Sylvester Turner, Sworn In as U.S. Representative in January, Dies at 70
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Sylvester Turner, Sworn In as U.S. Representative in January, Dies at 70

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Sylvester Turner, a former mayor of Houston who was sworn in as a U.S. representative in January, died on Tuesday night in Washington. He was 70 and had been in attendance at the president’s speech on Capitol Hill. His death was announced on…

Peter Sichel, Wine Merchant With a Cloak-and-Dagger Past, Dies at 102
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Peter Sichel, Wine Merchant With a Cloak-and-Dagger Past, Dies at 102

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Refugee, prisoner, wine merchant, spy: Peter Sichel was many things in his long, colorful life, but he was probably most often identified as the man who made Blue Nun one of the most popular wines in the world in the 1970s and ’80s….

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s Husband of Nearly 60 Years, Dies at 82
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Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s Husband of Nearly 60 Years, Dies at 82

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Carl Dean, an asphalt paver who met his future wife, Dolly Parton, outside a Nashville laundromat more than six decades ago and quietly championed her as she rose to superstardom, died on Monday. He was 82. Ms. Parton announced his death in a…

Angie Stone, Hip-Hop Pioneer Turned Neo-Soul Singer, Dies at 63
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Angie Stone, Hip-Hop Pioneer Turned Neo-Soul Singer, Dies at 63

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Angie Stone, a hip-hop pioneer in the late 1970s with the Sequence, one of the first all-female rap groups, who later switched gears as a solo R&B star with hits like “No More Rain (In This Cloud)” and “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,”…

Hazel N. Dukes, Longtime Civil Rights Stalwart, Dies at 92
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Hazel N. Dukes, Longtime Civil Rights Stalwart, Dies at 92

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hazel N. Dukes, an early and unwavering crusader for civil rights who survived personal, professional and political setbacks to serve for nearly a half-century as the perennial president of New York State’s N.A.A.C.P., died on Saturday at her home in Harlem. She was…

David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75
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David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines David Johansen, the singer and songwriter who was at the vanguard of glam rock and punk as the frontman of the New York Dolls, died yesterday at his home on Staten Island. He was 75. His death was confirmed by his stepdaughter, Leah…

Gene Hackman, Hollywood’s Consummate Everyman, Dies at 95
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Gene Hackman, Hollywood’s Consummate Everyman, Dies at 95

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Gene Hackman, who never fit the mold of a Hollywood movie star, but who became one all the same, playing seemingly ordinary characters with deceptive subtlety, intensity and often charm in some of the most noted films of the 1970s and ’80s, has…

Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy’ Actress, Dies at 39
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Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy’ Actress, Dies at 39

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Michelle Trachtenberg, a touchstone of millennial youth culture who grew up onscreen, rising to fame as a troubled teenager on the supernatural 1990s series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and as a conniving young socialite on “Gossip Girl,” was found dead on Wednesday in…

Al Trautwig, a Mainstay in the TV Booth at Madison Square Garden, Dies at 68
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Al Trautwig, a Mainstay in the TV Booth at Madison Square Garden, Dies at 68

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Al Trautwig, who brought sports fans along with him to New York’s Canyon of Heroes, champagne-doused locker rooms and the medal podium at the Olympics over a broadcast career that spanned more than three decades, died at his home on Long Island on…