By Richard Sandomir Michael Katz, a feisty Hall of Fame sportswriter ... of boxing for The New York Times and The Daily News, died on Jan. 27 in Brooklyn. He was 85. Nick Black, his son-in-law ...

Mike Ratledge, the founding keyboardist of influential prog rock band Soft Machine has died at the age of 81, guitarist John Etheridge confirmed.

Michael Mazzei, founder of Manhasset’s NuBest Salon & Spa and a trailblazer in the beauty industry, died at 84. “He was a real Renaissance man who loved all forms of beauty and the art world ...

A renowned professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, was killed in a hit-and-run accident in ...

Sociologists across the country are mourning the loss of retired UC Berkeley Professor Michael Burawoy, who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Oakland.

On February 3, 1959, 22-year-old Buddy Holly, 28-year-old Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., better known by his stage name The Big ...

By Alan Cowell The Aga Khan IV, leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, who fused entrepreneurship and philanthropy to become one of the world’s wealthiest hereditary rulers, died on Tuesday in ...

Actor and comedian Brian Murphy has died aged 92. Best known for his role in the 1970s sitcoms Man About The House and George And Mildred, news of his passing was shared by his wife Hi-de-Hi!

The 40-year-old steamfitter was coming back from a hunting trip in Kansas with friends when the seven of them boarded American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita to D.C.

Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu has died at the age of 48, after contracting pneumonia that developed following the flu. The star, known by her fans as Da S (Big S), rose to fame in the TV drama ...

Popular Taiwanese host and actress Barbie “Big S” Hsu Shi-yuan has died at the age of 48 from flu-triggered pneumonia, sparking tributes from fans shocked by the sudden loss of one of the ...

Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu, who became a household name in the Philippines and many parts of Asia for her role as “Shan Cai” in the 2001 drama “Meteor Garden,” died on Sunday after ...