John Lodge (left) and Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues attend the 33rd Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Public Auditorium in 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. Pinder died Wednesday at the age of 82. Theo Wargo/Getty Images For The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The last original member of The Moody Blues has died. Keyboardist Mike Pinder died at 82 on Wednesday in Northern California, according to his family, the band and guitarist John Lodge, who lives in Naples, Florida. Pinder follows original singer and guitarist Denny Laine, who died in Naples last year. "Very sad news, th ..read more

Filmmaker Scott Craig produced hundreds of documentaries, winning 32 local Emmys, a national Emmy and a Peabody Award. He died April 18 at age 89. David C. Brigham Scott Craig knew how to tell a story. As a producer, writer and director of documentaries for more than 40 years, he told a broad range of stories that hit local and national airwaves for stations like PBS, WBBM-Channel 2 and WMAQ-Channel 5. Mr. Craig laid out in vivid detail the human impact of the closure of an automobile plant in South Bend, Ind. He unfolded Mike North's head-scratching rise from the high school drop-out an ..read more

Former U.S. hostage Terry Anderson and his fiancee, Madeleine Bassil, arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on December 10, 1991. Anderson was kidnapped by Islamic militants in Lebanon in 1985 and held hostage for six years. At the time of his release he was the longest-held Western hostage in Lebanon. Getty Images NEW YORK — Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was kidnapped from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76. Anderson, who ..read more

Andrew Davis (pictured in 2020) served as Lyric Opera of Chicago music director from 2000 to 2021. Brian Rich/Sun-Times Andrew Davis, an acclaimed British conductor who was music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on three continents, has died. He was 80. Davis died Saturday at Rusk Institute in Chicago from leukemia, his manager, Jonathan Brill of Opus 3 Artists, said Sunday. "His passing came unexpectedly quickly but peacefully, a mercy," Brill said. Davis had been managing the disease for between 1 1/2 and 2 years, but it became acute shortly after his 80th birthday ..read more

Contemporary Christian singer Mandisa accepts the award for pop/contemporary album of the year at the Dove Awards in 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Mark Humphrey/AP, file NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mandisa, a contemporary Christian singer who appeared on “American Idol” and won a Grammy for her 2013 album ‘Overcomer’, has died. She was 47. A representative for the singer told The Associated Press that the singer was found dead in her home in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday. The representative said the cause of Mandisa's death was not yet known. Mandisa, whose full name is Mandisa Lynn Hundley, was ..read more

Dickey Betts, the co-founding member of the Allman Brothers Band and the guitar legend who wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” died Thursday. Jason Vorhees/AP File Dickie Betts, who died Thursday at age 80, really was born a ramblin’ man. He left home at 16 to join the circus and became a renowned guitarist touring the world with the Allman Brothers Band. He wrote the group’s biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” and remained on the road until he reached the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Betts died at his home in Osprey, Florida, his manager of 20 years, David Spero, said by phone. He had be ..read more

Jun Mhoon Provided Long before he was a record producer, before he was even a teenager, Jun Mhoon was playing drums on tour with The Staple Singers, gazing in amazement at thousands of faces while warming up crowds for bands like The Doors, passing love notes from Bob Dylan, and asking "Who’s Bob Dylan?" "Jun was a little kid and just as cute as he could be," recalled singer Mavis Staples. "And he really became a member of our family, the baby of the family. We all loved him and looked after him." Mr Mhoon died April 13 from cardiac arrest. He was 69. Mr. Mhoon (his name is pronounced li ..read more

Walter ‘Slim’ Coleman Sun-Times Media Walter 'Slim' Coleman, a dyed-in-the-wool radical activist of the 1960s who for decades harnessed the power of the city's poor to challenge its power structure and achieve social justice goals, died Tuesday after a long bout with illness. He was 80. One of his biggest accomplishments was helping to organize a voting drive in Chicago's poor white communities that helped elect Mayor Harold Washington, the city's first Black mayor. Mr. Coleman moved to Chicago from Cleveland in 1966 to continue his work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ..read more

Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine died Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at Community Hospital Anderson in Anderson, Indiana. He was 97. AP LOS ANGELES — Carl Erskine, who pitched two no-hitters as a mainstay on the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a 20-game winner in 1953 when he struck out a then-record 14 in the World Series, died Tuesday. He was 97. Erksine died at Community Hospital Anderson in Anderson, Indiana, according to Michele Hockwalt, the hospital's marketing and communication manager. Among the last survivors from the celebrated Brooklyn teams of the 1950s, Erskine spent his entire major league ..read more

Former Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog has died at age 92. Getty Images NEW YORK — Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s and perfected an intricate, nail-biting strategy known as "Whiteyball," has died. He was 92. Cardinals spokesman Brian Bartow said Tuesday the team had been informed of his death by Herzog's family. The team was not yet sure whether it happened Monday night or Tuesday. Herzog had been at Busch Stadium on April 4 for the Cardinals' home opener. A crew-cut, po ..read more