Tag results for: Deaths (Obituaries)
Kevin Drum Dead: Influential Early Political Blogger Was 66
Kevin Drum, who gave up his day job in software marketing to write online about politics, policy and his cats, quickly becoming a key figure in the vanguard...
Ron Nessen, Ford’s White House Press Secretary, Dies at 90
Ron Nessen, who as President Gerald R. Ford’s press secretary from 1974 to 1977 pledged a new era of openness after the Watergate scandal but had an often...
Selwyn Raab, Tenacious Reporter Who Covered the Mob, Dies at 90
Selwyn Raab, an investigative reporter for The New York Times and other news organizations who in exacting detail explored the Mafia’s many tentacles, and whose doggedness helped lead...
Ron Travisano, Adman Behind Singing Cats and Joe Isuzu, Dies at 86
In the early 1970s, the madcap advertising executives Ron Travisano and Jerry Della Femina were struggling to find a gimmick to sell an undistinguished brand of pet food.Watching...
Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese Actress and Star of ‘Meteor Garden,’ Dies at 48
Barbie Hsu, a Taiwanese actress, television host and pop star who catapulted to Pan-Asian popularity in 2001 as the star of the Cinderella-style teenage drama “Meteor Garden,” died...
Jean Jennings, Who Wrote With Verve About Cars, Dies at 70
The first time Jean Jennings confronted the Mexican federal police, they had just arrested one of her friends for public urination.It was 1983, and she was part of...
