Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2279 Obituaries en-us Thu, 08 May 2008 23:27:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2279 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_en_mu/obit_arnold ap/20080508/obit_arnold AP Thu, 08 May 2008 23:27:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_en_mu/obit_arnold"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.08a4e1d31f734605a31ff15727ec5465.obit_arnold_ny118.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=T2caL1SAfFTvEuiwlJK7cg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="** In this Jan. 18, 2002 file photo, country music legend Eddy Arnold is shown in his memorabilia-filled office in Brentwood, Tenn. Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville Thursday morning May 8, 2008. He was 89. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_en_mu/obit_arnold"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.08a4e1d31f734605a31ff15727ec5465.obit_arnold_ny118.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=T2caL1SAfFTvEuiwlJK7cg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="** In this Jan. 18, 2002 file photo, country music legend Eddy Arnold is shown in his memorabilia-filled office in Brentwood, Tenn. Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville Thursday morning May 8, 2008. He was 89. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey,File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_us/obit_hargrove ap/20080508/obit_hargrove AP Thu, 08 May 2008 16:42:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_us/obit_hargrove"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.ffc36b127fde4067a64ac7f0d0c6fa9a.obit_hargrove_ny152.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=bqoXhch9iFW.QwRpt.wWWA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="In this June 18, 2006 file photo, 105-year-old bowler Bill Hargrove reacts at the Yonah Bowl & Skate lanes in Cleveland, Ga. Hargrove died Monday May 8, 2008 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Atlanta of congestive heart failure, just four days shy of his 107th birthday. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - But he kept at it, armed with a mental image of them. He was still bowling last week, just before he was hospitalized and died Monday of congestive heart failure — four days shy of turning 107.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_us/obit_hargrove"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.ffc36b127fde4067a64ac7f0d0c6fa9a.obit_hargrove_ny152.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=bqoXhch9iFW.QwRpt.wWWA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 18, 2006 file photo, 105-year-old bowler Bill Hargrove reacts at the Yonah Bowl & Skate lanes in Cleveland, Ga. Hargrove died Monday May 8, 2008 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Atlanta of congestive heart failure, just four days shy of his 107th birthday. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_us/deaths ap/20080508/deaths AP Thu, 08 May 2008 01:05:22 GMT AP - Joseph Graham http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_us/obit_robbins ap/20080506/obit_robbins AP Tue, 06 May 2008 23:43:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_us/obit_robbins"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080506/capt.8957a12aa1624bb085e7551c5c764d4c.obit_robbins_la105.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=pOvwjx5q.igxetF5C_HhbQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="This undated photo released courtesy of Marsha Veit shows her father Irvine Robbins, co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins chain that famously offered 31 flavors of ice cream. Robbins died in his sleep Monday, May 6, 2008, at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 90. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Robbins Family)" border="0" /></a>AP - Irvine Robbins, who as co-founder of Baskin-Robbins brought Rocky Road, Pralines 'n Cream and other exotic ice cream concoctions to every corner of America, has died at age 90. Robbins had been ill for some time and died Monday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., said his daughter Marsha Veit.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_us/obit_robbins"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080506/capt.8957a12aa1624bb085e7551c5c764d4c.obit_robbins_la105.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=pOvwjx5q.igxetF5C_HhbQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="This undated photo released courtesy of Marsha Veit shows her father Irvine Robbins, co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins chain that famously offered 31 flavors of ice cream. Robbins died in his sleep Monday, May 6, 2008, at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 90. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Robbins Family)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_en_ot/obit_key ap/20080506/obit_key AP Tue, 06 May 2008 01:08:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_en_ot/obit_key"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080505/capt.597404a77655437f964e39dd2faa79c2.obit_key_ny124.jpg?x=101&y=130&q=85&sig=BOeh9mKM5xFKzmSh5ThUiQ--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="In this undated photo provided by the Key family, Cartoonist Ted Key, whose comic strip 'Hazel' about a bossy maid went from magazine page to TV screen, has died. He was 95. Key died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Tredyffrin Township after a 1½-year battle with cancer, his son Peter Key said Monday. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Key Family)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cartoonist Ted Key, whose comic strip "Hazel" about a bossy maid went from magazine page to TV screen, has died. He was 95.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_en_ot/obit_key"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080505/capt.597404a77655437f964e39dd2faa79c2.obit_key_ny124.jpg?x=101&y=130&q=85&sig=BOeh9mKM5xFKzmSh5ThUiQ--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="photo" title="In this undated photo provided by the Key family, Cartoonist Ted Key, whose comic strip 'Hazel' about a bossy maid went from magazine page to TV screen, has died. He was 95. Key died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Tredyffrin Township after a 1½-year battle with cancer, his son Peter Key said Monday. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Key Family)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/obit_vesco ap/20080506/obit_vesco AP Tue, 06 May 2008 00:35:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/obit_vesco"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080505/capt.cdd4204470524f8e91061c4bd0cbb173.obit_vesco_ny116.jpg?x=76&y=130&q=85&sig=ZBkIF949jrNLn8046Sh5vg--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="In this Aug. 2, 1996 file photo file photo, American fugitive Robert Lee Vesco, center, leaves a Cuban court in Havana, Cuba. Vesco, the American fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to the brothers of U.S. presidents, died on Nov. 23, 2007 in Cuba, according to a burial record at Havana's Colon Cemetery (AP Photo/Canadian Press, Jose Goitia)" border="0" /></a>AP - Robert Vesco, the American fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to the families of U.S. presidents, died in Cuba and was buried almost six months ago, according to an official document.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/obit_vesco"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080505/capt.cdd4204470524f8e91061c4bd0cbb173.obit_vesco_ny116.jpg?x=76&y=130&q=85&sig=ZBkIF949jrNLn8046Sh5vg--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="photo" title="In this Aug. 2, 1996 file photo file photo, American fugitive Robert Lee Vesco, center, leaves a Cuban court in Havana, Cuba. Vesco, the American fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to the brothers of U.S. presidents, died on Nov. 23, 2007 in Cuba, according to a burial record at Havana's Colon Cemetery (AP Photo/Canadian Press, Jose Goitia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_en_ot/obit_colt ap/20080505/obit_colt AP Mon, 05 May 2008 22:27:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_en_ot/obit_colt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080505/capt.41ac3c92b1fb48c296156ed3bc0d25ac.obit_colt_nyet265.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=O088Uxpvv0Y3MFjS5dG4ag--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="In this July 13, 2006 file photo, Broadway costume designer Alvin Colt, 90, is shown, in New York. Colt, a Tony-winning costume designer whose work spanned more than 60 years of theater from 'On the Town' to the 'Forbidden Broadway' revues, has died at the age of 92. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Alvin Colt, a Tony-winning costume designer whose work spanned more than 60 years of theater from "On the Town" to the "Forbidden Broadway" revues, has died at 92.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_en_ot/obit_colt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080505/capt.41ac3c92b1fb48c296156ed3bc0d25ac.obit_colt_nyet265.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=O088Uxpvv0Y3MFjS5dG4ag--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this July 13, 2006 file photo, Broadway costume designer Alvin Colt, 90, is shown, in New York. Colt, a Tony-winning costume designer whose work spanned more than 60 years of theater from 'On the Town' to the 'Forbidden Broadway' revues, has died at the age of 92. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_us/obit_loving ap/20080505/obit_loving AP Mon, 05 May 2008 20:17:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_us/obit_loving"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080505/capt.da9f38fa96fa41a18183f28e262d4ebb.obit_loving_ny109.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=Bnu2BsOkJKd72mQOMUg8Iw--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Mildred Loving and her husband Richard P Loving are shown in this January 26, 1965 file photograph, Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling, died Friday, May 2, 2008 at her home in rural Milford, her daughter said Monday, May 5, 2008. She was 68. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_us/obit_loving"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080505/capt.da9f38fa96fa41a18183f28e262d4ebb.obit_loving_ny109.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=Bnu2BsOkJKd72mQOMUg8Iw--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="Mildred Loving and her husband Richard P Loving are shown in this January 26, 1965 file photograph, Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling, died Friday, May 2, 2008 at her home in rural Milford, her daughter said Monday, May 5, 2008. She was 68. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080503/wl_afp/spainpolitics afp/20080503/spainpolitics AFP Sat, 03 May 2008 19:00:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080503/wl_afp/spainpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080503/capt.cps.nbq22.030508205943.photo00.photo.default-512x375.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=r7O3o7icZGQDUChXIkpOhA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="This picture taken on February 11, 1981 in Madrid shows Spanish Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo giving an interview. Calvo Sotelo - whose parliamentary inauguration in 1981 was dramatically interrupted by a coup attempt -- died Saturday aged 82, his family announced.(AFP/Europa Press/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Spain's former prime minister Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo - whose parliamentary inauguration in 1981 was dramatically interrupted by a coup attempt -- died Saturday aged 82, his family announced.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080503/wl_afp/spainpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080503/capt.cps.nbq22.030508205943.photo00.photo.default-512x375.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=r7O3o7icZGQDUChXIkpOhA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="This picture taken on February 11, 1981 in Madrid shows Spanish Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo giving an interview. Calvo Sotelo - whose parliamentary inauguration in 1981 was dramatically interrupted by a coup attempt -- died Saturday aged 82, his family announced.(AFP/Europa Press/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080503/wl_nm/spain_primeminister_dc nm/20080503/spain_primeminister_dc Reuters Sat, 03 May 2008 14:56:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080503/wl_nm/spain_primeminister_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080503/2008_05_03t105218_450x252_us_spain_primeminister.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=Nbo6Avr_E_mNYY0BDMkSXw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="File photo shows former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar (2ndL) talking to his predecessors Felipe Gonzalez (R), Adolfo Suarez and Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo (L) at the official residence of the prime minister, on June 13 1997. Former Spanish Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, whose appointment ceremony in 1981 was interrupted by a coup attempt, died on Saturday at the age of 82, his son said. (Sergio Perez/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Former Spanish Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, whose appointment ceremony in 1981 was interrupted by a coup attempt, died on Saturday at the age of 82, his son said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080503/wl_nm/spain_primeminister_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080503/2008_05_03t105218_450x252_us_spain_primeminister.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=Nbo6Avr_E_mNYY0BDMkSXw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo shows former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar (2ndL) talking to his predecessors Felipe Gonzalez (R), Adolfo Suarez and Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo (L) at the official residence of the prime minister, on June 13 1997. Former Spanish Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, whose appointment ceremony in 1981 was interrupted by a coup attempt, died on Saturday at the age of 82, his son said. (Sergio Perez/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_en_mu/obit_jim_hager ap/20080502/obit_jim_hager AP Fri, 02 May 2008 18:16:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_en_mu/obit_jim_hager"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080502/capt.6067528badaf487b8e49d80406e9c06d.obit_hager_ny125.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=EolzV4nuiZ_0GBUguc4tdg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Singers Jim Hager, left, Roy Clark, center, and Jon Hager arrive at the 5th Annual TV Land Awards, Saturday, April 14, 2007 in Santa Monica, Calif. Jim Hager, one of the Hager Twins who satirized country living with cornball one-liners on the country music and variety show 'Hee Haw,' died Thursday May 2, 2008 in Nashville. He was 66. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)" border="0" /></a>AP - Jim Hager, one of the Hager Twins who satirized country life with cornball one-liners on TV's "Hee Haw," died in Nashville, the show's producer said Friday. He was 66.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_en_mu/obit_jim_hager"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080502/capt.6067528badaf487b8e49d80406e9c06d.obit_hager_ny125.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=EolzV4nuiZ_0GBUguc4tdg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="Singers Jim Hager, left, Roy Clark, center, and Jon Hager arrive at the 5th Annual TV Land Awards, Saturday, April 14, 2007 in Santa Monica, Calif. Jim Hager, one of the Hager Twins who satirized country living with cornball one-liners on the country music and variety show 'Hee Haw,' died Thursday May 2, 2008 in Nashville. He was 66. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_eu/obit_von_boeselager ap/20080502/obit_von_boeselager AP Fri, 02 May 2008 14:58:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_eu/obit_von_boeselager"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080502/capt.dc339fe7f6f948dc96cf4397df73641c.germany_obit_von_boeselager_fra109.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=5.Pv9JP1xwp9fSbdYpcy8w--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="A July 20, 2004 file photo shows Philipp Baron von Boeselager, right, one of the last surviving members of the inner circle around Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg that attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in a bomb attack, is accompanied by his wife Rosy Baroness von Boeselager as they visit the memorial site for the victims of the Hitler Dictatorship in Berlin Ploetzensee on the 60th anniversary of the failed assassination attempt. Von Boeselager died at the age of 90 overnight Thursday, May 1, 2008, sources close to the family confirmed on Friday, May 2, 2008. (AP Photo/ Jan Bauer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, believed to be the last surviving member of the inner circle of plotters who attempted to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944 with a briefcase bomb, has died. He was 90.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_eu/obit_von_boeselager"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080502/capt.dc339fe7f6f948dc96cf4397df73641c.germany_obit_von_boeselager_fra109.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=5.Pv9JP1xwp9fSbdYpcy8w--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="A July 20, 2004 file photo shows Philipp Baron von Boeselager, right, one of the last surviving members of the inner circle around Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg that attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in a bomb attack, is accompanied by his wife Rosy Baroness von Boeselager as they visit the memorial site for the victims of the Hitler Dictatorship in Berlin Ploetzensee on the 60th anniversary of the failed assassination attempt. Von Boeselager died at the age of 90 overnight Thursday, May 1, 2008, sources close to the family confirmed on Friday, May 2, 2008. (AP Photo/ Jan Bauer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_us/deaths_corrective ap/20080502/deaths_corrective AP Fri, 02 May 2008 12:52:51 GMT AP - In obituaries on April 22 and April 23 for singer Joe Feeney of "The Lawrence Welk Show," The Associated Press, relying on information from his son, erroneously reported that Feeney was a starting quarterback for the University of Nebraska football team. The university says Feeney attended the school in the early 1950s, but never played football for the team. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_us/obit_german ap/20080502/obit_german AP Fri, 02 May 2008 12:37:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_us/obit_german"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080502/capt.86d1e78971dc43b5948e2cbeaf6fcc86.iraq_us_deaths_merlin_german_ny111.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=liowD7WIKNTQEbJJNuilbw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Marine Sgt. Merlin German, poses following during his promotion ceremony at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, May 21, 2007. German, 22, from Manhattan, N.Y.; died April 11, 2008 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas from wounds suffered during combat in Anbar province on Feb. 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Marine sergeant who became a symbol of resilience as he strove to recover from a roadside bomb blast in Iraq that blanketed 97 percent of his body with burns has died, the Defense Department said. He was 22.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_re_us/obit_german"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080502/capt.86d1e78971dc43b5948e2cbeaf6fcc86.iraq_us_deaths_merlin_german_ny111.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=liowD7WIKNTQEbJJNuilbw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="Marine Sgt. Merlin German, poses following during his promotion ceremony at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, May 21, 2007. German, 22, from Manhattan, N.Y.; died April 11, 2008 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas from wounds suffered during combat in Anbar province on Feb. 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, FILE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_en_mu/obit_brant ap/20080501/obit_brant AP Thu, 01 May 2008 02:45:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_en_mu/obit_brant"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080430/capt.d0c84bdb4c1f47bd87f3f7b74dcefc27.obit_brant_la108.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=H7YXrSDBdAvtY8J96yCWQQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This image provided by Kathy Wilkowski shows composer Henry Brant in Santa Barbara, Calif., May 1999. Brant, an adventurous American composer best known for his spatial music, died on April 26, 2008 at his home in Santa Barbara. (AP Photo/courtesy of Kathy Wilkowski)" border="0" /></a>AP - Henry Brant, an avant-garde composer whose works placed dozens and sometimes hundreds of musicians throughout a concert hall — and sometimes throughout an entire city — has died. He was 94.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_en_mu/obit_brant"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080430/capt.d0c84bdb4c1f47bd87f3f7b74dcefc27.obit_brant_la108.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=H7YXrSDBdAvtY8J96yCWQQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="This image provided by Kathy Wilkowski shows composer Henry Brant in Santa Barbara, Calif., May 1999. Brant, an adventurous American composer best known for his spatial music, died on April 26, 2008 at his home in Santa Barbara. (AP Photo/courtesy of Kathy Wilkowski)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_eu/obit_hofmann ap/20080430/obit_hofmann AP Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:09:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_eu/obit_hofmann"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080430/capt.788918c9e58b4598ae26b3486fa8623b.switzerland_obit_hofmann_bas111.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=UHdGKP1c3b15ZR5aXrI.og--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="In this Jan. 13, 2006 file photo, Albert Hofmann, discoverer of the mind-altering drug LSD and former head of the research department of Swiss chemical company Sandoz, takes part in a international symposium in Basel, Switzerland. Hofmann has died aged 102, officials of the town of Burg, Switzerland, confirmed. Albert Hofmann discovered LSD by coincidence over 60 years ago. (AP Photo/Keystone, Patrick Straub)" border="0" /></a>AP - Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery inspired — and arguably corrupted — millions in the 1960s hippie generation, has died. He was 102.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_eu/obit_hofmann"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080430/capt.788918c9e58b4598ae26b3486fa8623b.switzerland_obit_hofmann_bas111.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=UHdGKP1c3b15ZR5aXrI.og--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Jan. 13, 2006 file photo, Albert Hofmann, discoverer of the mind-altering drug LSD and former head of the research department of Swiss chemical company Sandoz, takes part in a international symposium in Basel, Switzerland. Hofmann has died aged 102, officials of the town of Burg, Switzerland, confirmed. Albert Hofmann discovered LSD by coincidence over 60 years ago. (AP Photo/Keystone, Patrick Straub)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_re_as/obit_bo_yang ap/20080429/obit_bo_yang AP Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:15:21 GMT AP - Taiwanese essayist Bo Yang, who infuriated both Nationalist and Communist authorities with his tart critiques of abusive leaders and antidemocratic behavior, died Tuesday of lung disease in Taipei. He was 88. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080427/ap_on_re_mi_ea/obit_exodus_commander ap/20080427/obit_exodus_commander AP Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:16:25 GMT AP - Yossi Harel, the ship commander whose attempt to bring Holocaust survivors to Palestine aboard the Exodus 1947 built support for Israel's founding, died on Saturday. He was 90. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080412/en_afp/irelandpoliticseupeople afp/20080412/irelandpoliticseupeople AFP Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:49:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080412/en_afp/irelandpoliticseupeople"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080412/capt.cps.mwt45.120408204824.photo00.photo.default-382x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=4qaxQ4l0FdYcxUANz3jM7g--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Former Irish President Patrick Hillery, seen here in July 2005 at Government Buildings in Dublin, has died aged 84 after a short illness, the government announced Saturday.(AFP/NEWSFILE/FIle/Barry Cronin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Former Irish president Patrick Hillery has died aged 84 after a short illness, the government announced Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080412/en_afp/irelandpoliticseupeople"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080412/capt.cps.mwt45.120408204824.photo00.photo.default-382x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=4qaxQ4l0FdYcxUANz3jM7g--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="Former Irish President Patrick Hillery, seen here in July 2005 at Government Buildings in Dublin, has died aged 84 after a short illness, the government announced Saturday.(AFP/NEWSFILE/FIle/Barry Cronin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)