Tag: Obituaries
‘Laredo’ actor William Smith dies; played cowboys, brawlers
LOS ANGELES — Actor William Smith, who played bikers, brawlers, cowboys and no-nonsense tough guys in films and television shows including “Laredo,” “Rich Man,...
Former England, Ipswich striker Paul Mariner dies at 68
LONDON — Paul Mariner, the former England striker who played at the World Cup in 1982 and later coached in MLS, has died. He...
Long-time world ski president Kasper dies at 77
OBERHOFEN, Switzerland — Gian Franco Kasper, who retired after 23 years as president of the International Ski Federation last month, has died, the governing...
Auschwitz survivor who fought racism with music dies at 96
BERLIN — Esther Bejarano, a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp who devoted much of her life to the fight against antisemitism and racism,...
Cuban-born Yarisel Ramirez named 10th US boxer for Tokyo
LAS VEGAS — Featherweight Yarisel Ramirez was added to the Tokyo Olympics boxing tournament Saturday, becoming the 10th member of the U.S. team to...
Head of radical Palestinian group laid to rest in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria — Hundreds of people attended on Friday the funeral of Ahmed Jibril, the leader of a breakaway Palestinian faction whose group carried...
Russia blames increase in deaths in June on delta variant
MOSCOW — The head of Russia's state coronavirus task force says the number of deaths nationwide in June this year rose nearly 14% over...
Former NHL defenseman Bryan ‘Bugsy’ Watson dies at 78
Former NHL defenseman Bryan “Bugsy” Watson, who played for Scotty Bowman, with Doug Harvey and coached Wayne Gretzky, has died. He was 78.
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Greenwood, Franklin opted out of state’s opioids lawsuit
By Taylor Wooten for the Daily Journal
Both Franklin and Greenwood have opted out of a statewide opioids settlement, at least for now.
The Greenwood Board...
Judge who presided over Michael Cohen case dies at age 68
NEW YORK — Judge William H. Pauley III, who presided over the criminal case against ex-President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer during a tenure...