Opera Star Robert Merrill Dies at NY Home
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Robert Merrill, whose powerful  baritone voice was featured for decades at both New York's  Metropolitan Opera and Yankees baseball games, and who helped  spread an appreciation of opera to a broader U.S. audience,  died at home on Saturday.
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Actor Glenn Ford died on Wednesday   in his Beverly Hills home, police said. He was 90.
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Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti dies at the age of 71 after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Renata Tebaldi, an Italian soprano renowned for her angelic voice, her stardom at New York&#39;s Metropolitan and Italy&#39;s La Scala opera houses and her supposed rivalry with Maria Callas, died Sunday at age 82, her doctor said.
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Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, died in the early hours of Thursday, his manager Terri Robson said.
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Russ Meyer, the blue-movie maverick whose lusty images inspired a host of filmmakers and musicians, died Saturday at his home of complications of pneumonia, according to The Associated Press.
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MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses, died on Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 71.
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Bobby Fischer, America's first and only world chess champion who was once dubbed the "Mozart of Chess", has died in Iceland at the age of 64.
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ROME An Italian soprano who was one of the biggest stars at New York&#39;s Metropolitan Opera and Italy&#39;s La Scala has died at her home in San Marino -- a tiny republic in Italy.
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Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi, who was a great rival to Maria Callas, dies in San Marino aged 82.
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US-born chess legend Bobby Fischer, whose tortured genius prompted both awe and outrage, has died at the age of 64 at his home in Iceland, a close friend said Friday.
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Fred Ebb, who wrote the lyrics for 11 musicals including "Chicago" and "Cabaret," died Saturday at his home due to a heart attack.  He also wrote the lyrics for the standard "New York, New York" in 1977, later recorded by Frank Sinatra. E...
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The 28-year-old actor was found dead in his Manhattan home.
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US actor Glenn Ford, who made over 100 films, dies aged 90, at his home in Beverly Hills.
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Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C's and ebullient showmanship made him one of the world's most beloved tenors, died Thursday.
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NEW YORK  &#151; Beverly Sills, the Brooklyn-born opera diva who was a global icon of can-do American culture with her dazzling voice, bubbly personality and management moxie in the arts world, died Monday of cancer, her manager said. She was 78.
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Opera singer Jerry Hadley died Wednesday, just over a week after he was severely injured in an apparent suicide attempt, a family spokeswoman said.