Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Obituaries

Junior Johnson, “The Last American Hero,” dies at 88

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JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Robert Glenn "Junior" Johnson, the moonshine runner turned NASCAR driver described as "The Last American Hero" by author Tom...

Anna Karina, the icon of French New Wave cinema, dies at 79

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PARIS (AP) — Anna Karina, the French New Wave actress who became an icon of the cinema in the 1960s and was the muse...

Snowboarding visionary Jake Burton Carpenter dies at 65

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EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Whether you had a gold medal hanging from your neck, were just learning how to stand on a snowboard, or...

Obit: Acclaimed novelist Ernest Gaines dies at 86

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NEW ROADS, La. (AP) — Novelist Ernest J. Gaines, whose poor childhood on a small Louisiana plantation town germinated the stories of black struggles...

Patricia Jean Beall

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Patricia Jean Beall, a former owner of the Stagecoach Inn, died at the age of 95, Aug. 1, 2019, in Aguanga.She was born May...

Norman Francis Trenary

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Norman Francis Trenary, age 102, died of natural causes Aug. 17, 2019, in Sun City. He was born in Wichita, Kansas, but spent most...

Dr. Lane O. Oslund

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Dr. Lane O. Oslund, 74, died Monday, Aug. 26. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Aug. 31, at 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran...