Basketball Hall Of Famer Al Cervi Dead At 92

Rochester, NY (AHN) - Basketball Hall of Famer Al Cervi, a pro basketball star who coached the Syracuse Nationals to the 1955 NBA championship, died Monday in a hospice in Rochester. He was 92. A Buffalo native, Cervi, ... continue

Soupy Sales Dead At 83

Comedian, actor, and radio-TV personality Soupy Sales has died of a "series of ailments" in New York at the age of 83. Born in Franklinton, North Carolina, Soupy Sales served in the Navy in the final years of ... continue

NYC-area DJ Mr. Magic dies of heart attack

Mr. Magic, an influential NYC DJ who has been namechecked on tracks by Nas, Biggie and Tupac, has died of a heart attack. Alongside Marley Marl, Mr. Magic began hosting the first all hip-hop radio show ("Rap Attack") ... continue

Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women Fiddler Amy Farris Dead

Amy Farris, a fiddler with the Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women was found dead from suspected suicide in her Los Angeles home over the weekend aged 40. Farris, an Austin Texas native, had performed extensively with ... continue

Financier Finn Casperson dead in apparent suicide

Ex-CEO of Beneficial Corp. Finn H.W. Casperson was found dead in an apparent suicide behind an office building in Westerly, Rhode Island. Casperson, 67, was discovered dead of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound on September ... continue

Robert Novak dead at 78

Political commentator Robert Novak has died after a long battle with a brain cancer at the age of 78. Although a conservative through and through, Novak battled all sides of politics through a career that spanned over 50 ... continue

Naomi Sims dead at 61

Naomi Sims, regarded as the first African American supermodel, has died aged 61 after a long battle with cancer. Sims became one of the first really successful African American models, becoming the first African American to grace the ... continue

Baatin of Slum Village has died

Titus Glover, also known as Baatin, founder of acclaimed rap act Slum Village has died. Baatin's death was confirmed by the Detroit Free Press. No details are available as to when or how the rapper died. News of ... continue

CT Hippie “Gathering of the Vibes” turns deadly

Mellow was critically harshed at this weekend's "Gathering of the Vibes" concert in Bridgeport, CT when a 29-year-old male concertgoer was found dead near a large communal campsite. The body was uncovered early Sunday morning at the location ... continue

Author E. Lynn Harris dead at 54

African-American author E. Lynn Harris, best known for introducing the concept of 'on the down-low" to the wider community has died in Los Angeles at the age of 54. Originally a salesman for IBM, Harris was unable to ... continue

iPhone prototype loss prompts worker suicide

Reports are surfacing that a young Chinese worked has killed himself after losing track of a next-generation iPhone prototype. 25-year-old Sun Danyong reportedly leapt to his death last Thursday from his 12th floor apartment. The young man was ... continue

Author Frank McCourt dies aged 78

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt has died after a long battle with malignant melanoma with meningeal involvement at the age of 78. McCourt, a former New York school teacher started his writing career late in life, penning ... continue