'Mission: Impossible' actor Peter Graves found dead

posted 2010-03-14 21:45:27 by arnoldam



Actor Peter Graves, best known for his starring role on TV's "Mission: Impossible," was found dead Sunday at his home, according to a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department. He was 83.








Merlin Olsen Dies at 69

posted 2010-03-11 12:26:37 by jill



Merlin Olsen, a member of both the Pro Football and College Football Halls of Fame, died Thursday morning at the age of 69.








Actor Corey Haim dead at 38, overdose suspected: reports

posted 2010-03-10 09:12:42 by DaveM



Eighties teen idol Corey Haim died Wednesday morning of an apparent drug overdose, according to Los Angeles police.








Mark Linkous, Leader of Sparklehorse Band, Dies at 47

posted 2010-03-08 16:44:48 by stevemay



Mark Linkous, a singer and songwriter whose music, released under the name Sparklehorse, was renowned in indie-rock and alt-country circles for its haunted, allusive themes and fragile beauty, committed suicide on Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. He was 47.








Barry Hannah, Darkly Comic Writer, Dies at 67

posted 2010-03-05 13:18:07 by DaveM



Barry Hannah, a writer who found wide acclaim with wild, darkly comic short stories and novels set in a phantasmagoric South moving at warp speed, died on Monday at his home in Oxford, Miss. He was 67.








Sarris Candies founder dies

posted 2010-03-02 09:31:14 by grendel



Frank Sarris, founder of Sarris Candies, died at home in Canonsburg last night.








BONER IS DEAD

posted 2010-02-25 19:17:16 by dmcnelis



(CNN) -- Actor Andrew Koenig, missing since February 14, was found dead in Vancouver, British Colombia, Thursday, a source close to the family told CNN.








Alexander Haig, Ex-U.S. Secretary of State, Dies at 85

posted 2010-02-20 11:27:08 by stevemay



Alexander M. Haig Jr., the mercurial four-star general who served as a confrontational secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan and a commanding White House chief of staff as President Richard M. Nixon’s administration crumbled, died Saturday in Baltimore. He was 85.








Obituary: Jim Bibby / Pirates pitcher, started twice in 1979 Series

posted 2010-02-18 07:47:40 by stevemay



Bibby died Tuesday night at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was 65. No other details were available as his family requested privacy, adding that a statement would be released later.









The Knack lead singer Doug Fieger dies

posted 2010-02-15 11:28:35 by stevemay



WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – Doug Fieger, leader of the power pop band The Knack who sang on the 1979 hit "My Sharona," died Sunday. He was 57.








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