Legendary Grammy-winning bluegrass musician…
Born 1927
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News Obituaries
Remo Belli (1927 – 2016), founder of the legendary drum manufacturer Remo Inc.
by Kirk FoxRemo Belli, the founder of the legendary drum manufacturer Remo Inc., died April 25 of complications of pneumonia, according to a statement on the company’s website. He was 89. “It …
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Rita Gam, a veteran actress known best for her roles in the 1950s, died Tuesday in Los Angeles, according to multiple news sources. She was 88.Â
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Marvin Minsky, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, died Sunday at the age of 88.
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The first play-by-play announcer for ESPN, Jim Simpson, died Wednesday morning in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Kurt Masur, the maestro who tamed the New York Philharmonic and united a divided Germany, has died of complications of Parkinson’s disease, The Associated Press and the New York Philharmonic …
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Lillian Vernon, the businesswoman who founded the mail-order catalog company that bears her name, has died. She was 88. Vernon, whose corporation was the first company founded by a woman …
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Steve Shagan, a novelist, producer and screenwriter known best for writing the screenplay for the 1973 film Save the Tiger, has died, according to multiple news reports. He was 88. …
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Thomas Toivi Blatt, who was among a small number of Jews to survive a mass escape from the Nazi death camp of Sobibor in 1943, has died, according to The …
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Actor Gregg Palmer, who appeared on many TV Westerns as well as in films, has died, according to multiple news sources. Palmer, who died Saturday, Oct. 31, in Encino, California, …