Legendary NFL Announcer Pat Summerall Has Died
Pat Summerall, the voice of the NFL in the 1970s and 1980s and who announced 16 Super Bowls, died Tuesday, April 16. He was 82.
Pat Summerall, the voice of the NFL in the 1970s and 1980s and who announced 16 Super Bowls, died Tuesday, April 16. He was 82.
The first female prime minister of England, Margaret Thatcher, has passed away due to a stroke. She was 87 years old.
Roger Ebert, long-time movie critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and former host of 'At The Movies,' died today, April 4, at the age of 70.
Yesterday brought the bizarre and tragic news that 21 year-old 'Buckwild' star Shain Gandee had been found dead after 31 hours missing, along with his uncle and a third unidentified male inside an off-road truck. The truck's position within the muddy woods initially made the bodies difficult to retrieve, but the circumstance and autopsy results have conclusively revealed the three died of carbon monoxide poisoning, says the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office.
Reid Flair, son of wrestling legend Ric Flair, passed away today at the age of 24. Reid Flair was found this morning in Charlotte, North Carolina and had just returned from working for All Japan. Few details are known at the time of this writing.
British actor Richard Griffiths, best known for his role as the magic-hating Uncle Vernon in the 'Harry Potter' series, died on Thursday, March 28 from complications following heart surgery. He was 65.
Augusta native and philanthropist Elsie Viles passed away this weekend. She was 98. I never met Mrs. Viles, but I was thinking about her this weekend while I was at the Viles Arboretum in Augusta. I did not know at that time of her passing.
Though Mindy McCready's suicide was tragic, those close to her insist it wasn't entirely surprising -- which makes it all the more heartbreaking.