Johnny Oates, 58, Cerebral Catcher and Manager, Dies
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Johnny Oates managed the Texas Rangers to three division titles in the 1990's, the only postseason appearances in the franchise's history.
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About 750 relatives, friends and former baseball peers, including a contingent from Texas, paid their last respects Tuesday to former Rangers manager Johnny Oates.
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JOHNNY Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the punk band the Ramones, has died at 55. After fighting prostate cancer for five years, he passed away in his sleep at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday.
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Johnny Ramone, the guitarist with the eponymous punk group The Ramones, died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday following a five-year battle with prostate cancer.
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Soon after Johnny Carson's death last weekend, NBC announced the 79-year-old entertainer had died of emphysema, a respiratory disease that can be attributed to smoking.
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Russell Jones, a rap musician better known as ODB and a co-founder of the group Wu-Tang Clan, collapsed and died in a recording studio yesterday at age 35, the Associated Press reported.
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Johnny Ramone, the lead guitarist  with influential U.S. punk rock band the Ramones, died on  Wednesday after a five-year battle with prostate cancer, a  long-time associate told Reuters.
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ORANGE PARK, FLA. - Hank Garland, a guitarist who played country, rock and jazz with a range of musicians that included Elvis Presley and Charlie Parker, died Monday.
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The drummer with the Doobie Brothers, Keith Knudsen, dies of pneumonia at the age of 56.
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Ossie Davis, whose rich baritone and elegant, unshakable bearing made him a giant of the stage, screen and the civil rights movement &#151; often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee &#151; has died. He was 87.
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Jerry Orbach, the Tony Award-winning star of Promises, Promises and other musicals, has died at the age of 69, according to a radio report citing his manager, Robert Malcolm.
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Buck OÂNeil was a star first baseman and manager in the Negro leagues and a pioneering scout and coach in the major leagues.
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Russell Jones aka ODB aka Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard aka Dirt McGirt aka Big Baby Jesus sadly passed away outside his Manhattan studio on Saturday after collapsing complaining of chest pains.
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Guitarist Hank Garland, who worked with Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison, dies at the age of 74.
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Earl Ubell, 80, a print and broadcast medical and science journalist who covered the leading health and science breakthroughs of the post-war age in a lively and effective style, died May 30 at Actors Fund Home in Englewood, N.J. He had Parkinson's disease and dementia.
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Buck O'Neil, the goodwill ambassador for the Negro Leagues who fell one vote shy of the Hall of Fame, died Friday night. He was 94.
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John Inman, famous for his role as an eccentric shop assistant in the BBC comedy ÃÂÃÂAre You Being Served?' has died at the age of 71, his manager said Thursday.