British blues musician and songwriter John Mayall (November 29, 1933-July 22, 2024), whose band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and others, was credited with helping develop the English take on Chicago-style R&B. The writer of "I'm Yo...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Below is a compilation of some of the most notable deaths of global figures from the worlds of showbusiness, politics, sports and art in 2024. JANUARY Glynis Johns, the husky-voiced British actress best known for her role as a suffragette who hires a magical nanny in...
It came after he infamously fled from police when suspicion fell on him after the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, in a freeway car chase that was also televised live. Simpson was ultimately found not guilty of murder, but was l...
He opposed the Iraq War and helped organise protests against it in 2003, amid concerns that the war would lead to thousands of unnecessary deaths. Domestically, he has campaigned to reverse job losses, supported the Rossport Five and voiced opposition to Ireland's bank-bail outs and the ...
Ethel Kennedy (April 11, 1928-October 10, 2024) was at the side of her husband, Robert F. Kennedy, when he was assassinated in Los Angeles in 1968, on the night he won California's Democratic presidential primary. She endured that tragedy and many others (including the deaths of two son...
Ethel Kennedy (April 11, 1928-October 10, 2024) was at the side of her husband, Robert F. Kennedy, when he was assassinated in Los Angeles in 1968, on the night he won California's Democratic presidential primary. She endured that tragedy and many others (including the deaths of two son...
In his homily during an open Mass there, Francis said, "Who has wept for the deaths of these brothers and sisters? Who has wept for the people who were on the boat? For the young mothers carrying their babies? For these men who wanted something to support their families? We are a ...
British actor Tom Wilkinson (February 5, 1948-December 30, 2023) was a scene-stealer of the highest order. Rarely playing a lead role, his characters infused the films he was in with gravity, tragedy and sardonic humor. He won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his performance as Benjamin ...
Mediterranean, where he met with newly-arrived migrants. There, he denounced the "globalization of indifference" shown to refugees, many of whom had drowned while seeking a better life. In his homily during an open Mass there, Francis said, "Who has wept for the deaths of these brothers ...
Ethel Kennedy (April 11, 1928-October 10, 2024) was at the side of her husband, Robert F. Kennedy, when he was assassinated in Los Angeles in 1968, on the night he won California's Democratic presidential primary. She endured that tragedy and many others (including the deaths of two son...