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Christopher Hitchens 17 Dec 2011 | 10:08 pm
Legendary writer Christopher Hitchens died on Dec. 15 of pneumonia, a complication of esophageal cancer. He was 62. Hitchens was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England in 1949. His father, Ernest, a...
Ralph Steinman 9 Oct 2011 | 06:20 am
It is not the policy of the Nobel Committee to award posthumous honors unless a laureate has died after the announcement was made but before the Dec. 10th award ceremony. This year, however, the commi...
Amy Winehouse 23 Jul 2011 | 10:58 pm
Amy Jade Winehouse , the Grammy Award-winning soul singer who spent years struggling with drug and alcohol abuse, was found dead in her London home on July 23. Cause of death is under investigation. S...
Jack Kevorkian 11 Jun 2011 | 07:28 am
To those who believe that people with terminal illnesses should have the right to take their own lives, Dr. Jack Kevorkian was a heroic advocate for dying with dignity. To his opponents, he was a cold...
Osama bin Laden 2 May 2011 | 02:29 pm
The world’s most wanted terrorist is dead. Born in Saudi Arabia in 1957, Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden was the 17th of 52 children and the only son of tenth wife Hamida al-Attas. His father,...
Elmer Lynn Hauldren 28 Apr 2011 | 11:53 am
“5-8-8 2-300. Empire!” For much of the past four decades, just about everyone living in or near Chicago knew that telephone number. They knew Empire sold carpets. They knew the company spokesman on ...
Dorothea Puente 5 Apr 2011 | 09:25 am
Folks looking for a cheap place to stay in Sacramento during the 1980s would often end up at Dorothea Montalvo Puente’s Victorian-style home on F Street. And when the front door opened, potential boar...
Kim Hill 15 Mar 2011 | 02:34 pm
Kimberly Michelle Hill was only three years old when she was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia in 1969. At the time, doctors told her family she wouldn’t live to adulthood . But after spending t...
Harry Fogle 20 Feb 2011 | 02:24 pm
Harry Lee Fogle, who is believed to be the last surviving worker to help build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge, died on Feb. 10 of congestive heart failure. He was 97. ...
Susana Chavez 25 Jan 2011 | 07:41 pm
Susana Chavez spent the final years of her life trying to halt feminicide in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Earlier this month, she ended up joining the ranks of the town’s many victims. Located across the ...
