Actress Kate O'Mara, of Dynasty and Doctor Who fame, died today at a nursing home in Sussex, England. She was 74 years old.

Thurman Winston's life was long and full of experiences, as betrayed by the lengthy obituary handed out to mourners who attended his recent funeral.

Harry Weathersby Stamps' obituary began as most great obituaries do: "Harry Weathersby Stamps, ladies' man, foodie, natty dresser, and accomplished traveler, died on Saturday, March 9, 2013."

In between imparting his life motto ("anything for a laugh") and apologizing to his wife of 33 years, Mary Jane, for his smoking habit that "robbed" her "of a decade or more of the two of us growing old together," Salt Lake City resident Val Patterson, who passed away last week of throat cancer, managed to author one…

Lawrence Eagleburger, who served as Secretary of State under the first President Bush, died on Saturday at 80. Eagleburger was nominated following the resignation of James Baker in the summer of 1992 and held the post for five months. [AP]

Jack Kevorkian, the physician and assisted-suicide advocate who claimed to have helped 130 people kill themselves and served eight years in prison for second degree murder after letting a 60 Minutes crew film a suicide, died last night the old-fashioned way: from a blood clot.

Frank Buckles, the last living American veteran of World War I, died on Sunday at age 110. He was one of three living WWI vets worldwide, including a 109-year-old Australian man and a 110-year-old woman from Great Britain. Buckles, who drove a tank in the war, had lied about his age (claiming to be older than his 16…

The aging bandit who dragged an oxygen tank to his Madison Avenue crime spree—then died in his shiny black Cadillac during a high-speed car chase with the cops—was a career criminal and jailhouse preacher.

The actor, director of movies including Easy Rider, hellraiser and Hollywood legend died today at his home in Venice, California after a long battle with cancer. He was 74. [Washington Post]

Sandy Herold, owner of a 200-lb. chimp that mauled and blinded her friend last year, has died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. "Her heart, which had been broken so many times before, could take no more," said her lawyer. [AP]

Oscar-nominated actress Lynn Redgrave has died at the age of 67. Famed for her title role in 1966's Georgy Girl and 1998's Gods and Monsters, Redgrave died in her Connecticut home on Sunday night.

Malcolm McClaren, manager for the Sex Pistols, punk rock pioneer, composer, and fascinating character, died in New York today. He was 64. Attached, Malcolm takes (far, far too much) credit for inventing punk rock and The Sex Pistols.

Alex Chilton is dead. His old band, Big Star, made three perfect albums. There are a thousand stories of excess and studio-trashing and general Memphis insanity. I just wanted to play you some songs of his that I like.

Indie musician Mark Linkous—psych-folk pioneer of acclaimed band Sparklehorse—committed suicide last night, his second known attempt and the second time he has been legally dead. He was in his forties.

Representative John Murtha is dead. The Pennsylvania Democrat, 77, died in an Arlington, Virgina hospital after complications following gall bladder surgery.

David Brown, film producer, magazine editor, short story author, and husband of Helen Gurley Brown, died in New York yesterday. He was 93.

Howard Zinn, historian and author of A People's History of the United States, has died of a heart attack. He was 87.