‘Prozac Nation’ author Elizabeth Wurtzel dies at age 52
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
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
Charles Ervin Confer died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. He was born Saturday, Feb. 2, 1946, in Beloit, Wisconsin, to his parents, Charles and Carolyn...
DJ Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79
DAVID BAUDER
AP Media Writer
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Disc jockey Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue...
‘Mame,’ ‘Hello, Dolly!’ composer Jerry Herman dies at 88
MARK KENNEDY
Associated Press
Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Herman, who wrote the cheerful, good-natured music and lyrics for such classic shows as "Mame," "Hello, Dolly!"...
DeeAnn Carmen Schmidt
DeeAnn Carmen Schmidt, age 76, of Clarksville, Tennessee, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, at her residence.DeeAnn was born Aug. 23, 1943, in Britton, South...
Songwriter Allee Willis, who did “Friends” theme, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Allee Willis, a songwriter whose work included the Broadway musical "The Color Purple" as well as the theme song from...
Junior Johnson, “The Last American Hero,” dies at 88
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
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
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...