Obituaries

Philip Seymour Hoffman didn't want his children to become "trust fund kids" so he left his fortune to his girlfriend, a court document said.

Hospitals are not always good at recognising or dealing with people who are terminally ill, former Conservative party leader Michael Howard said, calling for patients to be allowed to die at home or in hospices.

Robert Newhouse , who played running back for the Dallas Cowboys for 11 years and went to three Super Bowls, has died.

The FBI is "monitoring" the investigation into the death of Eric Garner, who died in the custody of the New York Police Department last week, officials tell ABC News.

MagicJack pioneered phone calls over the Internet, advertised as a means of "eliminating your monthly phone bill forever."

A pine tree planted in Los Angeles' Griffith Park to honor George Harrison died as a result of a beetle infestation, the Los Angeles Times The "George Harrison Tree" was originally planted in 2004 in memory of the late Beatle.

An airman who died after being run over by a government vehicle during an Air Force training exercise will be buried in Florida's Panhandle.

Mauricio Acevedo, executive vice president of LAPIZTA at his office in Doral. "If you don't have a sponsor or a rich father, LAPIZTA can be a component that can help you continue living your dream," co-founder Daniel Schachtel said.​ "> Mauricio Acevedo, executive vice president of LAPIZTA at his office in Doral.

A child that police say may have been thrown from a car and found on a roadway died early Monday.

The witty and eclectic novelist who reimagined the American West in the historical yarn "Little Big Man" has died in New York.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> A wrong-way driver slammed head-on into another car on the 210 Freeway here early Sunday, killing himself and two of four family members riding in the other vehicle, authorities said.

A Brockton man is headed to court to face charges in connection with the fatal weekend stabbing of another city man.

2 cigarette maker is vowing to fight a jury verdict of $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer.

A man who died after a New York City police officer took him to the ground in a chokehold appeared to have little damage to his neck and trachea, according to preliminary autopsy results, a law enforcement source said, but that may not be enough to keep him from being disciplined or even facing criminal charges.

Actress Skye McCole Bartusiak, who played Mel Gibson's youngest daughter in "The Patriot," died Saturday at her home in Houston, her mother said Sunday.

Heintz says her father was diagnosed in June with esophageal cancer. Earlier this month, he wrote the state and Wake County election boards to pull out of the election for the 15th Senate District seat, citing ongoing treatment.

Perhaps his best known work was "Helter Skelter," co-written with Vincent Bugliosi, the man who prosecuted Manson and his followers.

He was 93. Odebrecht started the company in 1944 in the city of Salvador to carry on his father's legacy in the construction industry.

The late Casey Kasem's body is missing, more than a month after the radio icon's death, according to his daughter.

Actor James Garner, whose whimsical style in the 1950s TV Western "Maverick" led to a stellar career in TV and films such as "The Rockford Files" and his Oscar-nominated "Murphy's Romance," has died, police said.