Died December 27

Jack Sheldon was a jazz trumpeter and singer who was known for his work on “The Merv Griffin Show” and “Schoolhouse Rock.” A member of Mort Lindsey’s Orchestra on “The …

Hosted the radio show “Imus in the Morning.”

Richard Overton (1906–2018) of Texas was the oldest man in America.

Barbara Tarbuck, an actress who appeared regularly on the TV soap operas “Santa Barbara” and “General Hospital,” the latter as Lady Jane Jacks, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. She was …

Actress played Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars” blockbusters.

Longtime Harlem Globetrotter basketball team known for his half-court hook shots

Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the U.S. Army four-star general who led coalition forces to victory during 1991’s Persian Gulf conflict, was known as “Stormin’ Norman” but he also was thoughtful …

Benazir Bhutto, who twice led Pakistan as prime minister and was seeking a third term at the time of her death, would have celebrated her 61st birthday June 21. Here …

Twenty-five years after director Hal Ashby’s death at 59, his work continues to cast a long shadow over cinema…