Obituaries

The family of murder victim Alicia Koehl may finally get its wish. A bill that calls for the body of her killer to be removed from a national cemetery has passed Congress.

Allen Nicklasson once recalled the "euphoria" he felt after fatally shooting a kindly businessman who stopped to help when he saw Nicklasson's car stalled on Interstate 70 near Kingdom City, Mo., in 1994.

He was 98. John Woodfin, president of the Woodfin Memorial Chapel, confirmed Wednesday that Hayes died Monday at the AdamsPlace assisted living facility in Murfreesboro.

The family of a mother-of-four mauled to death by two American pit bulls have spoken of their devastation.

Christopher Evan Welch, the actor whose roles on New York stages led to a series of film and television roles, including a regular spot on AMC's "Rubicon," has died in Southern California.

Booker served as a navigator and flight engineer on B-24 and B-25 bombers with the 477th Bombardment Group based at Godman Field, Ky.

Baltimore County Police say the death of a woman found unresponsive in her Woodlawn home has been ruled a homicide.

Ronald Clinton Lott, 53, was pronounced dead at 6:06 p.m. after receiving a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

A second man charged with stealing a piece of the car in which "Fast & Furious" actor Paul Walker died has surrendered.

THE Devastated boyfriend of Sharron McQuarrie, who died in a house fire in Abbey Meads last year, has described the blaze which took her life on her 31st birthday.

Former Ohio legislator William L. Mallory, who was the state's first black House majority leader and longest-serving in its history, died Tuesday in Cincinnati at the age of 82. Former Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory said his father died peacefully at a hospice, surrounded by his family, after a brief illness.

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In a statement, his family says Jessome died Monday night in Halifax following a distinguished career as a journalist and television host.

The man found dead in a tent in Port Meadow was a physics student at Oxford University whose parents today have described as a "kind young man who took great pleasure in helping other people".

UFC fighter Shane Del Rosario died Monday, nearly two weeks after the heavyweight had a heart attack.

Quad/Graphics Inc. co-founder Betty Quadracci has died at her home in Wisconsin.

Eleanor Parker, who was nominated for Academy Awards three times for her portrayals of strong-willed women and played a scheming baroness in "The Sound of Music," has died at 91. Family friend Richard Gale said Parker died Monday morning due to complications from pneumonia.

A spokeswoman for a North Texas animal sanctuary where seven big cats have died of a virus says the worst of the outbreak appears to be over even though some cats still show symptoms.

Three men have been arrested after a father-of-one was murdered in a suspected case of mistaken identity outside a pub.

Daughter Rosemary Pollock said the centenarian author of more than 120 books died Dec. 3 at a nursing home near her house in Lanreath, southwest England.