Author Pat Conroy, whose works include "The Prince of Tides" and "The Great Santini," died Friday evening, March 4, 2016, of pancreatic cancer, according to his

Bud Collins, the former newspaper journalist known best as a TV sportscaster who delivered color commentary for tennis tournaments on NBC and ESPN, has died.Col

George Kennedy, the actor who won an Oscar for his role in the movie “Cool Hand Luke,” has died. He was 91

Joey Feek, a member of the hit country and bluegrass duo Joey + Rory who shared her cancer fight via social media, lost her fight with the disease on March 4, 2

Lee Reherman, the actor who played Hawk on the television series "American Gladiators," died Monday. He was 49

Frank Kelly, the actor who starred on the British sitcom “Father Ted,” died Sunday. He was 77

Gayle McCormick, a singer best known as the lead vocalist for the band Smith, died of cancer Mar

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Andy Bathgate, Hall of Fame winger and 1959 NHL MVP, died February 26, 2016 according to The Associated Press. He was 83

Lennie Baker, lead vocalist on Sha Na Na’s hit, “Blue Moon,” died after a brief hospitalization on February 24, 2016, according to The Associated Press

Three people were killed Thursday afternoon after a gunman opened fire at a business in Hesston, Kansas, according to police. Another 14 people were injured

Sonny James, a country singer and Country Music Hall of Fame member, died Monday at the age of 87

Peter Mondavi, a wine pioneer in California's Napa Valley before it became known as a premier grape-growing region, has died. He was 101

Six people were shot and killed when a man went on a shooting spree in the Kalamazoo, Michigan, area, according to CNN

Harper Lee, author of the classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," has died. She was 89

Alexa McAllister, a former contestant on the reality television show "The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love," has died. She was 31

Denise Matthews, who as Vanity fronted the group Vanity 6 but was known best for collaborating with the legendary singer Prince, has died at a hospital in Calif

Former UFC heavyweight champion and two-time NCAA champion wrestler Kevin Randleman has died, according to multiple news sources. He was 44

Tommy Kelly, the child actor best known for starring as Tom Sawyer in the movie, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," has died at the age of 90

Margaret Forster, an award-winning English author known best for her 1965 novel "Georgy Girl," has died. She was 77

Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut who was the 6th man to walk on the moon, has died in Florida, according to The Associated Press. He was 85

Katie May, a Sports Illustrated magazine model also known as the Queen of Snapchat, has died of a stroke, according to multiple news sources. She was 34

Joe Alaskey, a comedian and Emmy Award-winning voice actor who succeeded Mel Blanc in lending his voice to Bugs Bunny, Tweety and Sylvester, has died, according

Yolande Betbeze Fox, the beauty queen who was crowned 1951's Miss America Pageant representative, raised a ruckus after refusing to tour the U.S

Eddie Einhorn, a longtime co-owner of the Chicago White Sox baseball team, died Tuesday, according to the Chicago Tribune. He was 80

Douglas Slocombe, the cinematographer for “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” has died. He was 103

Cara McCollum, a former winner of the Miss New Jersey Pageant, has died in an automobile accident, according to multiple news sources. She was 24

Umberto Eco, the Italian author of “The Name of the Rose,” died Feb. 19, 2016, of cancer, according to The Associated Press. He was 84

Angela Raiola, the colorful bar owner and star of the reality TV show Mob Wives and its sequels, died early Thursday of throat cancer that had spread to other o

George Gaynes, the actor who played Punky Brewster's adoptive father on the eponymous TV show, has died, according to multiple news sources. He was 98

Antonin Scalia, a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice, has died of natural causes at a luxury resort in West Texas, according to the San Antonio Express-News

Christy O'Donnell, a single mother with lung cancer who campaigned to get a right-to-die law passed in California last year, has died. She was 47

Brian Knighton, better known by his professional wrestling name, Axl Rotten, has died in Baltimore according to Us Weekly. He was 44

David Michael "Dave" Mirra, the BMX and X Games star, has died of an apparent suicide, the Los Angeles Times reports

Jon Bunch, co-founder and lead singer for the 1990s emo band Sense Field has died at the age of 46

Tony Burton, who was a boxer before he turned to acting, most notably as the trainer in six "Rocky" films, has died. He was 77. Burton died Feb

Johnny Murphy, an Irish actor who was known best for co-starring as Joey "The Lips" Fagan in the 1991 film adaptation of "The Commitments," has died of cancer

Samuel Willenberg, the last survivor of the Treblinka Nazi death camp, died Friday in Israel at the age of 93

Eric “Winkle” Brown, a captain in the British Royal Navy and test pilot who flew more types of airplanes than anyone else in history, has died. He was 97

Tony Phillips, a Major League Baseball player and member of the 1989 World Champion Oakland Athletics, died Feb

L.C. Ulmer, a Mississippi musician who appeared in a documentary film about the birthplace of the blues, has died, according to multiple news sources

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the Egyptian scholar, statesman and former secretary-general of the United Nations, died Tuesday, Feb. 16. He was 93

Two 10th-grade students, both 15-year-old girls, died after being shot at Independence High School in Glendale, Arizona

Ballet legend Violette Verdy died yesterday in Bloomington, Indiana at the age of 82

Daniel Gerson, a screenwriter who co-wrote The Walt Disney Co.'s Academy Award-winning animated film "Big Hero 6," has died at his home in Los Angeles, accordin

Dan Hicks, a musician and founding member of San Francisco’s 1960s psychedelic folk movement, died Saturday, Feb

Raphael Schumacher, an Italian actor, has died in a freak accident while performing a hanging scene last weekend in Pisa, Italy, according to multiple news sour

Maurice White, the founder and leader of the legendary R&B group Earth, Wind & Fire, has died at the age of 74