Famous People Obituaries

Famous People Obituaries help to make their lives and work a little closer to the rest of us. When famous people pass away, it can be a shock to the community because their life and work as touched many people far and near. Here are selected Famous People's Obituaries.

The Levees Failed, But The Spirit Of New Orleans Prevails
26 Aug 2010 at 5:34pm
In the years after Hurricane Katrina, writer Malik Washington traveled to New Orleans to he...

William Saxbe, Attorney General Under Nixon, Dies
24 Aug 2010 at 7:25pm
Saxbe was a lame-duck one-term U.S. senator and former Ohio attorney general when President...

Documentary Marks Five Years Since Deadly Hurricane
20 Aug 2010 at 12:00pm
Next week marks the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which claimed over 1,000 gu...

Famed Home-Run Hitter Bobby Thomson Dead At 86
17 Aug 2010 at 4:15pm
Thomson connected off Ralph Branca for a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning ...

Fresh Air Remembers Jazz Singer Abbey Lincoln
17 Aug 2010 at 12:00pm
Lincoln, the jazz legend who transformed herself from a supper-club singer into a powerful ...

NPR Producer Brought Vivid Sounds To Our Radios
17 Aug 2010 at 6:52am
NPR producer Carolyn Jensen Chadwick died of cancer on Sunday. She was responsible for the ...

Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones
1 Sep 2010 at 1:14pm
Garter King of Arms and heraldic designer who introduced new technology to his ancient o...

Francisco Varallo
1 Sep 2010 at 1:14pm
Last survivor of the first World Cup Final, an encounter tainted by skulduggery, violenc...

Gretel Beer
1 Sep 2010 at 1:14pm
Refugee who became an authority on Austrian cooking and wrote successful books on food a...

Lives Remembered
1 Sep 2010 at 1:13pm
Featuring an opera-loving railway historian, an outspoken American senator and Bob Geldo...

Lord Lyell of Markyate
31 Aug 2010 at 2:00pm
Tory Attorney-General who just survived the political fall-out from the Matrix-Churchill...

Laurent Fignon
31 Aug 2010 at 1:58pm
Cyclist who twice won the Tour de France but was pipped for a third title in the race's ...