Oil, Entertainment Magnate Marvin Davis Dies at 79
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Billionaire Marvin Davis, who made a fortune first in the oil business and later in entertainment, died over the weekend at his home in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 79, his publicist said late on Saturday.
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Songwriter Billy Davis, who wrote a number of R&B hits and was part of the creative team behind a landmark campaign for Coca-Cola, has died.
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Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop cosmetics chain, died on Monday evening after suffering a major brain haemorrhage, her family said.
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Keyboardist Joe Zawinul, who played with Miles Davis and helped create the sound of jazz fusion, died from cancer in Vienna on Tuesday, local news agency APA reported, quoting his son Erich.
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Advertising executive Philip B. Dusenberry, who oversaw the Pepsi television commercial in which Michael Jackson's hair caught fire and who helped coin some of the industry's best-known slogans, has died.
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Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, the NFL pioneer who coined the term "Super Bowl," has died at the age of 74.
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Hotel magnate Hervey Feldman, who was  known as the father of the Embassy Suites hotels, died at his  home in Dallas, his company said on Thursday.
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At a screening Monday of a documentary on Malcolm X to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his death, the late actor Ossie Davis was eulogized as an inspiration for both the artistic and civil rights communities.
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The King of Cool, Miles Davis, was posthumously inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk on Thursday. The event was attended by musicians and members of the Davis family, including his son, Erin, and daughter, Cheryl.
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Marvin Davis, a former oilman who acquired 20th Century Fox in the early &#39;80s and then sold it to Rupert Murdoch in 1984, died Saturday at his home in Beverly Hills.
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Rock-and-roll pioneer Ike Turner, who was found dead last month, died of an accidental cocaine overdose, the San Diego County medical examiner said on Wednesday.
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Tributes flooded in Tuesday for Anita Roddick, the British founder of The Body Shop cosmetics chain and &quot;capitalist with a conscience&quot; who has died at the age of 64 after a major brain haemorrhage.
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Carl Wayne, the lead singer of influential 1960s pop group the Move, dies at the age of 61 after battling cancer.
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Stars including Spike Lee and Burt Reynolds have paid tribute to actor Ossie Davis at a funeral in New York.
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E. Pierce Marshall, who feuded for years with former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith over his father&#039;s oil fortune, has died, his spokesman said Friday. He was 67.
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Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar  Hunt, the NFL pioneer who coined the term "Super Bowl," has  died at the age of 74.
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Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, who made stars of Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, dies, aged 83.