Celebrity Obituaries - Page 28

March 9, 2021

Roger Mudd, longtime network TV newsman, dies at 93

During more than 30 years on network television, starting with CBS in 1961, Mudd covered Congress, elections and political conventions and was a frequent anchor and contributor to various specials.

March 6, 2021

Mark Pavelich, 1980 ‘Miracle on Ice’ Team USA gold-medal winner, dead at 63

Mark Pavelich, a member of the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" U.S. Olympic hockey team who spent the bulk of his seven-year NHL career with the Rangers, was found dead at a treatment facility in central Minnesota.

March 2, 2021

Kathryn Limbaugh gives update after late husband Rush Limbaugh laid to rest

Kathryn Limbaugh, the widow of conservative talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh, is speaking out about the funeral that was held in her husband's honor and her future plans.

March 2, 2021

Vernon Jordan, ex-Clinton adviser and civil rights activist, dead at 85

The longtime civil rights leader Vernon Jordan, who became a close friend and adviser to both Bill and Hillary Clinton and played a key role during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, died Monday evening at age 85.

February 20, 2021

Famed ‘Charging Bull’ sculptor Arturo Di Modica dead at 80

Arturo Di Modica — the sculptor of the famed "Charging Bull" statue in Wall Street — died in his home in Italy Friday. He was 80.

February 17, 2021

MSNBC's Joy Reid: Rush Limbaugh 'used his Black sidekick' Bo Snerdley as 'cover' to do 'outright racist stuff'

MSNBC host Joy Reid claimed Wednesday night that conservative talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh "used" his longtime producer to get away with saying "racist" things.

February 17, 2021

Peabody Awards executive director trashes Limbaugh, says he made hatred, violent rhetoric 'acceptable'

The executive director of the famed Peabody Awards trashed Rush Limbaugh in a bitter Twitter tirade toward the conservative radio icon, who died on Wednesday at age 70. 

February 17, 2021

Media bashes Rush Limbaugh in obituaries as 'bigoted' 'provocateur' who 'hijacked the GOP'

The mainstream media largely portrayed conservative talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh in a negative light in obituaries published following Wednesday's announcement of his death.

February 17, 2021

Paul Batura: Rush Limbaugh changed conservative radio – and me

I met the legendary and revolutionary conservative talk show host in person just one time. But like millions of his listeners, we’ve spent the last 33 years together.

February 17, 2021

Twitter liberals celebrate Rush Limbaugh's death: 'I'm glad' he lived long enough to 'get cancer and die'

While conservatives across the nation mourned the loss of talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh Wednesday, liberals on Twitter celebrated the announcement of his death.