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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Carl N. Karcher, who parlayed a $325 investment in a hot dog cart into one of the largest hamburger chains in the western United States, died Friday. He was 90.
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Gerard Debreu, a former University of California-Berkeley economist who won a Nobel Prize for breakthroughs in the study of supply and demand, has died at the age of 83.
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Angelo Giuliani, who was behind the plate for Joe DiMaggio&#39;s first at-bat in the majors and went on to sign Kent Hrbek as a Minnesota Twins scout, died at 91.
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The man who helped to create an international market for Californian wine, Ernest Gallo, dies, aged 97.
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A locally prominent restaurateur who was kidnapped last week in an apparent ransom plot was killed within hours, authorities say a suspect told them.
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Controversial comedian Bernard Manning dies at the age of 76, his venue in Manchester confirms.
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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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The Rev. Jacques Dupuis, a Belgian theologian whose book on religious plurality exploring salvation through non-Christian faiths was attacked by the Vatican, has died in Rome. He was 81.
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By Stella M. Hopkins, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 21--Dave Singer was on Lance's board in 2005 when directors decided the Charlotte snack maker needed a management overhaul to reverse dwindling profits.
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Variety - (Variety) &#151; "Monty Python's Spamalot" has lost one of its knights.
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HAIPHONG, Vietnam  - Nguyen Van Quy, one of three  Vietnamese suing the makers of Vietnam War defoliant Agent  Orange because of health problems, survived the 10-year  conflict but now lives with death on his doorstep.
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Kraft Foods Inc., the owner of Oscar Mayer Foods Corp. in Madison, has agreed to sell its yogurt business to Yoplait yogurt marketer CoolBrands International Inc.
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Rodney Dangerfield, the acid-tongued put-down comic whose chief comedic target was always himself, died Tuesday at the age of 82, according to Reuters.
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Joseph Edward Gallo Jr., who broke from his winemaking family to make cheese and then waged a high-profile spat with his famous brothers over use of the Gallo name, has died. He was 87.
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Bruno Kirby, a veteran character actor who costarred in "When Harry Met Sally," "City Slickers" and many other films, has died at age 57, his wife said Tuesday.
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TORONTO - Jim Cupido was none too pleased when, after making hundreds of blood donations over 38 years he was involuntarily retired on his 71st birthday.