Hugh Van Es, a Dutch photojournalist who covered the Vietnam War and recorded the most famous image of the fall of Saigon in 1975 — a group of people scaling a ladder to a CIA helicopter on a rooftop — died Friday morning in Hong Kong, his wife said. He was 67 years old.
Bob Rosburg, who won the 1959 PGA Championship and spent three decades with ABC Sports as the first reporter to call the shots from the golf course, has died. He was 82.
Wayne Allwine, who did the voice of Mickey Mouse for 32 years, died Monday of diabetes. He was 62.
In addition to voiceover work, Allwine also did sound effects, winning an Emmy for sound editing for his work on Amazing Stories. He was married to fellow voice artist Russi Taylor, who does Minnie Mouse, among other characters.
Actress Carol Cole, the daughter of Nat "King" Cole, died Monday of lung cancer, ironically the same day her sister Natalie got a kidney transplant. She was 64.
Carol appeared on her father's variety show, Sanford & Son, and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.
Herbert York, a leading physicist in the development of the atom bomb during World War II who later became an arms control advocate and founding chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, died Tuesday of leukemia. He was 87.
On Monday afternoon, Dolla (real name: Roderick Anthony Burton II) the 21-year-old former member of the hip-hop group Da Razkals Cru and onetime model for Diddy's Sean John fashion line was gunned down at the Beverly Center mall in Los Angeles, only hours after flying in to L.A. from Atlanta.
In a recent interview, he had cited the Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, and Pimp C--all legendary rappers who died while in their prime--as three of his chief influences.
Sam Maloof, a designer and woodworker whose furniture was intially prized for its simplicity and practically, and later prized for its beauty and timelessness by collectors, museum curators, and presidents, died last Thursday. He was 93.
Maria Amelia Lopez, a Spanish grandmother who was introduced to the Internet by her grandchildren and became the world's oldest blogger, died last Wednesday. She was 97.
Jane Randolph, who appeared in 20 films between 1941 and 1948, including Cat People and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, died May 4 after undergoing surgery on a broken hip. She was 93.
Former St. Louis Blue Peter Zezel died Tuesday afternoon in Toronto following complications from a long-time blood disorder. Mr. Zezel was 44. Mr. Zezel had a 15-year NHL career, including two stints with the Blues (1988-90, 1995-97).
Karine Ruby, a former Olympic snowboarding champion who had been training to become a mountain guide, died Friday in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc. She was 31.
Gerard Jean-Juste, an influential Haitian Roman Catholic priest who supported Haitian rights, died last Wednesday of complications from a stroke and lung problem. He was 62.
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