Archive for June, 2007

Former mayor of Louisville, Ky., dies (AP)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

AP - Frank Welsh Burke Sr., a former congressman, state representative and Louisville mayor, has died. He was 87.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

AP - Inez J. Baskin

ABC movie critic Joel Siegel dead at 63 (AP)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

This undated yet recent photo of ABC News film critic Joel Siegel was released by ABC News in New York. Siegel died in New York after a long battle with cancer, Friday June 29, 2007, said ABC News on its web site. He was 63. (AP Photos/ABC Photo)AP - Joel Siegel, a longtime movie critic for “Good Morning America” who was famous for his weekly, often humorous reviews, died Friday, ABC officials said. He was 63.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Friday, June 29th, 2007

AP - Inez J. Baskin

NY movie critic Joel Siegel dies at 63 (AP)

Friday, June 29th, 2007

This undated yet recent photo of ABC News film critic Joel Siegel was released by ABC News in New York. Siegel died in New York after a long battle with cancer, Friday June 29, 2007, said ABC News on its web site. He was 63. (AP Photos/ABC Photo)AP - Joel Siegel, a longtime movie critic for “Good Morning America” who was famous for his weekly, often humorous reviews, died Friday, ABC officials said. He was 63.

Sportswear designer Liz Claiborne dies at 78 (Reuters)

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Fashion designer Liz Claiborne in an undated publicity photo. Liz Claiborne Inc. announced their founder had died Tuesday in New York at the age of 78. (Liz Claiborne Inc./Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Apparel designer Liz
Claiborne, who founded a namesake women's sportswear label that
grew into a multibillion dollar global empire, has died at age
78, the company said on Wednesday.

Former Japanese PM Miyazawa dies at 87 (AP)

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, second from left, host to the G-7 Summit  leaders, stands with U.S. President Bill Clinton, left, British Prime Minister John Major, second from right, and Russian President Boris Yeltsin on the balcony of Akasaka Palace state guesthouse in Tokyo in this July 9, 1993 file photo. Former Prime Minister Miyazawa, who ruled as the bubble economy entered a decade-long downturn, died on Thursday, June 28, 2007, an aide to his lawmaker nephew said. He was 87. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)AP - Former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, who served from 1991 until 1993, died Thursday, an aide to a family member said. He was 87.

Japan's dovish ex-PM Miyazawa dies at 87 (Reuters)

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa smiles during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo in this December 5, 2000 file photo. Miyazawa, whose career stretched from Japan's defeat in World War Two through the 1990s' 'lost decade' of economic stangnation, died on June 28, 2007 at the age of 87, his office said. (Toshiyuki Aizawa/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa,
whose career stretched from Japan's defeat in World War Two
through the 1990s "lost decade" of economic stagnation, died on
Thursday at the age of 87, his office said.

Suspected Israeli double agent dies (AP)

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Nineteen-year-old Mona Nasser, center, smiles up at her father, President Nasser of Egypt, left, as he shakes hands with his son-in-law, chemist Ashraf Marwan, right, during Ashraf's wedding to Nasser's daughter,  in a July 7, 1966 file photo. Mrs Nasser is also seen. Ashraf Marwan, the controversial son-in-law of Egypt's late President Gamal Abdel Nasser who was suspected of being an Israeli double agent, has died, a state-run news agency reported Wednesday, June 27, 2007. He was 62. (AP Photo/HO)AP - Ashraf Marwan, the controversial son-in-law of Egypt’s late President Gamal Abdel Nasser, has died, a state-run news agency reported Wednesday. He was 62.

Fashion designer Liz Claiborne dies (AP)

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, appears with Liz Claiborne at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards in New York in this Thursday, June 15, 2000 file photo. Claiborne was honored with the lifetime achievement award.  Fashion house Liz Claiborne Inc. says founder Liz Claiborne, whose styles became an important influence for career women in the 1970s and 1980s, died Tuesday, June 26, 2007.    (AP Photo/Mitch Jacobson, FILE)AP - Fashion designer Liz Claiborne revolutionized the way working women put together their wardrobes because she was one of them.