by Jim Heath | Jul 18, 2020 | Headlines, Obit, Race
Civil rights icon John Lewis, whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers at Selma in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, has died at the age of 80 after battling pancreatic cancer. The Georgia congressman had been battling stage 4 pancreatic...
by Jim Heath | Jul 12, 2020 | Entertainment, Obit
John Travolta’s wife Kelly Preston has died of breast cancer aged 57. The actor confirmed her death in an Instagram post overnight Sunday, writing: ‘It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle...
by Jim Heath | Jul 7, 2020 | Headlines, Obit
Mary Kay Letourneau, the former Seattle middle school teacher who was convicted of raping a sixth-grade student in the 1990s that she later married, has died. The 58-year-old passed away at home late on Monday after a quiet nine-month battle with stage four colon...
by Jim Heath | Apr 8, 2020 | Headlines, Obit
Linda Tripp died this morning with her husband and daughter at her bedside. She was 70. Tripp, whose taped conversations with Monica Lewinsky nearly brought down the Clinton presidency, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer less than a week ago when she took herself to...
by Jim Heath | Mar 3, 2020 | Headlines, Obit
Former CNN host Bobbie Battista died today after a four-year battle with cervical cancer, a spokesperson for her family confirmed. Her husband John Brimelow described her as the ‘consummate trooper’ who was ‘thoughtful for all the others in her...
