Archive for September, 2008

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

AP - Hayden Carruth

Bulgarian poet Konstantin Pavlov dies at 75 (AP)

Monday, September 29th, 2008

AP - Poet and screenwriter Konstantin Pavlov, who became one of Bulgaria’s most prominent intellectuals with his rare defiance of the country’s communist regime, has died, a filmmakers union said. He was 75.

Former Dutch Defense Minister Ter Beek dies (AP)

Monday, September 29th, 2008

AP - Former Dutch Defense Minister Relus ter Beek, who abolished the draft and sent troops to an ill-fated United Nations peacekeeping mission in Bosnia, died Monday of lung cancer aged 64, the government announced.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

AP - Osborn Elliott

Longtime Newsweek Editor Elliott dies in NYC at 83 (AP)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

AP - Former Newsweek Editor Osborn Elliott, widely credited with making the magazine competitive with archrival Time magazine, died Sunday at age 83.

The films of actor Paul Newman (AP)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Oscar winning actors Gwyneth Paltrow and Paul Newman pose together at the Blue Light Theater Company's 'The Big Show' benefit performance and gala dinner in New York, April 24, 2000. (Mike Segar/Reuters)AP - The films of Paul Newman include:

Paul Newman, Hollywood's anti-hero, dies at 83 (AP)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

File photo shows Actor Paul Newman is on 'The Tonight Show,' in Burbank, California April 8, 2005. (Jim Ruymen REUTERS/Reuters)AP - Paul Newman never much cared for what he once called the “rubbish” of Hollywood, choosing to live in a quiet community on the opposite corner of the U.S. map, staying with his wife of many years and — long after he became bored with acting — pursuing his dual passions of philanthropy and race cars.

Coroner to the stars, Ronald Kornblum, dies at 74 (AP)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

AP - Ronald N. Kornblum, a former Los Angeles County coroner who performed autopsies on such celebrities as John Belushi, Natalie Wood and Truman Capote, has died. He was 74.

Statement from Paul Newman's daughters (AP)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

AP - The statement released Saturday by Paul Newman’s daughters, Susan, Stephanie, Elinor, Melissa and Clea:

Statement released by Newman's Own Foundation (AP)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

AP - Statement released Saturday by Robert Forrester, vice-chairman of Newman’s Own Foundation: