Obituaries in the news (AP)
Friday, February 29th, 2008AP - Ben Chapman
AP - Ben Chapman
AP - Herschel “Speedy” Haworth Jr., who played lead guitar on the 1950s country music show “Ozark Jubilee” and had hits with the original Porter Wagoner Trio, has died at age 85.
AP - Webb McKinley, a former Associated Press foreign correspondent and news executive, has died of complications from a stroke, his family said Wednesday. He was 90.
AP - Drummer Buddy Miles, who played with Jimi Hendrix and sang in the claymation commercials featuring the California Raisins in the 1980s, has died. He was 60.