Vincent Gruppuso, 67, Seller of Pudding Snacks, Dies
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Mr. Gruppuso was the founder of Kozy Shack Enterprises, a company in Hicksville, Long Island, that sells millions of four-ounce cups of pudding, particularly rice pudding.
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Bollywood veteran G.P. Sippy, who produced Indian cinema's biggest blockbuster "Sholay" (Flames), has died in Mumbai at the age of 93, a report said Wednesday.
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Comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of the super-hip team of entertainers known as the Rat Pack and led by Frank Sinatra, has died at age 89, his longtime friend and publicist, Warren Cowan, said on Thursday.
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Ernest Gallo, a pioneer and giant in the U.S. wine industry, died on Tuesday at age 97 of natural causes at his Modesto, California, home, family spokesman John Segale said.
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Herbert H. Haft, 84, the Washington area discount retailer whose drive to sell drugs at cut-rate prices made him a multimillionaire and whose empire dissolved in a nasty and very public family feud in the 1990s, died Thursday at Sibley Memorial Hospital.
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Lord Charles Forte, a London cafe owner who went on to build the Trust House Forte international hotel and restaurant empire, died Wednesday at the age of 98. Forte died in his sleep at his London home, according to his family's company, now called Rocco Forte Hotels.
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Marcel Marceau, the French mime artist who for 60 years transfixed international audiences with his stage persona Bip the Clown, has died at the age of 84, relatives said Sunday.
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British journalist and former gossip columnist Nigel Dempster dies at the age of 65.
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The veteran comedian and broadcaster Cyril Fletcher has died aged 91, his family announced today.
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A 40-year-old soldier from Groton died yesterday in an explosion in Iraq, apparently while delivering candy to Iraqi children during a government-sponsored celebration to inaugurate a sewage plant in Baghdad, according to family and news reports. The apparent car bombs reportedly left about 35 children dead. Army Staff Sergeant Darren Cunningham, a father of two, had been serving in Iraq ...
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The bankrupt maker of the sugary snack and Wonder Bread says it was hurt by the low-carb craze. Fact is, its brands got stale over time.
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Veteran Bollywood producer G.P. Sippy breathed his last on December 25 at night after prolonged illness. He was 93 years old.
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DEAUVILLE, France  - Belgian filmmaker   Remy Belvaux, whose sole feature "Man Bites Dog" became a cult   hit, has died, his family said Wednesday. He was 38.
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George Clooney's beloved potbelly pig Max has died, Clooney's publicist said. He was 19.
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Frank Thomas, one of Walt Disney's top artists who animated two dogs romantically nibbling a single strand of spaghetti in the 1955 Disney film "Lady and the Tramp," has died. He was 92. Thomas died Wednesday at his home, said Howard E. Green of Disney's Buena Vista Pictures Marketing.
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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.
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Best-selling author Sidney Sheldon has died from complications arising from pneumonia, his publicist told AFP. He was 89.