Author Campbell dead after battle with cancer
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Best-selling author and journalist Bebe Moore Campbell, who tackled social issues from an African American perspective in books like "Brothers and Sisters," has died of complications from brain cancer.
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"Superman" actor Christopher Reeve,  who became a committed campaigner for spinal cord research  after being paralyzed in a riding accident nine years ago, died  of heart failure, his publicist said on Monday.
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By NAOMI McELROY  THE heartbroken family of murdered Anthony Campbell gathered to pay tribute to a "dream son". Hundreds of mourners turned out to sign a book of   condolence for the tragic 20-year-old. Innocent Anthony was killed because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Journalist and broadcaster Alan Coren has died,  aged 69, after suffering from cancer.
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One of the country's best-read columnists has died after suffering from a brain tumour, the Daily Mail says.
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Ivan Noble, a British Broadcasting Corp. journalist who chronicled his battle with brain cancer in an online diary, has died, the BBC said Tuesday. He was 37.
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Musician Martin Bennett dies at the age of 33 following a long battle with cancer.
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The wife of Kim Jong-il, North Korea&#39;s dictator, has died after a long battle with cancer, according to unconfirmed reports yesterday.
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John Dunn - one of the best known voices on BBC Radio 2 - dies after a battle with cancer.
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Allen Carr, an anti-smoking campaigner  who helped millions quit after he kicked a 100-a-day habit,  died from lung cancer on Wednesday, his spokesman said.
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Samira Bellil, a prominent campaigner for the rights of French Muslim women who gained fame with a book recounting gang rapes she suffered as a teenager, has died of stomach cancer, her publisher Editions Denoel said Wednesday. She was 31.
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The writer died at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York on Tuesday morning. Calling herself an &quot;obsessed moralist&quot;, Sontag was the author of 17 books and a lifelong human rights activist.
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Allen Carr, the Briton who helped millions of people to quit smoking, has died after losing his battle with lung cancer, his spokeswoman said.
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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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"Superman" actor Christopher Reeve,  who became a leading advocate for spinal cord research after a  horseback riding accident left him paralyzed nine years ago,  has died of heart failure, his publicist said on Monday. He was  52.
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The death has been announced of the former England and Liverpool football captain and television personality, Emlyn Hughes. Mr Hughes, who was 57, had been battling with a brain tumour for the last 15 months.
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Best-selling author and syndicated columnist Molly Ivins, whose biting wit and down-home humor often speared the policies of fellow-Texan President George W. Bush, has died after a battle with breast cancer. She was 62.