obituaries
Former Alabama AD and Tennessee coach dead at 82
Bill Battle III, who was athletic director at his alma mater, Alabama, where he played for Paul “Bear” Bryant's first national championship team, then later coached the Tennessee Volunteers, has...
Former Braves star and NL batting champion dead at 85
Baseball legend Rico Carty, who played for the Braves franchise in Milwaukee and Atlanta, passed away over the weekend at the age of 85.
Original 'Wheel of Fortune' host dead at 83
Legendary game show host Chuck Woolery, who was the first host of “Wheel of Fortune,” died Saturday. He was 83.
Iconic sports media columnist dead at 82
Longtime USA Today sportswriter Rudy Martzke passed away at the age of 82.
College hoops player dead at 18 after collapsing on campus
Francis, a 6-foot-2 guard from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., averaged 5.5 points on 42.4 percent shooting spanning six games this season for the Rams.
M. Jodi Rell, who became Connecticut governor after her predecessor resigned, dies at 78
Former Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who took over the office to become the second female governor in state history after her predecessor resigned amid a corruption scandal, has died....
Second-oldest US resident dies at 113 years old
Herlda Senhouse, the second-oldest resident in the US, died in her sleep on Saturday at 113 years old. Senhouse died at her home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where she had lived...
Former Giants running back dead at 76
Charlie Evans, who played in the Giants backfield in the early 1970s, died in his Texas home on Nov. 4 at 76.
Painter Frank Auerbach, who fled the Nazis and became a major artist, dies at 93
Born in Berlin in 1931, Auerbach came to England in 1939 as one of six children sponsored by the writer Iris Origo.
MLS star dead at 22
The soccer community lost a budding star defenseman.
Former Notre Dame coach Gerry Faust dead at 89
Faust went 30-26-1 during his five seasons with the Fighting Irish from 1981-85.
Legendary USC and Rams football coach dead at 89
John Robinson, the veteran football coach who enjoyed many years of success at the University of Southern California and with the Los Angeles Rams, has died. He was 89.
NASCAR legend dead at 86
Bobby Allison, founder of racing’s “Alabama Gang” and a NASCAR Hall of Famer, died Saturday. He was 86.
College Football Hall of Famer and NFL vet dead at 88
Bosseler, who played eight years in the NFL, died Wednesday in Atlanta.
Ex-Knicks radio broadcaster and son of Hall of Fame coach dead at 54
Former Knicks radio broadcaster Brendan Brown tragically passed away at the age of 54 on Sunday due to health complications, his wife announced on Facebook.
Prince's sister dead at 64
Minneapolis musician Tyka Nelson, Prince’s only full sibling, died Monday at North Memorial Health in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, her son President Nelson confirmed to The Associated Press. She was 64.
Billionaire Home Depot co-founder dead at 95
Bernard Marcus, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants who rose from a tenement in Newark, N.J., to create one of the world's biggest and most recognizable brands, the Home Depot Corp.,...
Ex-Knick, who left NBA after pregnant girlfriend's murder, dead at 55
A former Knicks first-round pick who was embroiled in a murder controversy during his career died Monday on his 55th birthday.
Beloved radio host dies one week after shocking cancer announcement: 'He always had us laughing'
Popular Christian radio show host Rob Dempsey has died, one week after breaking the news to his devoted fans that he had been diagnosed with stage 3 bladder cancer. He was...
MLS goalie dead at 25: 'Wonderful player and fierce competitor'
Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Holden Trent passed away at the age of 25 on Saturday, the team announced.