Archive for June, 2008

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

AP - Edward D. Casey

Opera manager Edgar Vincent dead at 90 (AP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

AP - Edgar Vincent, who represented Placido Domingo, Beverly Sills, Mikhail Baryshnikov and a bevy of stars in classical music during a six-decade career, died Thursday following an operation in New York. He was 90.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

AP - Terry Hyman

Award-winning pianist Leonard Pennario dies at 83 (AP)

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

In this photo provided by Columbia Artists, pianist Leonard Pennario is seen in this May 1959 file photo.  Pennario, a best-selling classical recording artist, died Friday, June 27, 2008 at his home in La Jolla from complications due to Parkinson's disease, according to his biographer Mary Kunz Goldman. He was 83.  (AP Photo/Columbia Artists)  NO SALESAP - Leonard Pennario, a Grammy-winning pianist and best-selling classical recording artist, has died. He was 83.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Friday, June 27th, 2008

AP - Viktor Kuzkin

India's iconic former army chief dies (AFP)

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Former Indian army chief Sam Manekshaw who led the country to victory against Pakistan in 1971 in a war that resulted in the formation of Bangladesh has died at the age of 94.(AFP/File/Ravi Raveendran)AFP - A former Indian army chief who led the country to victory against Pakistan in 1971 in a war that resulted in the formation of Bangladesh has died at the age of 94, officials said Friday.

Master Japanese drummer Oguchi dies (AP)

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

This undated photo provided by the Oguchi family shows master Japanese drummer Daihachi Oguchi. Master Japanese drummer Daihachi Oguchi, who led the spread of the art of 'taiko' drumming to the U.S. and throughout Japan, has died, an official at his ensemble said. He was 84. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Oguchi family)AP - TOKYO (AP) — Master Japanese drummer Daihachi Oguchi, who led the spread of the art of “taiko” drumming to the U.S. and throughout Japan, has died after being hit by a car, an official at his ensemble said. He was 84.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

AP - Charles “Chuck” Dryden

Pioneering member of Tuskegee Airman dies at 87 (AP)

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

In this April 7, 1943 file picture, Lt. Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. talks with Lt. Charles W. Dryden before Dryden goes on a mission in a P-40 fighter plane at the Army Air Base, in Tuskegee, Ala. Dryden, one of the first of the pioneering black World War II pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, died Tuesday, June 24, 2008. He was 87. (AP Photo/ACME)AP - Lt. Col. Charles “Chuck” Dryden, one of the first of the pioneering black World War II pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 87.

Dixie Hummingbirds lead singer Ira Tucker Sr. dies (AP)

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

AP - Ira Tucker Sr., longtime lead singer of the gospel group the Dixie Hummingbirds, which influenced many other performers and backed up Paul Simon on “Loves Me Like a Rock,” has died. He was 83.