Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Obituaries

Maureen Fanzmathes

Maureen Franzmathes

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Maureen Franzmathes, age 88, of Sun City died in the morning, Jan. 12, 2020, a patient of Sharp Medical Center. A longtime Inland Empire...

Computer scientist who pioneered ‘copy’ and ‘paste’ has died

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NEW YORK (AP) — Larry Tesler, the Silicon Valley pioneer who created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts such as "cut," "copy" and "paste," has died....

Kirk Douglas, longtime influential movie star, dies at 103

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HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in "Spartacus," "Lust for Life" and dozens of...

‘Naughty boy’: Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77

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JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Terry Jones, a founding member of the anarchic Monty Python troupe who was hailed by colleagues as "the...

Temecula resident, ‘Colors of the Mountain’ author Da Chen dies at 57

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JOHN ROGERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Da Chen, the brilliant storyteller who drew from the hardships he suffered as a persecuted child growing...

Neil Peart, drummer for influential rockers Rush, dead at 67

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SANTA MONICA (AP) — Neil Peart, the renowned drummer and lyricist from the influential Canadian band Rush, has died. He was 67. His representative, Elliot...

Prolific ‘Graduate’ writer-actor Buck Henry dies at 89

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ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Buck Henry, "The Graduate" co-writer who as screenwriter, character actor, "Saturday Night Live" host and cherished talk-show...

‘Prozac Nation’ author Elizabeth Wurtzel dies at age 52

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NEW YORK (AP) — Elizabeth Wurtzel, whose blunt and painful confessions of her struggles with addiction and depression in the best-selling "Prozac Nation" made...

Acclaimed Conceptual artist John Baldessari dies at 88

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JOHN ROGERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Baldessari, who pioneered a new genre of art in the 1970s and in the process helped...

Charles Ervin Confer

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Charles Ervin Confer died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. He was born Saturday, Feb. 2, 1946, in Beloit, Wisconsin, to his parents, Charles and Carolyn...