Ewing, also the mother of actor-director Rebecca Hall, died Sunday at her home in Detroit Maria Ewing, a soprano and mezzo-soprano noted for intense performances …
Teaming with husband Alan Bergman, she composed songs for many television shows, films and stage musicals Marilyn Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed with husband …
Irish musician says Shane O’Connor, last seen on Friday morning, ‘was the very light of my life’ Sinéad O’Connor’s 17-year-old son has died, two days …
Parliamentarian and trade unionist was married to Labour grandee Harriet Harman The veteran Labour MP Jack Dromey has died suddenly at the age of 73. …
The first Black person to win a best actor Oscar gave a string of groundbreaking performances on screen that helped combat social prejudice Sidney Poitier, …
The Oscar-nominated film-maker, known for The Last Picture Show and Paper Moon, has died of natural causes Peter Bogdanovich, Oscar-nominated writer and director, has died …
Another paramedic suffered serious injuries in collision on A21 near Tonbridge A female paramedic has died after a crash between an ambulance and a cement …
Kenyan conservationist found oldest near-complete human skeleton in 1984, dating from 1.5m years ago The celebrated Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter Richard Leakey, whose groundbreaking …
In final message to be released after his death, Jersey-based broadcaster said: ‘I’ve had the best life’ A 46-year-old television journalist who spoke out about …
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who helped shepherd former President Barack Obama’s landmark health care law through Congress, has died at the age of …
Nevada senator helped to pass Obama’s Affordable Care Act Reid called Trump ‘the worst president we’ve ever had’ Harry Reid, who emerged from the unforgiving …
Performer and campaigner was one of the first Britons to undergo gender reassignment surgery Tributes have been paid to the “true trailblazer” transgender activist April …
MP, who stepped down at 2005 election, was considered a ‘campaigner for social justice’ Tributes have been paid to a long-serving former Labour MP described …
Texan lawyer and Linda Coffee won landmark 1973 case, safeguarding right now under threat from US supreme court How dismantling Roe v Wade would threaten …
The Nobel laureate died on Boxing Day in Cape Town, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa said Desmond Tutu, the cleric and social activist who was …
The California native also helped create the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise in a lifetime working for Mattel T Mark Taylor, artist and toy …
Thirty-one-year-old man, who appeared to be a bodyboarder, pronounced dead in San Luis Obispo county California authorities have closed some beaches in San Luis Obispo …
Mirabella was editor of the magazine from 1971 to 1988 and was a non-nonsense champion of practical fashion Grace Mirabella, the editor of American Vogue …
Unsparing observer of national politics and her own life, she won enormous acclaim for her memoir of grief, The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion, …