Archive for November, 2007

Iconic daredevil Evel Knievel dies at 69 (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Daredevil motorcyclist Evel Knievel poses at the open-air Canadian national exhibition stadium in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 20, 1974. Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose exploits made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. He was 69. (AP Photo/File)AP - Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho’s Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.

Writer who sued over Da Vinci Code dies (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Co-author of the book 'The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail,' Richard Leigh arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London in this Tuesday Jan 16, 2007 file photo. Leigh, a writer of alternative history who unsuccessfully sued for plagiarism over themes in Dan Brown's blockbuster novel 'The Da Vinci Code,' has died, his agent said Friday Niv. 30, 2007 . He was 64. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Richard Leigh, a writer of alternative history who unsuccessfully sued for plagiarism over themes in Dan Brown’s blockbuster novel “The Da Vinci Code,” has died, his agent said Friday. He was 64.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

AP - Ralph Beard

Former Rep. Henry Hyde, abortion foe, dies at 83 (Reuters)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Leader of the House Managers, Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL) speaks with members of the press in this file image from January 21, 1999 after the White House defense team ended their opening arguments in the impeachment trial of President Clinton. Hyde, 83, died November 28, 2007. (Win McNamee/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Former U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde, an
ardent opponent of abortion who presided over the House of
Representatives impeachment of President Bill Clinton, died on
Thursday after heart bypass surgery earlier this year,
Republican leaders said.

Former Rep. Henry Hyde dies at 83 (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

**FILE PHOTO** Retiring Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill. is interviewed by The Associated press on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)AP - Former Rep. Henry Hyde, the Illinois Republican who steered the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton and championed government restrictions on the funding of abortions, has died. He was 83.

A founder of Newport Jazz Fest dies (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

AP - Elaine Lorillard, the socialite who encouraged a club owner to start the Newport Jazz Festival, died this week of an infection, nursing home officials said. She was 93.

Wife of Wagner festival director dies (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Wolfgang Wagner, grandson of German composer Richard Wagner, right, his daughter Katharina, center, and his wife Gudrun are seen prior to the Wagner Festival opening in front of the Festspielhaus building in Bayreuth, Germany, in this July 25, 2007 file photo. Gudrun Wagner, who for years assisted her husband, Wolfgang Wagner, in leading the annual Bayreuth opera festival, has died, festival officials said Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. She was 63. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz, file)AP - Gudrun Wagner, wife of the Bayreuth Opera Festival’s director and a key figure in the family battle over control of the arts institution that was founded by composer Richard Wagner, died Wednesday. She was 63.

UF doc who invented Gatorade dies at 80 (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Dr. Robert Cade, the lead inventor of Gatorade and a University of Florida professor, is shown in this Nov. 24, 1999 file photo in Gainesville, Fla. Cade, who invented the sports drink Gatorade and launched a multibillion-dollar industry that the beverage continues to dominate, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, of kidney failure. He was 80. (AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun)AP - Dr. J. Robert Cade, who invented the sports drink Gatorade and launched a multibillion-dollar industry that the beverage continues to dominate, died Tuesday of kidney failure. He was 80.

Sid Caesar head writer Mel Tolkin dies (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Mel Tolkin writing jokes for Bob Hope in Hollywood in a February 4, 1973 file photo. Tolkin, the head writer for Sid Caesar's 'Your Show of Shows,' which defined the art of sketch comedy during television's Golden Age, died of heart failure Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, at his Century City, Calif., home, said his son, writer-director Michael Tolkin. He was 94.  (AP Photo)AP - Mel Tolkin, the head writer for Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows,” which defined the art of sketch comedy during television’s Golden Age, has died. He was 94.

Quiet Riot lead singer Kevin Dubrow dies (AP)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Kevin Dubrow  arrives at the 'We Will Rock You' musical premiere at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel in this Sept. 8, 2004, file photo in Las Vegas. Dubrow, lead singer for the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot, was found dead, authorities said. A neighbor summoned police and paramedics Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007, to a home where the 52-year-old Dubrow was pronounced dead, police and coroner's officials said. There was no forced entry at the house, and no suspicious circumstances were reported, police Officer Jose Montoya said Monday, Nov. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Tammie Arroyo, file)AP - Kevin Dubrow, lead singer for the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot that scored a hit with “Cum on Feel the Noize,” was found dead in a Las Vegas home. He was 52. The cause was not immediately known.