Died 2013

Republican power broker was in the Senate for more than 30 years.

Bruce Lansbury, a London-born U.S. television writer and producer, died Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, according to multiple news sources. He was 87. Lansbury, who had Alzheimer’s disease, died in La …

The Canadian actor was best known for his role as kind-hearted psychiatrist-dad Jason Seaver on the 1980s family sitcom “Growing Pains.”

Lou Reed’s decades-long career was like few others…

Aaron Swartz fought for a free and fair Internet. The tech genius, who was 26 when he ended his own life Jan. 11, 2013, co-founded the activist group Demand Progress …

Actor Peter O’Toole is often referred to as one of his generation’s greatest thespians.

Author Elmore Leonard, who died a year ago this week at 87, wrote more than 40 books during his prolific career. To honor Leonard, whose characters will never die, we …

For more than half her life, Lindy Boggs remained largely in the background. After her husband, Louisiana U.S. Rep. Hale Boggs, died in a plane crash, Boggs won his empty …

Dr. Joyce Brothers worked to make psychology available and helpful to more Americans. In her memory we bring you some of her wisest words.

Just 13 when he rose to stardom as one half of rap duo Kris Kross.