Jun 20, 2022; San Francisco, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors former player and coach Al Attles waves during the Golden State Warriors championship parade in downtown San Francisco. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports Hall of Fame member Al Attles, a physical point guard known as “The Destroyer” who later became an NBA champion coach…
Feb 12, 2023; Glendale, AZ, USA; A general view of the Kansas City Chiefs logo in the end zone before Super Bowl LVII against the Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Former AFL MVP Abner Haynes, a star running back and returner in the 1960s, died Thursday. He was…
Apr 3, 2024; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Detailed view of the Orlando Magic logo against the New Orleans Pelicans during the second half at Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports Pat Williams, Orlando Magic co-founder and basketball Hall of Famer, died on Wednesday. He was 84. Williams died of complications from viral…
Alabama State assistant coach Jacoby Jones during ASU s Black and Gold Spring Game at Hornet Stadium in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday April 15, 2023. Asu13 Former NFL wide receiver and special teams player Jacoby Jones has died, three days after his 40th birthday. No cause of death has been revealed. His passing was confirmed…
Nov 18, 2023; Tempe, Arizona, USA; Oregon Ducks defensive back Khyree Jackson (5) against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Mountain America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Cornerback Khyree Jackson, a fourth-round pick by the Minnesota Vikings in April’s draft, was killed early Saturday in a three-car crash that left three people…
V. Craig Jordan, a pharmacologist whose discovery that a failed contraceptive, tamoxifen, could block the growth of breast cancer cells opened up a whole new class of drugs and helped save the lives of millions of women, died on June 9 at his home in Houston. He was 76. Balkees Abderrahman, a researcher who worked…
Dr. Mildred Thornton Stahlman, a Vanderbilt University pediatrician whose research on fatal lung disease in newborns led to lifesaving treatments and to the creation, in 1961, of one of the first neonatal intensive care units, died on Saturday at her home in Brentwood, Tenn. She was 101. Her death was confirmed by Eva Hill, the…
Jun 28, 2024; San Francisco, California, USA; The video board in memory of former San Francisco Giants player Orlando Cepeda during the fifth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports Hall of Fame first baseman Orlando Cepeda, who was the unanimous National League Most Valuable Player…
Silvano Marchetto, an Italian restaurateur whose Greenwich Village trattoria, Da Silvano, opened in 1975 and became a star-studded canteen and a Page Six fixture, died on June 4 in Florence, Italy. He was 77. His daughter, Leyla Marchetto, said the cause was heart failure. For four decades, akin to a downtown Elaine’s, Da Silvano was…
James Kent, a distinguished chef and successful Manhattan restaurateur who seemed poised to become a food-industry tycoon, died on Saturday. He was 45. His death was announced by Saga Hospitality Group, the holding company of his two restaurants, Crown Shy and Saga, and his cocktail bar, Overstory, which are all in the same building in…
