Deaths (Obituaries)

Robbie Knievel, a Motorcycle Daredevil Like His Father, Dies at 60

Robbie Knievel, a daredevil performer who soared into the sky on motorcycles, pulling off a series of spectacular airborne stunts like his father, Evel Knievel, died on Friday at his home in Reno, Nev. He was 60. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said his older brother, Kelly Knievel. Mr. Knievel, who was sometimes billed as […]

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Russell Pearce, Fiery Foe of Illegal Immigration, Dies at 75

Mr. Pearce’s crackdown was copied by other states. The United States Supreme Court upheld the state’s requirement that law enforcement officers verify the status of all individuals who were arrested or detained if they had reason to suspect that they were in the country illegally. Mr. Pearce often insisted that he was neither anti-immigrant nor […]

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Adam Rich, Child Star on ‘Eight Is Enough,’ Dies at 54

Adam Rich, a former child actor who starred in the hit television series “Eight Is Enough” in the 1970s and ’80s, then dropped out of show business, dealt with serious depression and later re-emerged as a commentator on mental health, died on Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 54. Danny Deraney, Mr. […]

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Jeff Beck, Guitarist With a Chapter in Rock History, Dies at 78

A notable track on their 1973 debut album, “Beck, Bogert & Appice,” was a version of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition.” But Mr. Beck was dissatisfied with both his band’s version of the song and the band itself, and so, during the recording of a second album, produced by Jimmy Miller, he broke up the group, although […]

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Aaron Carter, Singer, Dies at 34

Aaron Carter, the singer and actor who briefly became a teenage sensation in the early 2000s and who was known for the hit song “I Want Candy,” was found dead on Saturday at his home in Southern California. He was 34. Taylor Helgeson, a representative for Big Umbrella, an entertainment management company, confirmed Mr. Carter’s […]

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Leslie Jordan, ‘Will & Grace’ Actor and Instagram Star, Dies at 67

“I decided I was going to make a real effort to ‘butch it up’ and hide any signs that I was a Big Homo,” he wrote. “The funny thing is, I am, without a doubt, the gayest man I know.” Once he began landing roles, they came quickly, but Mr. Jordan also had substance abuse […]

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Ken Starr, Independent Counsel in Clinton Investigation, Dies at 76

WASHINGTON — Ken Starr, the independent counsel whose investigation uncovered a White House sex scandal that riveted the nation and led to President Bill Clinton’s impeachment for lying under oath and obstructing justice, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Houston. He was 76. His wife, Alice Starr, said he had spent the last 17 […]

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Olivia Newton-John, Pop Singer and ‘Grease’ Star, Dies at 73

Olivia Newton-John, who sang some of the biggest hits of the 1970s and ’80s while recasting her image as the virginal girl next door into a spandex-clad vixen — a transformation reflected in miniature by her starring role in “Grease,” one of the most popular movie musicals of its era — died on Monday at […]

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