Suffering dehydration and exhaustion in 100-degree heat, he rallied to win by four strokes. He won 14 tournaments as a pro and was also a longtime TV commentator for CBS Sports.
Ken Venturi, who won the 1964 U.S. Open golf championship in dramatic fashion and became a longtime television commentator, died Friday in Rancho Mirage. He was 82.
Jorge Rafael Videla led a rebellion that overthrew Isabel Peron in 1976 and then oversaw a seven-year reign of terror known as the dirty war.
BUENOS AIRES — Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who presided over that country's so-called dirty war in which up to 30,000 dissidents were murdered or disappeared, died Friday while serving a 50-year prison sentence. He was 87.
By Andres D'Alessandro and Chris Kraul, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Geza Vermes was one of the first scholars to translate the scrolls into English. He later wrote engaging works about the Jewish origins of Jesus.
Geza Vermes was a graduate student in Belgium in the late 1940s when he was captivated by news sweeping the globe about a remarkable discovery in the desert east of Jerusalem. He quickly switched gears, penning his doctoral thesis on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the ancient manuscript fragments that would become a focus of his life's work.
Vincent G. Dowling, actor and director who gave Tom Hanks an early break, dies at 83; John La Montaine, American composer who won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1959, dies at 93
Billie Sol Estes went to prison for his role in defrauding the U.S. Agriculture Department. The scandal roiled the administration of Lyndon Johnson.
Billie Sol Estes, a flamboyant Texas huckster who became one of the most notorious men in America in 1962 when he was accused of looting a federal crop subsidy program, has died. He was 88.
Muncie played for UC Berkeley and went on to play in the NFL from 1976 to 1984. He was suspended in 1984 for cocaine use. He devoted his later life to helping others avoid drugs.
Chuck Muncie, a star running back with the New Orleans Saints and the San Diego Chargers who overcame a cocaine habit that ended his career and then devoted his later life to helping others avoid drug abuse, has died. He was 60.
Kenneth Battelle, hairstylist to Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe and other luminaries, dies at 86
Kenneth Battelle, an influential hairstylist who created Jacqueline Kennedy's tousled bouffant and counted Marilyn Monroe and Lucille Ball among his many famous clients, died Sunday at his home in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. He was 86.
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KCSG Obituaries
Lyman Ray Short (May 3, 1936 - April 19, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Lyman Ray Short, born May 3, 1936 in Rupert, ID to Albert Ray Short and Rhoda F. Bywater, returned peacefully to his Heavenly Father on April 19, 2013 at the age of 76 after a ...
Rosario J Gonzalez (November 16, 1963 - April 19, 2013) (BUNKERVILLE, Nev.) - Rosario Gonzalez, 49, passed away Friday, April 19, 2013 at his home in Bunkerville, NV after a long illness. He was born November 16, 1963 in Zacatecas, Mexico to Gaudencio a...
Ruth Helsten (1934 - April 19, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Ruth Helsten, 78, passed away on April 19, 2013 in St. George, UT. She was born in 1934 in Columbia, South Carolina to Jesse and Maude Lee. She married Harvey B. Helsten on Jun...
Ida Lucille Tefertiller (February 8, 1915 - April 18, 2013) (HENRYVILLE, Utah) - Ida Lucille Tefertiller, age 98, passed away peacefully April 18, 2013 at her home in Henryville, Utah. She was born to Wilford Woodruff Peck & Irva Violet Aird on February 8, ...
Dale S. Urie (October 4, 1951 - April 18, 2013 (CEDAR CITY, Utah) - Our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Dale S. Urie, passed away April 18, 2013 in Cedar City, Utah. He was born to Dorothy Secrist and Thomas Hunter Urie on October 4,...
(April 20, 1927 - April 17, 2013) (CEDAR CITY, Utah) - Leslie Myrl Brower (Les), age 85, passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 17, 2013 in Cedar City, Utah, from the affects of several strokes. He was ready, and mentioned looking...
Robert Cecil 'Bob' Humphreys (September 23, 1933 - April 18, 2013) (VEYO, Utah) – Robert “Bob” Humphreys passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2013, following a sudden illness. He was born on October 23, 1933 in New Providence, Iowa to Wayne Humphreys and Altarena H...
Benjamin Allen Brown (June 1, 1976 - April 15, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Benjamin Allen Brown, 36, passed away Monday, April 15th, 2013.
He was born June 1st, 1976 in Fillmore Utah the 6th of 9 children, to Lloyd and Alice Frederickson Brown. He mar...
Craig Ammon Wright (Died April 13, 2013) (EDMOND, Okla.) - Craig Ammon Wright died in an accident on Saturday, April 13th in Edmond, Oklahoma.
He was a devoted husband and father who loved adventure. Craig loved off-roading and jeeping an...
Lee Wayne Mortensen (January 29, 1937 - April 19, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Lee Wayne Mortensen was born January 30, 1937 in Murray, Utah. He passed away April 19, 2013 in St. George, Utah of cancer.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Wilmo...