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Inspiration for Gordon Gekko Dies
Inspiration for
Gordon Gekko Dies
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May 20, 2024 1:22 PM CDT

Inspiration for Gordon Gekko Dies

Rogue trader Ivan Boesky was 87

(Newser) - Financier Ivan Boesky, who died Monday, was at the center of an insider-trading scandal in the 1980s but he may be best remembered for the movie character he partly inspired: Gordon Gekko, the villain in Wall Street . "Greed is all right, by the way," Boesky said in a...

Bruce Nordstrom, of Eponymous Store Chain, Dies at 90
Nordstrom
Scion Dies
at 90
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May 20, 2024 11:26 AM CDT

Nordstrom Scion Dies at 90

Bruce Nordstrom helped transform his family's business into an upscale nationwide chain

(Newser) - Bruce Nordstrom, a retail executive who helped expand his family's Pacific Northwest department store chain into an upscale national brand, has died. Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. said its former chairman died at his home on Saturday. He was 90, reports the AP . "Our dad leaves a powerful legacy as...

Alice Stewart Called Herself Conservative but Independent

CNN commentator worked on a series of Republican presidential campaigns

(Newser) - Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a number of Republican presidential campaigns, has died at age 58, the news network reported. Police in northern Virginia told CNN that Stewart's body was found outdoors in the Bellevue neighborhood early Saturday morning and that...

Actor Exceled at Playing 'Caustic, Cynical' Characters

Dabney Coleman's roles included the boss in '9 to 5'

(Newser) - Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in 9 to 5 and the nasty TV director in Tootsie, has died. He was 92. Coleman died Thursday, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, told the Hollywood Reporter . No other details were immediately available. "The...

Pathologist Tried to Prove JFK Assassination Theory

Cyril Wecht plunged into high-profile death investigations

(Newser) - Dr. Cyril Wecht, a pathologist and attorney whose cynicism and positions on high-profile deaths such as President John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination caught the attention of prosecutors and TV viewers alike, died Monday. He was 93. No location or cause of death were provided, the AP reports. Wecht's...

Short-Story Master Alice Munro Is Dead

She was the first lifelong Canadian to win the Nobel

(Newser) - Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world's most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history's most honored short-story writers, has died at age 92. A spokesperson for her publisher confirmed the death of Munro, winner of the Nobel literary prize in...

David Sanborn Was Influential as Solo Artist, With Others

Saxophonist won six Grammys, recorded solo on 'Young Americans'

(Newser) - David Sanborn, an influential saxophonist who blended jazz, pop, and R&B in his solo work while playing with the biggest pop and rock artists of the era, died Sunday. A statement posted to his social media accounts said he'd long battled prostate cancer, CNN reports. He was 78....

She Played an Iconic Role in an Iconic Movie
She Played an Iconic Role
in an Iconic Movie
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May 13, 2024 2:30 AM CDT

She Played an Iconic Role in an Iconic Movie

Actress Susan Backlinie, who played the shark's first victim in 'Jaws,' dead at 77

(Newser) - Susan Backlinie, the actress who played perhaps one of the most iconic roles in Jaws, died Saturday morning of a heart attack at her southern California home, her husband tells TMZ . She was 77. Backlinie was a stunt performer who specialized in swimming work when she was cast as Chrissie...

B-Movie Icon Roger Corman Is Dead at 98
He Was a B-Movie Giant,
Launched A-Level Stars
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May 12, 2024 6:10 AM CDT

He Was a B-Movie Giant, Launched A-Level Stars

Roger Corman is dead at 98

(Newser) - Roger Corman, the "King of the Bs" who helped turn out such low-budget classics as Little Shop of Horrors and Attack of the Crab Monsters and gave many of Hollywood's most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died at age 98. Corman died Thursday at his home...

Crusader for Environment, Against Vietnam War Left GOP

Pete McCloskey co-created Earth Day, Endangered Species Act

(Newser) - Pete McCloskey—a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day—has died. He was 96. A fourth-generation Republican who said he was "in the mold of Teddy Roosevelt," McCloskey represented the 12th Congressional District for 15 years, running for president against...

He Engineered Hundreds of Alternative Rock Albums

Legendary audio engineer Steve Albini dead at 61

(Newser) - The alternative rock scene has lost one of its most influential figures: Steve Albini, who engineered albums like Nirvana's In Utero, the Pixies' Surfer Rosa, PJ Harvey's Rid of Me, and hundreds more. The 61-year-old died Tuesday from a heart attack, staff at his Chicago recording studio, Electrical...

'The Greatest Stuntwoman Who Ever Lived' Dies at 83

Jeannie Epper was behind the feats of the iconic 'Wonder Woman' show, and many more

(Newser) - Jeannie Epper, a groundbreaking performer who did stunts for many of the most important women of film and television action of the 1970s and '80s, including star Lynda Carter on TV's Wonder Woman, has died. She was 83. Epper died of natural causes Sunday at her home in...

He Went Down With Ship in Titanic, Roused Troops in LOTR

Actor Bernard Hill is dead at 79

(Newser) - Actor Bernard Hill, who delivered a rousing cry before leading his people into battle in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and went down with the ship as the captain in Titanic, has died. Hill, 79, passed away Sunday morning, agent Lou Coulson said, according to...

Renowned Painter, Sculptor Frank Stella Is Dead
Renowned Painter, Sculptor
Frank Stella Is Dead
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May 5, 2024 5:31 AM CDT

Renowned Painter, Sculptor Frank Stella Is Dead

He blurred the lines between the two forms

(Newser) - Frank Stella, a painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose constantly evolving works are hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movements, died Saturday at his home in Manhattan at age 87. Gallery owner Jeffrey Deitch confirmed his death to the AP . Stella's wife, Harriet McGurk, told the New ...

We've Lost the Man Whose Twang Was Instantly Recognizable

Duane Eddy was 86

(Newser) - Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as "Rebel Rouser" and "Peter Gunn" helped put the twang in early rock 'n' roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen, and countless other musicians, has died at age 86. Eddy died of cancer...

The 'Most Meta of American Meta-Fictional Writers' Has Died

Paul Auster of the 'New York Trilogy' was 77

(Newser) - Paul Auster, a prolific, prize-winning author of more than 30 books—among them his "New York Trilogy"—has died at age 77. His Tuesday death was attributed to complications from lung cancer, friend Jacki Lyden tells the Guardian . A longtime fixture in the Brooklyn literary scene, he never...

OJ Simpson Is Dead at 76
Cause of Death for
OJ Simpson Revealed
UPDATED
Apr 27, 2024 10:00 AM CDT

Cause of Death for OJ Simpson Revealed

He died of prostate cancer at the age of 76, per his longtime attorney

(Newser) - Turns out the rumors were true: OJ Simpson had prostate cancer, and that's what he died of earlier this month at the age of 76. TMZ Sports says it got the confirmation from Simpson's longtime attorney and executor of his estate, Malcolm LaVergne, who said he received a...

Rep. Donald Payne Jr. Dies
Rep. Donald Payne Jr. Dies
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Apr 24, 2024 2:18 PM CDT

Rep. Donald Payne Jr. Dies

65-year-old NJ Democrat had a heart attack earlier this month

(Newser) - Democratic Rep. Donald Payne Jr. has become the first House member to die in office during the 118th Congress. The 65-year-old, who had represented New Jersey's 10th District since 2012, had been hospitalized since early this month after what his office said was a "cardiac episode based on...

One of the Longest-Held US Hostages Dies at 76

Terry Anderson was kidnapped in Lebanon and held for almost 7 years

(Newser) - Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting AP correspondent who became one of America's longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76, the AP reports. Anderson, who chronicled his abduction and torturous imprisonment by Islamic militants...

Roman Gabriel Still Leads Rams in TD Passes
Roman Gabriel
Still Leads Rams
in TD Passes
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Apr 20, 2024 5:05 PM CDT

Roman Gabriel Still Leads Rams in TD Passes

Star quarterback was the league's MVP and made four Pro Bowls

(Newser) - Roman Gabriel, a star quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1960s and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, died Saturday. He was 83 and died at home of natural causes, his son announced in a post on X . The team issued a statement mourning the...

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