BOISE, Idaho - Edward Stimpson, an aviation advocate who pushed to rejuvenate struggling small aircraft manufacturers in the 1990s by limiting lawsuits against them, has died after a five-month illness. He was 75. Full Story »
MANILA, Philippines - Alejandro "Bong" Reblando, a veteran Filipino journalist and former Associated Press stringer, was among at least 18 reporters killed in an attack on an election caravan, authorities said. He was 53. Full Story »
LONDON - H.C. Robbins Landon, a musicologist noted for his pioneering research on Franz Joseph Haydn and for writing popular works on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has died at age 83. Full Story »
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Charis Wilson, who inspired photographer Edward Weston during an 11 year relationship and posed for many of his pictures, has died. She was 95. Full Story »
AP
BANGKOK - Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who served a brief and tumultuous term last year as Thailand's prime minister, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74. Full Story »
AFP/File
BANGKOK (AFP) - Former Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej, who was forced from office in 2008 for starring in television cooking shows, died of liver cancer Tuesday at the age of 74, associates said. Full Story »
AP
BEIJING - Renowned Chinese literature translator Yang Xianyi has died, China's official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday. He was 94. Full Story »
TEHRAN, Iran - Former Iranian Interior Minister Ali Kordan, who was dismissed after being accused of faking a law degree from the University of Oxford, has died, reports said Monday. He was 51. Full Story »
AP
MOSCOW - Russian spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in the history of the Soviet space program, has died at the age of 83. Full Story »
STOCKHOLM - Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom, an international opera star, has died, her husband Sverker Olow says. Full Story »
AP
NEW YORK - Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died. She was 74. Full Story »
NEW YORK - American painter Irving Kriesberg has died in New York City. He combined intense abstract colors with human and animal elements. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES - Ken Ober, who hosted the 1980s MTV game show "Remote Control" and helped produce the shows "Mind of Mencia" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine," has died. He was 52. Full Story »
AP
LONDON - Edward Woodward, the star of films including "Breaker Morant" and "The Wicker Man," died Monday. He was 79. Full Story »
AP
BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle, who called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan ethnic wars of the 1990s but failed to openly condemn extreme Serb nationalism, died Sunday. He was 95. Full Story »
AP
SANTA FE, N.M. - Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King, a folksy cattle rancher who served more time as governor than anyone else and became an institution in state politics, died Friday. He was 85. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES - Dr. William Ganz, a pioneering cardiologist and one of the inventors of a specialized catheter, has died. He was 90. Full Story »
LOS ANGELES - Carl Ballantine, a comedian, magician and actor who was in the 1960s TV sitcom "McHale's Navy," has died. He was 92. Full Story »
Add headlines to your personalized My Yahoo! page (About My Yahoo! and RSS)
See Only Obituaries From:
In this photo taken in Dallas on Dec. 2, …
