#VOA: Tanya Roberts, Bond Girl And ‘That ’70s Show’ Star, Dies. #VOANews

#VOA: Tanya Roberts, Bond Girl And ‘That ’70s Show’ Star, Dies. #VOANews

January 4, 2021 No Comments

NEW YORK – Tanya Roberts, who captivated James Bond in “A View to a Kill,” appeared in the final season of “Charlie’s Angels” and later played Midge Pinciotti in the sitcom “That ’70s Show,” has died in Los Angeles. She was 65.Roberts’ death Sunday was announced by her publicist, Mike

#VOA: ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’: Liverpool Salute Marsden After Singer Dies Aged 78. #VOANews

#VOA: ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’: Liverpool Salute Marsden After Singer Dies Aged 78. #VOANews

January 4, 2021 No Comments

Gerry Marsden, frontman of 1960s group Gerry and the Pacemakers, has died aged 78, the singer’s friend Pete Price announced Sunday.  Liverpool-born Marsden, who died after a short illness, had a 1960s hit with his cover of the Rodgers and Hammerstein song “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, which originally featured in

#VOA: Actor Dawn Wells, Castaway Mary Ann on TV’s ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ Dies From COVID-19. #VOANews

#VOA: Actor Dawn Wells, Castaway Mary Ann on TV’s ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ Dies From COVID-19. #VOANews

December 31, 2020 No Comments

Dawn Wells, who parlayed her girl-next-door charm and wholesome beauty into enduring TV fame as the sweet-natured desert island castaway Mary Ann on the classic 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island, died Wednesday at age 82, her publicist said.  Wells, who won the title of Miss Nevada in 1959 and competed in the Miss

#VOA: French Fashion Designer Pierre Cardin Dies at 98 . #VOANews

#VOA: French Fashion Designer Pierre Cardin Dies at 98 . #VOANews

December 29, 2020 No Comments

PARIS – French couturier Pierre Cardin, who made his name by selling designer clothes to the masses, and his fortune by being the first to exploit that name as a brand for selling everything from cars to perfume, died on Tuesday aged 98.  In a career spanning more than 60

#VOA: Barry Lopez, Author Who Tied People to Place, Dies at 75 . #VOANews

#VOA: Barry Lopez, Author Who Tied People to Place, Dies at 75 . #VOANews

December 27, 2020 No Comments

EUGENE, OREGON – Barry Lopez, an award-winning writer who tried to tighten the bonds between people and place by describing the landscapes he saw in 50 years of travel, has died. He was 75. Lopez died in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday after a years-long struggle with prostate cancer, his family

#VOA: British Model, Fashion Muse Stella Tennant Dies at 50. #VOANews

#VOA: British Model, Fashion Muse Stella Tennant Dies at 50. #VOANews

December 24, 2020 No Comments

LONDON – Stella Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace, died suddenly at the age of 50, her family said Wednesday.  Tennant, the granddaughter of a duke, rose to fame in the 1990s while walking the runway for Versace,

#VOA: Master Spy Writer John Le Carre Dies at 89, His Agent Says. #VOANews

#VOA: Master Spy Writer John Le Carre Dies at 89, His Agent Says. #VOANews

December 14, 2020 No Comments

LONDON – John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died. He was 89. Le Carre died Saturday in Cornwall, southwest England, Saturday after a short illness, his literary agency, Curtis

#VOA: Charley Pride, Country Music’s First Black Star, Dies at 86. #VOANews

#VOA: Charley Pride, Country Music’s First Black Star, Dies at 86. #VOANews

December 13, 2020 No Comments

NEW YORK – Charley Pride, country music’s first Black star whose rich baritone on such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86. Pride died Saturday in

#VOA: Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, First Female Olympic Oath Taker, Dies at 88. #VOANews

#VOA: Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, First Female Olympic Oath Taker, Dies at 88. #VOANews

November 12, 2020 No Comments

ROME – Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, the first female athlete to deliver the Olympic oath, in 1956, and the first woman to win a Winter Games medal for Italy four years earlier, has died at the age of 88.  The Italian was hailed by her country’s alpine skiing federation as “one of

#VOA: Alex Trebek, Long-Running ‘Jeopardy!’ Host, Dies at 80. #VOANews

#VOA: Alex Trebek, Long-Running ‘Jeopardy!’ Host, Dies at 80. #VOANews

November 8, 2020 No Comments

LOS ANGELES – “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek died Sunday after battling pancreatic cancer for nearly two years. He was 80.   Trebek died at home early Sunday with family and friends surrounding him, “Jeopardy!” studio Sony said in a statement. Trebek presided over the beloved quiz show for more than