News Radio 710 KEEL » obituaries http://710keel.com Depend On It! Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:21:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 'All in the Family' Star Jean Stapleton Dies http://710keel.com/all-in-the-family-star-jean-stapleton-dies/ http://710keel.com/all-in-the-family-star-jean-stapleton-dies/#comments Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:41:48 +0000 Stephanie McMaster http://tsminteractive.com/?p=163311 Jean Stapleton, who was best known for her role as Edith -- the wife of Archie Bunker -- in "All in the Family" died on Friday at the age of 90, the LA Times reported.

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]]> http://710keel.com/all-in-the-family-star-jean-stapleton-dies/feed/ 0 CBS Racing Legend Dick Trickle Commits Suicide http://710keel.com/dick-trickle-dead/ http://710keel.com/dick-trickle-dead/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 21:41:14 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=162338 Richard "Dick" Trickle died Thursday at the age of 71. His body was discovered next to his pickup truck at a cemetery in Lincoln County, North Carolina, after the longtime NASCAR and short-track driver shot himself, according to police.

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]]> http://710keel.com/dick-trickle-dead/feed/ 0 Bill Hall/Getty Images Country Legend George Jones Dies at Age 81 http://710keel.com/country-legend-george-jones-dies-at-age-81/ http://710keel.com/country-legend-george-jones-dies-at-age-81/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:01:11 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=156757 Country hit-maker died this morning in Nashville.

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]]> http://710keel.com/country-legend-george-jones-dies-at-age-81/feed/ 0 Toby Canham/Getty Images Robert Chew, AKA Prop Joe, Dead at 52 http://710keel.com/robert-chew-r-i-p/ http://710keel.com/robert-chew-r-i-p/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:27:13 +0000 Damon Houx http://screencrush.com/?p=76617 The massive achievement that is HBO's 'The Wire' is such that even supporting players left a lasting impression on pop culture. Robert Chew, who played Prop Joe, had one of the juiciest roles (in a show chocked full of them) as a pragmatic drug lord known for his negotiating skills. Sadly, Chew passed away last night at the age of 52.

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]]> http://710keel.com/robert-chew-r-i-p/feed/ 0 HBO 'Dear Abby' Creator Pauline Phillips Dead at 94 http://710keel.com/dear-abby-creator-pauline-phillips-dead-at-94/ http://710keel.com/dear-abby-creator-pauline-phillips-dead-at-94/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:32:56 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=153960 Pauline Phillips, better known to millions of people as the woman who created the 'Dear Abby' column, has died.

She was 94.

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]]> http://710keel.com/dear-abby-creator-pauline-phillips-dead-at-94/feed/ 0 Easter Seals/Wikimedia Commons 'Diff'rent Strokes' Star Conrad Bain Dead at 89 http://710keel.com/conrad-bain-dead-diffrent-strokes/ http://710keel.com/conrad-bain-dead-diffrent-strokes/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:21:32 +0000 Kevin Fitzpatrick http://screencrush.com/?p=75628 Like his co-star Gary Coleman before him, Conrad Bain, one of TV's most beloved icons, has sadly passed on. The long-time star of legendary TV sitcom 'Diff'rent Strokes' is reported to have died this week of unknown causes at the age of 89. No details of Bain's death have been released to the public as of yet.

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]]> http://710keel.com/conrad-bain-dead-diffrent-strokes/feed/ 0 NBC Alex Karras of 'Webster' and 'Blazing Saddles' Dead at 77 http://710keel.com/alex-karras-of-webster-and-blazing-saddles-dead-at-77/ http://710keel.com/alex-karras-of-webster-and-blazing-saddles-dead-at-77/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:00:06 +0000 Britt Hayes http://screencrush.com/?p=54542 Alex Karras, former NFL player, star of the television series 'Webster' and Mongo in the Mel Brooks classic 'Blazing Saddles' has passed away at the age of 77.

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]]> http://710keel.com/alex-karras-of-webster-and-blazing-saddles-dead-at-77/feed/ 0 ABC R.I.P. Andy Williams: "Moon River" Singer Dies at 84 http://710keel.com/r-i-p-andy-williams-moon-river-singer-dies-at-84/ http://710keel.com/r-i-p-andy-williams-moon-river-singer-dies-at-84/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:00:03 +0000 Nick Romano http://screencrush.com/?p=51423 Andy Williams, the man who famously lent his voice to the Oscar-winning song "Moon River" from 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' passed away on Tuesday after a long battle with bladder cancer.

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]]> http://710keel.com/r-i-p-andy-williams-moon-river-singer-dies-at-84/feed/ 0 Jemal Countess, Getty Images Cronkite Editor Ashbel Green Dies at Age 84 http://710keel.com/cronkite-editor-ashbel-green-dies-at-age-84/ http://710keel.com/cronkite-editor-ashbel-green-dies-at-age-84/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:58:58 +0000 Associated Press http://710keel.com/?p=107921 NEW YORK (AP) — Ashbel Green, an editor whose authors included Walter Cronkite, Vaclav Havel and President George H.W. Bush, has died. He was 84.

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]]> http://710keel.com/cronkite-editor-ashbel-green-dies-at-age-84/feed/ 0 Elizabeth Taylor Dead at 79 http://710keel.com/elizabeth-taylor-dead-at-79/ http://710keel.com/elizabeth-taylor-dead-at-79/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:04:48 +0000 keel http://710keel.com/?p=3844 Elizabeth Taylor, a voluptuous violet-eyed actress who lived a life of luster and anguish and spent more than six decades as one of the world's most visible women for her two Academy Awards, eight marriages, ravaging illnesses and work in AIDS philanthropy, died Wednesday at age 79.

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