 Peter Ford  
PETER FORD School teacher Born: 18 September, 1914, in Co Durham. Died: 27 July, 2007, in Edinburgh, aged 92.
Scotsman 2007-08-10 18:01:42
Lee Hazlewood
LEE HAZLEWOOD Songwriter Born: 9 July, 1929, in Mannford, Oklahoma. Died: 4 August, 2007, in Henderson, Nevada, aged 78.
Scotsman 2007-08-10 18:01:42
Father Tom Allan
FATHER TOM ALLAN Schoolteacher and priest Born: 9 May, 1926, in Edinburgh. Died: 22 July, 2007, in Edinburgh, aged 81.
Scotsman 2007-08-10 18:01:42
Holden Roberto
HOLDEN ROBERTO Politician, CIA agent Born: 12 January, 1923, in Mpanza Congo, Angola. Died: 2 August, 2007, in Luanda...
Scotsman 2007-08-10 18:01:42
Hector Maclean
CHARLES HECTOR MACLEAN, LLB AE*, DL Born: 9 December, 1913, in Glasgow. Died: 19 July 2007, aged 93.
Scotsman 2007-08-10 18:01:42
Air Commodore Paul Webb
AIR COMMODORE PAUL WEBB, CBE, DFC Battle of Britain fighter pilot Born: 10 March, 1918, in Greenock. Died: 10 July, 2...
Scotsman 2007-08-10 18:01:42
Recollections: Timothy Sprigge
Your appreciative obituary of TIMOTHY SPRIGGE (24 July) did not mention the early phase of his career, when he edited...
Scotsman 2007-08-10 18:01:42
John Dunbar
JOHN DUNBAR Singer Born: 9 March, 1926, in Keith, Moray. Died: 19 June, 2007, in Canada, aged 81.
Scotsman 2007-08-10 18:01:42
Tommy Makem
TOMMY MAKEM. Irish folk singer
Scotsman 2007-08-10 18:01:42
Ron Brown
RON BROWN Politician
Scotsman 2007-08-10 18:01:42
Ed Brown, 78, Star for N.F.L.’s Bears, Is Dead
A former quarterback in the National Football League, Ed Brown was a leader of the University of San Francisco’s un...
New York Times 2007-08-10 18:01:06
Chris Schwarz, 59, Dies; Photographer Who Honored Polish ...
Mr. Schwarz, a freelance photographer, roamed the ancient heartland of Polish Jewry to record remnants of a disappear...
New York Times 2007-08-10 18:01:06
Veikko Karvonen, 81, Top Marathoner in the ’50s, Dies
Veikko Karvonen was a Finnish postal clerk who became one of the world’s best marathon runners in the 1950s.
New York Times 2007-08-10 18:01:06
Kai Siegbahn, Swedish Physicist, Dies at 89
Dr. Siegbahn’s work in developing a novel technique using electrons to test the composition and purity of materials...
New York Times 2007-08-10 18:01:06
Jack Cole, Creator of People Locator, Dead at 87
Mr. Cole was a businessman who used early computer technology to sort the world — or at least millions of the peopl...
New York Times 2007-08-10 18:01:06
Baron Elie de Rothschild Is Dead at 90
Baron Elie oversaw the restoration and ascent of the renowned wine estate Château Lafite Rothschild after World War II.
New York Times 2007-08-10 18:01:06
Lee Hazlewood, ‘Boots’ Songwriter, Dies at 78
Lee Hazlewood was the songwriter behind hits by Duane Eddy, Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra, including Ms. Sinatra’...
New York Times 2007-08-10 18:01:06
Jerry Schneider, 87, Pioneer of Indoor Tennis, Dies
Jerry Schneider, a developer and promoter of indoor tennis, built what is said to have been the nation’s first indo...
New York Times 2007-08-10 18:01:06
Sal Mosca, 80, a Jazz Pianist and Teacher, Dies
Sal Mosca’s career began when he played with giants like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaug...
New York Times 2007-08-10 18:01:06
Writer-director Mel Shavelson dies at 90
(AP)
AP - Melville "Mel" Shavelson, who wrote, directed and produced dozens of films with such stars as Lucille Ball, Jimm...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:40
Hong Kong pro-Beijing politician dies
(AP)
AP - Ma Lik, the head of Hong Kong's leading pro-Beijing political party who questioned whether China's Tiananmen Squ...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:40
Ex-MGM chief Rosenfelt dies
(AP)
AP - Frank Rosenfelt, who as chairman and CEO of MGM Studios helped green-light such classic movies as "Network" and ...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:40
Songwriter Lee Hazlewood dies at 78
(AP)
AP - Lee Hazlewood, a singer and songwriter best known for writing and producing "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" f...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:40
Baron Elie Robert de Rothschild dies
(AP)
AP - Baron Elie Robert de Rothschild, who helped France's renowned Rothschild winemaking and banking dynasty recover ...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:40
Romanian musician Florian Pittis dies
(AP)
AP - Actor and folk musician Florian Pittis, who helped popularize Western rock bands in communist Romania, has died ...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:40
Cuban former crime boss dies in US
(AFP)
AFP - Jose Miguel Battle, a former godfather of the Cuban-American mob who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion, ...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:40
French cardinal Lustiger dies
(AP)
AP - Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, a Jew who converted to Catholicism and rose through church hierarchy to become one...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:40
Willie Grant
WILLIE GRANT. Highland League's prolific goal-scorer
Scotsman 2007-08-06 18:01:34
Holden Roberto Dies at 84; Fought to Free Angola From Por...
Mr. Roberto founded Angola’s first nationalist movement, which eventually helped win the country’s independence f...
New York Times 2007-08-06 18:01:00
Robert E. Keeton, 87, Author of Influential Law Treatises...
Mr. Keeton was a former federal judge and Harvard law professor who wrote widely influential treatises on tort law, c...
New York Times 2007-08-06 18:01:00
Fannie Hillsmith, Distinctly American Cubist, Dies at 96
Fannie Hillsmith was a late-blooming Cubist painter.
New York Times 2007-08-06 18:01:00
Oliver Boileau, 80, Aerospace Executive, Is Dead
Mr. Boileau held leadership positions at Boeing, General Dynamics and Northrup Gruman and worked on projects ranging ...
New York Times 2007-08-06 18:01:00
Tommy Makem, 74, Hero of Irish Folk Music, Dies
Mr. Makem introduced a raucous, revolutionary take on time-honored Irish folk music, first in the United States and t...
New York Times 2007-08-06 18:01:00
Thaddeus E. Owens, 88, Who Was Judge in Racially Tense Ca...
Justice Owens was best known for presiding over the series of trials stemming from the murder of Yusuf K. Hawkins on ...
New York Times 2007-08-06 18:01:00
Leonard Lief, 83, an Educator and a Lehman College Presid...
Dr. Lief was the first president of Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York.
New York Times 2007-08-06 18:01:00
French cardinal Lustiger dies at 80
(AP)
AP - Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, a Jew who converted to Catholicism and rose through church hierarchy to become one...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-06 18:00:34
Civil rights attorney Oliver Hill dies
(AP)
AP - Oliver W. Hill, a civil rights lawyer who was at the front of the legal effort that desegregated public schools,...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-06 18:00:34
Obituaries in the news
(AP)
AP - Art Davis
Yahoo! News 2007-08-06 18:00:34
Double bassist Art Davis dies at 73
(AP)
AP - Art Davis, the renowned double bassist who played with John Coltrane and other jazz greats, has died. He was 73.
Yahoo! News 2007-08-06 18:00:34
|
|
|
