by Jim Heath | Nov 2, 2019 | Entertainment, Reality TV
Rudy Boesch, one of the first contestants to ever appear on Survivor, has died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 91. Boesch, a former Navy Seal, was cast on the inaugural season of the long-running reality show in 2000. Then 72, Boesch finished the...
by Jim Heath | Oct 27, 2019 | Congress, Headlines
Representative John Conyers Jr., an advocate of liberal causes for five decades and the longest-serving African-American in the history of Congress, died at his home in Detroit today. He was 90. Conyers was the only member of the House Judiciary Committee to...
by Jim Heath | Sep 17, 2019 | Headlines
Renowned ABC News journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts has died at the age of 75. Roberts won countless awards, including three Emmys, throughout her decades-long career. She has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame and was cited by...
by Jim Heath | Jul 11, 2019 | Entertainment, Headlines
Denise Nickerson, the child star who played Violet Beauregarde in the Gene Wilder-starring film adaptation Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, died tonight. Nickerson was taken off life support Tuesday night after she suffered a seizure. Her family said several...
by Jim Heath | Jul 9, 2019 | Headlines, History
Ross Perot, the wiry Texas gadfly who made a fortune in computer services, amazed the nation with audacious paramilitary missions to Vietnam and Iran, and ran for president in 1992 and 1996 with populist talk of restoring Norman Rockwell’s America, died today at his...
