His composition "Mas que Nada" was one of the songs that helped popularize the Brazilian music genre bossa nova worldwide in ...

The initial autopsies of four of the seven victims who died when the Bayesian yacht sank last month—cook Recaldo Thomas, spouses Christopher Morvillo and Neda Morvillo, Morgan Stanley International ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Former University of Michigan President James Duderstadt, the university's 11th president, died at age 81. According to the university, Duderstadt died on Tuesday. Duderstadt ...

Over 88 years of living, James J. Brady Jr.’s world moved from dockworker waterfronts in New Jersey to Major League Baseball stadiums and locker rooms and the classrooms and libraries of academia.

The world’s oldest person, U.S.-born Maria Branyas Morera, has died at the age of 117, her family announced on social media. Guinness World Records (GWR) also released a statement confirming her ...

Maria Branyas Morera, the world's oldest living person, passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 117, her family announced. Born on March 4, 1907, in California, Branyas lived through two ...

By Emmett Lindner Perry Kurtz, who worked stand-up comedy circuits for decades and appeared on “America’s Got Talent” and “The Late Late Show With James Corden,” died on Thursday night ...

TROY — James J. “Jim” Conroy, who was a long-time Democratic figure in city politics known for his loyalty and optimism, died Wednesday after battling lung cancer. He was 76. Within hours ...

Perry Kurtz, a comedian who appeared on Season 8 of America’s Got Talent as well as on The Late Late Show with James Corden, died Thursday in a hit-and-run in the L.A. neighborhood of Tarzana.

Dr James Liu. Photo / Massey University. Indonesian police are investigating the death of a Kiwi psychology professor who died while snorkelling at a popular beach. Dr James Liu was visiting ...

Wallace "Wally" Amos Jr., the founder of Famous Amos cookies, has died, his family announced Wednesday. He was 88. HONOLULU — Wallace “Wally” Amos, the creator of the cookie empire that took ...