Famous People Obituaries

Famous People Obituaries help to make their lives and work a little closer to the rest of us. When famous people pass away, it can be a shock to the community because their life and work as touched many people far and near. Here are selected Famous People's Obituaries.

Football Legend, TV Star Merlin Olsen Dies
11 Mar 2010 at 4:05pm
The Hall of Fame defensive lineman went on to a successful career in sports broadcasting an...

Remembering Actor Corey Haim
10 Mar 2010 at 3:00pm
Actor Corey Haim died in California at the age of 38. The Canadian-born actor rose to fame ...

Campaign Finance Activist Granny D Dies At 100
10 Mar 2010 at 4:00am
Doris "Granny D" Haddock, the New Hampshire woman who walked across the country at age 89 t...

WASP: Women With Wings In WWII
9 Mar 2010 at 12:17am
About 1,100 young women flew military aircraft stateside during World War II as part of a p...

Sparklehorse Singer Mark Linkous Remembered
8 Mar 2010 at 3:00pm
The creative force behind the band Sparklehorse took his own life Saturday in Knoxville, Te...

Barry Hannah: A Southern Literary Force Dies At 67
4 Mar 2010 at 12:00pm
Novelist Barry Hannah died earlier this week. A native of Mississippi, Hannah won the Willi...

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Raymond Mason: Artist celebrated for his sculptures in relief ...
11 Mar 2010 at 7:00pm
One of the most distinctive artists of the past 60 years, Raymond Mason is best known for h...

Ruby Hunter: Pioneering Aboriginal singer and songwriter
11 Mar 2010 at 7:00pm
As the first Aboriginal woman to make a solo recording, Ruby Hunter was a role model for ma...

David Ross: Historian and authority on Sir William Wallace
10 Mar 2010 at 7:00pm
David Robertson Ross, a passionately patriotic Scot, specialised as a writer and historian ...

John Prevett: Actuary who played a crucial role in winning com...
10 Mar 2010 at 7:00pm
For more than 40 years John Prevett was known as the Labour councillor who struggled to tin...

Mark Linkous: Troubled singer and songwriter who recorded as S...
10 Mar 2010 at 7:00pm
Hiding behind the name Sparklehorse, the American singer-songwriter Mark Linkous made affec...