Archive for September, 2007

'Young and Restless' actor Evans dies (AP)

Friday, September 28th, 2007

AP - British-born actor Michael Evans, who wooed Audrey Hepburn on Broadway in “Gigi” and was the best friend to a billionaire on the soap opera “The Young and the Restless,” has died. He was 87.

Palestinian negotiator Abdel Shafi dies (AP)

Friday, September 28th, 2007

AP - A former Palestinian negotiator, leading Palestinian nationalist and physician, Haidar Abdel Shafi, died Tuesday in the Gaza Strip. He was 88.

Palestinian former peace negotiator Abdel-Shafi dies (Reuters)

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Haidar Abdel Shafi speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, April 21, 2000. Abdel-Shafi, a former Palestinian negotiator who became a vocal critic of the Oslo interim peace accords with Israel, died on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip, his doctors said. He was 88. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Haidar Abdel-Shafi, a former Palestinian
negotiator who became a vocal critic of the Oslo interim peace
accords with Israel, died on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip, his
doctors said. He was 88.

Canadian painter Ken Danby dead at 67 (AP)

Friday, September 28th, 2007

AP - Canadian realist painter Ken Danby, best known for his 1972 painting “At the Crease,” depicting a masked hockey goaltender, has died. He was 67.

Mime legend Marcel Marceau dies at 84 (AP)

Friday, September 28th, 2007

In this Feb. 15, 1983 handout photo, French pantomime Marcel Marceau rehearses for a Broadway performance in New York. Marceau, who revived the art of mime and brought poetry to silence, has died, French media reported Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007. He was 84. France-Info radio and LCI television said the family had announced the death of Marceau. No other details were released. (AP Photo/HO, File)AP - Marcel Marceau, the master of mime who transformed silence into poetry with lithe gestures and pliant facial expressions that spoke to generations of young and old, has died. He was 84.

Actress Alice Ghostley dies at 81 (AP)

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Actress Alice Ghostley. is shown in this 1952 file photo. Ghostley, the Tony Award-winning actress best known on television for playing Esmeralda on 'Bewitched' and Bernice on 'Designing Women' died Friday, Sept. 21, 2007. Ghostly died at her home in Studio City after a long battle with colon cancer and a series of strokes, said longtime friend Jim Pinkston. She was 81. (AP Photo/file)AP - Alice Ghostley, the Tony Award-winning actress best known on television for playing Esmeralda on “Bewitched” and Bernice on “Designing Women,” has died. She was 81.

Televangelist Rex Humbard dies at 88 (AP)

Friday, September 28th, 2007

This undated photo provided by Rex Humbard Ministry shows The Rev. Rex Humbard, a former itinerant preacher whose televangelism ministry once reached more parts of the globe than any other religious program. Humbard died Friday, Sept. 21, 2007, family spokeswoman Kathy Scott said. He was 88. (AP Photo/Rex Humbard Ministry)AP - The Rev. Rex Humbard, a former itinerant preacher whose televangelism ministry once reached more parts of the globe than any other religious program, died Friday a family spokeswoman said. He was 88. Humbard died of natural causes at a South Florida hospital near his Lantana home, family spokeswoman Kathy Scott said.

Federal appeals judge Widener dies at 83 (AP)

Friday, September 28th, 2007

AP - H. Emory Widener Jr., who until recently was the nation’s longest-serving federal appeals judge with 35 years on the bench, has died. He was 83.

Croatian politician Vlatko Pavletic dies (AP)

Friday, September 28th, 2007

AP - Vlatko Pavletic, a former speaker of Croatia’s parliament who served as acting president for two months, died Wednesday. He was 77.

Lloyd Davis dies; boosted King holiday (AP)

Friday, September 28th, 2007

AP - Lloyd Davis, who worked with Martin Luther King’s widow to build Atlanta’s King Center and establish the holiday honoring the civil rights leader, has died, his family said.