Steve Shickles

AP - Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich, a Jewish religious philosopher who escaped the Nazis and became a European bridge-builder between Christians and Jews, has died at age 86.

AP - Vincent DeDomenico, co-inventor of Rice-A-Roni, whose catchy TV jingle paid homage to San Francisco and made the pasta dish known to every baby boomer, has died. He was 92.

AP - Michael Tylo Jr., son of soap opera star Hunter Tylo, has died in a swimming pool accident. He was 19.

Reuters - Adm. William Crowe, former chairman
of the U.S. Joints Chiefs of Staff, died on Thursday at
Bethesda Naval Hospital at 82, the U.S. Navy said.

AP - The Rat Pack once was the coolest group of entertainers on the planet — Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr. Oh, yeah, and a stone-faced comedian named Joey Bishop.

AP - Deborah Kerr, who shared one of Hollywood’s most famous kisses while portraying an Army officer’s unhappy wife in “From Here to Eternity” and danced with the Siamese monarch in “The King and I,” has died. She was 86.

AP - William Crowe, an Annapolis-trained submarine officer who rose to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and served as ambassador to Great Britain, has died at age 82.

AP - Former Rep. Robert Young III, one of the St. Louis-area’s most influential political voices, has died at age 83.

AP - Singer Teresa Brewer, who topped the charts in the 1950s with such hits as “Till I Waltz Again with You” and performed with jazz legends Count Basie and Duke Ellington, died Wednesday. She was 76.

AP - Robert Goulet was in good spirits as he waited for a lung transplant, even telling doctors before they inserted a breathing tube, “Just watch my vocal cords,” his wife said.