Celebrity Obituaries - Page 29

February 17, 2021

Newt Gingrich: Rush Limbaugh was one of the conservative movement's great heroic figures and a good friend

I knew Rush as a political commentator, a pioneer, and as a personal friend.

February 17, 2021

Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk radio pioneer, dead at 70

Rush Limbaugh, the monumentally influential media icon who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Party, died Wednesday morning at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced.

February 17, 2021

Kayleigh McEnany remembers Rush Limbaugh: ‘I am the definition of a Rush Baby’

Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany remembered Rush Limbaugh, who passed away Wednesday, as someone who “exhibited unrelenting boldness to share the truth,” saying the United States is “better because of him.”

February 17, 2021

Tributes pour in for conservative 'legend' Rush Limbaugh: 'A hero for this country'

Tributes are pouring in for conservative radio giant Rush Limbaugh, who passed away on Wednesday at age 70 after a long battle with lung cancer. 

February 11, 2021

NBC New York reporter Katherine Creag dies suddenly at 47

NBC has not revealed more information surrounding the reporter's death.

February 8, 2021

Republican Texas Rep. Ron Wright dead at 67 after being hospitalized with COVID-19

Rep. Ron Wright, R-Texas, died Sunday at age 67 two weeks after being hospitalized with his wife Susan after testing positive for COVID-19, his office said Monday.

February 7, 2021

George Shultz, former Reagan secretary of state who helped negotiate end of Cold War, dead at 100

Former Secretary of State George Shultz, an influential foreign policy figure during President Ronald Reagan’s administration, died Saturday, on Reagan's birthday, at age 100 at his home in Stanford, California, the Hoover Institution said Sunday.

February 7, 2021

Leon Spinks, boxing legend, dead at 67

Leon Spinks, a former Marine who became a gold-medal Olympic boxer and once defeated Muhammad Ali in a title fight, has died. He was 67.

January 15, 2021

Vice President Pence: The late test pilot Chuck Yeager, first to break sound barrier, makes his last flight

Last Dec. 7, the greatest aviator in American history ascended into the heavens. On Friday, joined by my family on Air Force Two, it will be my honor to accompany the widow and earthly remains of retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, America’s pilot, on his last flight.

January 10, 2021

Nancy Bush Ellis, sister of former President George HW Bush, dead due to COVID-19

Nancy Bush Ellis, sister of President George H.W. Bush and aunt of President George W. Bush, died Sunday at her home in Concord, Mass., due to complications related to COVID-19. She was 94.