is 61. Musician David Byrne (Talking Heads) is 60. Actor Tim Roth is 51. Guitarist C.C. DeVille of Poison is 50. Singer Ian Astbury of The Cult is 50. Musician Fabrice Morvan of Milli …
(Reuters) – The raucous diners in a hilltop restaurant in southwest China ignored a waiter’s request to quieten down after a complaint from a petite woman at a nearby table. The woman made a phone call. Minutes later, a man stormed into the hotel restaurant, brandished his pistol and silenced …
Actor Gary Lockwood is 75. Record company executive David Geffen is 69. Actress Tyne Daly is 66. Actor Anthony Daniels (C3P0 in “Star Wars” films) is 66. Actor Alan Rickman is 66. Keyboardist Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads is 63. Actor William Petersen (“C.S.I.”) is 59. Actor Kelsey Grammer is …
Female members of the Royal Family are to be given equality with men in the rules of succession to the throne, meaning if the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first child is a girl, she can become Queen even if subsequent children are sons. The historic constitutional changes were agreed …
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez headed back to Cuba on Saturday night for a fourth phase of chemotherapy that he expects to be his last round of treatment for cancer. Supporters saw off Chavez with songs and a prayer outside the presidential palace before he left for …
Hotelier Leona Helmsley’s dog, to whom she left $12 million, has died. The estate just announced today that Helmsley’s 12-year-old Maltese, Trouble, had passed, though the passing itself came in December. The pampered pooch had been living out the winter of life in Florida, in line with American …
“NO one has the intention to build a wall,†Walter Ulbricht, the leader of East Germany’s ruling Socialist Unity Party, declared on June 15, 1961. Later that summer, just past midnight on Aug. 13, the Berlin Wall began to go up — so stealthily that historians still cannot agree where …
Singer-bassist Jack Bruce of Cream is 68. Movie producer George Lucas is 67. Director Robert Zemeckis is 60. Musician David Byrne (Talking Heads) is 59. Actor Tim Roth is 50. Guitarist C.C. DeVille of Poison is 49. Singer Ian Astbury of The Cult is 49. Musician Fabrice Morvan of Milli …
Comedian Don Rickles is 85. Singer Toni Tennille is 71. Country singer Jack Blanchard is 69. Singer Gary Glitter is 67. Drummer Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and of Tom Tom Club is 60. Singer Philip Bailey (solo and with Earth, Wind and Fire) is 60. Country musician Billy Burnette …
A border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia is threatening to overshadow the opening of the annual Asean summit. Heads of state from the Association of South East Asian Nations are meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event is traditionally a forum for leaders to talk trade-related issues, but recent fighting on …
Actor Gary Lockwood is 74. Actor Peter McEnery is 71. Record company executive David Geffen is 68. Actress Tyne Daly is 65. Actor Anthony Daniels (C3P0 in Star Wars films) is 65. Actor Alan Rickman is 65. Keyboardist Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads is 62. Actor William Petersen is 58. …