Shu Uemura, 79, Makeup Artist, Dies
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Mr. Uemura, a Japanese makeup artist, won acclaim in Hollywood and then built an international cosmetics brand under his name.
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Martin M. Kaplan, a health researcher and former secretary-general of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Pugwash conferences on disarmament, has died. He was 89.
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American fashion designer Geoffrey  Beene, whose simple designs made him a department store  favorite for decades, died on Tuesday at his Manhattan home. He  was 77.
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Maila Nurmi, whose "Vampira" TV persona pioneered the spooky-yet-sexy Goth aesthetic, has died, coroner's officials said. She was 85.
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The Philippine film legend who came close to defeating Gloria Arroyo in the presidential race in May died early today after suffering a stroke.
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A tribute to the legendary actress who passed away this morning
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The Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre, whose training as an architect had a crucial influence on his approach to fashion, died Sunday in a Milan hospital after suffering a massive brain haemorrhage. He was 62.
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Fashion designer Liz Claiborne died Tuesday, the company she founded said Wednesday. She was 78.
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A 69-year-old woman who was accidentally injected with a toxic cleaning fluid as she was prepared for surgery at a Seattle area medical center has died as a result, hospital officials said on Wednesday.
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The Body Shop founder has died tonight after suffering a major brain haemorrhage.
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Rose Bampton, a soprano who was a New  York Metropolitan Opera mainstay during the 1930s and 1940s,  has died. She was 99.
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American fashion designer Geoffrey  Beene, whose simple fashions made him a department store  favorite for decades, died on Tuesday at his home on the Upper  East Side of Manhattan at the age of 77.
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German expressionist artist Joerg  Immendorff, famous for his surreal and provocative paintings  and sculptures, died on Monday at age 61 in Duesseldorf after a  long illness, his wife Oda Jaune-Immendorff said.
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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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Pac Man will be reborn on Microsoft  Corp.&#39;s Xbox Live online service on Wednesday as a final  tribute for designer Toru Iwatani, who is retiring from the $30  billion games industry he helped ignite.
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Virginia Mayo, a 1940s screen siren  who co-starred opposite such greats as Danny Kaye and James  Cagney, died near Los Angeles on Monday of pneumonia and heart  failure, the Los Angeles Times reported on its Web site. She  was 84.
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Rose Mattus, who launched Haagen-Dazs ice cream with her husband more than four decades ago, has died. She was 90.