The bassist helped create the gritty Memphis sound.Read more

Mort Lindsey, a composer and jazz pianist who was a music director for Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland, has died. He was 89.Read more

Pioneering female pilot and Guinness world record holder Evelyn Bryan Johnson has died in Tennessee. She was 102.Read more

His signature sharp-angled women's bob became popular worldwide.Read more

His work overturned the previously staid tradition of American children's literature.Read more

Henri Perrier, an aeronautical engineer who ran the supersonic Concorde program from 1976 until 1989 and was a test engineer for the plane, riding on its first flight in 1969, died at age 82 after a long illness.Read more

He also played the character on "Mayberry RFD" and "Hee Haw."Read more

He lifted game's appeal, but his image was tarnished by an assault conviction.Read more

He wrote or co-wrote more than a dozen books, including a biography of William Randolph Hearst.Read more

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He ran a memorial park and funeral home company for decades.Read more