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Bernard Waber, children's author, dies at age 91
Bernard Waber, the author of such children's favorites as "The House on East 88th Street" and "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," has died. Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Monday that Waber died May 16 at his Long Island home after a long illness. He was 91. Waber's "warmth, energy, artfulness, elegance, and ...
Hairdresser 'Kenneth' Battelle dies at age 86
Kenneth Battelle, the hairdresser who gave both Jacqueline Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe their calling-card hairdos in the 1950s and '60s, has died at age 86, said Kevin Lee, creative director of Battelle's company, on Tuesday. Lee said Battelle died Sunday at his home in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. He said Battelle ...
Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers dead at 85
Before Dr. Phil and Dr. Drew and Dr. Oz, there was Joyce Brothers. The popular psychologist pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s, opening the airwaves to discussions of love, marriage and parenting, as well as such taboo subjects as menopause, frigidity, impotence and sexual enjoyment. She went on ...
Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers dead at 85
Joyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist, author, and television and film personality, has died. She was 85. Brothers died Monday of respiratory failure in New York City, according to her longtime ...
Mummified body of Chicana author found in NM home
A 70-year-old woman whose mummified body was recently found in her Santa Fe apartment was identified as a Chicana activist, teacher and author. Santa Fe police said the decomposed remains of Barbara Salinas-Norman were discovered last week and authorities say she may have been dead for more than a year. ...
Correction: Music-Brubeck Tribute story
In a May 12 story about a tribute to the late jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, The Associated Press incorrectly gave the name of the Brubeck son who performed on cello. His name is Matthew Brubeck, not Michael Brubeck. Michael Brubeck, the jazz legend's second-oldest son, died of a heart attack ...
Longtime Barron's writer Alan Abelson dies at 87
Alan Abelson, who spent 57 years as a writer, editor and chief columnist for financial news publication Barron's, has died at the age of 87. The author of the long-running Up and Down Wall Street column died Thursday of a heart attack, according to Sara Blask, a spokeswoman for Dow ...
'Monkeemobile' designer Dean Jeffries dies at 80
A celebrated car customizer who painted James Dean's Porsche and made the "Monkeemobile" for "The Monkees" TV show has died. Dean Jeffries was 80. His son, Kevin, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/1913hRl ) that Jeffries died in his sleep on Saturday at his Hollywood home. In 1955, Jeffries custom ...
'Young and Restless' star Jeanne Cooper dies at 84
Jeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on "The Young and the Restless," has died. She was 84. Cooper died Wednesday morning in her sleep, her son the actor Corbin Bernsen wrote on Facebook. The family confirmed the death to ...
British director Bryan Forbes dies at age 86
British film director Bryan Forbes, whose work includes the original 1970s horror classic "The Stepford Wives," has died at age 86 after a long illness, a family spokesman said Wednesday. Matthew D'Ancona said Forbes died surrounded by his family at his home in Surrey. Forbes was born John Theobald Clarke ...
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