Obituaries

Genean Smith, one of the first to be treated with Penicillin when the antibiotic was newly developed, died on March 1 at age 82. A woman whose breakthrough treatment with penicillin during World War II led to modern medical practices died March 1, two days before her 83rd birthday.

This week Barbara Bush admitted she cancelled her New York Times subscription , making an aside about an obituary asking people to cancel their subscriptions.

In this Oct. 26, 2008, file photo, Detroit Lions owner and chairman William Clay Ford walks on the sidelines prior to an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Detroit.

Following their arrests a 21-year-old man was also arrested on suspicion of murder and a 46-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

As the zany proprietor of Elsie's Closet Vintage Clothing Store, Elsie Ritter Iverson regaled customers with the history of items she sold - with some tales dreamed up on the spot.

Steven Kohus' body arrived at CVG around 3:30 p.m. and the procession continued north.

The fearless elderly lady that refused to be robbed in her Marshfield grocery store has died.

Three days after pastor Jamie Coots died from a rattlesnake bite at church, mourners leaving the funeral went to the church to handle snakes.

Ellis became a familiar face through his role in the BBC police drama, which was a household favourite from 1962 to 1978.

A veteran Los Angeles Police Department officer was killed and a rookie was injured Friday morning when their patrol car collided with a dump truck in Beverly Hills, possibly due to a brake failure on the truck.

In his 40 years with the TV academy, Rieger also served as president of the organization's Hollywood chapter and editor and publisher of Emmy magazine.

Her organ was donated to a 17-year-old girl in Minnesota. That girl will one day fall in love, get married and raise a family because of Miranda's gift, Associate Pastor A.J. Corrales told about 200 people attending funeral services for Miranda, her three siblings and her parents at the New Wineskin Ministries church near Lafayette Square on ... (more)

The veteran stage, film and TV performer best known for playing Alice Kramden in the 1960s re-creation of "The Honeymooners" has died.

Sheila MacRae , a veteran stage, film and TV performer best known for playing Alice Kramden in the 1960s re-creation of "The Honeymooners", has died.

Ted Bergmann's wife, Beverly, says the veteran producer died Sunday following surgery in Santa Monica, Calif.

A Middleburg Heights tow truck driver who died on the job was laid to rest Thursday with a unique funeral procession.

Carmen Berra, the wife of beloved Hall of Fame catcher and former Yankee Yogi Berra , died Thursday night in the Crane's Mill Assisted Living Facility in West Caldwell, N.J., near the couple's longtime home in Montclair.

Officials at a western New York college say an employee of the sports information office has died of an apparent heart attack in Virginia while traveling with the women's basketball team.

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The death of a man at the Castle Mall in Norwich tonight is not being treated as suspicious, police have confirmed.