Who was Chan Holcombe, and how was he circumcised? Holcombe's pithy obituary doesn't provide a full answer to the first question, for how could it? Holcombe, who died in Fort Smith, Arkansas last week at age 72, surely lived a full and rich life. He'd served with the Air Force and eventually started his own business.…
Apple has turned a routine refresh of Steve Jobs' obituary into an occasion for a full blown media war, asking Jobs' associates to stonewall the Associated Press and allowing it to be known that they are "furious" about commonplace journalism.
So everyone is saying that the last typewriters have left the assembly line, and no new typewriters will ever be produced. It's not true.
Rich Cronin, the lead rap-singer of boy-band LFO—you remember "Summer Girls," right?—died of cancer at age 35. He had been diagnosed with myelogenous leukemia in 2005, and apparently passed away on Wednesday after suffering a stroke.
No matter how many times you Tweet it, Bill Cosby is not dead. He is a little upset, though.
A true innovator, Alexander McQueen will be remembered not only as a fashion designer but also as an auteur of the runway. Here's a collection of his best women's ready-to-wear moments from 1999-2009. Fashion week will miss you, McQueen.
Jim Carroll, the former drug addict turned prolific poet and writer of The Basketball Diaries, died of a heart attack on Friday at his residence in Manhattan. He was 60.
An odd line in the Times obit of Dominick Dunne seems to suggest that the late writer's family wanted to delay the announcement of his death in order to make sure it wasn't overshadowed.
Bill O'Reilly's trying to charm audiences, especially since his war with tangentially opposed blowhard Keith Olbermann escalated. There was the Obama birthday wish, and the equal (photo) opportunity accompanying it. But this has been underway for a while, now.
Frank McCourt, beloved Irish-American Pulitzer-winning author and retired schoolteacher, died today of complications relating to meningitis. He was 78. He'd been sick for quite some time after being treated for a bout with melanoma.
Billy Mays, TV salesman, was found discovered dead this morning by his wife. There are no signs of foul play. Mays was 50 years-old.
The writer of Crash and the autobiographical Empire of the Sun had been battling prostate cancer. He was inspired by science fiction, but placed his novels outside the genre, rooting them in the modern world.
George Weber, a longtime WABC newscaster turned ABC News freelancer and blogger, was found stabbed to death at home in Brooklyn. He was 47.
Nicholas Hughes, a marine biologist and academic, hanged himself at home 46 years after the suicide of his mother, the poet Sylvia Plath. He was 47.
Following Natasha Richardson's death at age 45, we take a look back at the actress' career.
Actress Natasha Richardson passed away in a New York hospital following complications from the brain injury she incurred while skiing, according to a statement released by her family. She was 45.
How long should a dead Timesman have to wait before getting an obituary in his own damn paper?
When he interviewed celebrities, typically over lunch, longtime Parade columnist James Brady often did not take notes; he only needed three soundbites, which he memorized.
Steve Jobs, currently on medical leave as Apple CEO, is not dead, but the major networks are acting as if he were. Producers from CBS and NBC are scheduling interviews for their Jobs obituaries.
As it turns out, "burn in hell you heartless beast" was not actually the worst thing said about late Journal-Register Co. CEO Robert Jelenic by bitter former employees.
