Chinese American writer found dead in South Bay
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Iris Chang, the prominent Chinese American author and journalist who fueled an international protest movement against Japan with her incendiary best-selling book, &quot;The Rape of Nanking,&quot; was found dead from an apparent self- inflicted gunshot wound
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LOS GATOS, CALIF. - US author Iris Chang, the woman behind several bestselling books detailing Chinese and Chinese-American history, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot, police announced Wednesday.
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Authorities released the name of a Mexican immigrant who was found dead inside a burning sport utility vehicle off I-80 in Tooele County.  Meanwhile, another man who suffered burns on 54 percent of his body remained in a coma Saturday at a Salt Lake hospital.
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Retired English Prof. Douglas T. Day, III died at his home Oct. 10 of what was apparently a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Albemarle County Police told The Washington Post.
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The acclaimed Chinese-American author Iris Chang was eulogized in simultaneous ceremonies in northern California, Washington and Nanjing, China, after her apparent suicide earlier this month.
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Former Blue Jays pitcher and television  commentator John Cerutti was found dead in a Toronto hotel room  on Sunday. He was 44.
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SAN FRANCISCO &#151; Jacqueline Coats' husband drowned after he dove into a fierce Pacific Ocean riptide to rescue two boys. Now the immigrant from Kenya might be forced to leave the United States because he died before filing her residency application.
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Iris Chang, the Chinese-American historian whose 1997 book, &#39;The Rape of Nanking&#39;, documented Japanese atrocities in China during World War II, was found dead in her car yesterday.
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Best-selling writer Iris Chang is found dead in her car in California with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Richard Corliss on the pioneer Chinese-American star
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Writer and activist Susan Sontag, one of America&#39;s greatest public intellectuals, died Tuesday in Manhattan at the age of 71. Her grave and glamorous appearance made her a popular icon of the writer as a nation&#39;s
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Former Blue Jays pitcher and television commentator John Cerutti was found dead in a Toronto hotel room on Sunday. He was 44.
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An autopsy was performed Monday on comic Richard Jeni but the cause of his death won't be known for several weeks, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office. Jeni died Saturday from a gunshot wound. He was 49.
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Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment believed to be his home. The housekeeper who went to let Ledger know the masseuse was there found him dead at 3:26 p.m.
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Description: Author Susan Sontag died Tuesday in Manhattan, after a long struggle with cancer. Sontag was the author of many essays and 17 widely translated books.
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VIENNA, Austria - A landlord who unlocked an apartment after his letters announcing a rent increase went unanswered found the body of an elderly tenant, and police believe the man may have died three or four years ago, a newspaper reported.
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John Cerutti, a former Toronto pitcher and current Blue Jays television announcer, was found dead in his hotel room Sunday morning, the team said.