David Jacobs, creator of such classic soap opera series as
"Knots Landing" and "Dallas," has died. He was 84.
Jacobs died of heart failure and suffered from several health
issues leading up to his death, including a battle with
Alzheimer’s and kidney problems.
Robert Swan, the veteran character actor who appeared in key
roles in the notable sports films Hoosiers, Rudy and The Babe,
died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer at his home in
Rolling Prairie, Indiana.
Swan also portrayed a Canadian Mountie in Brian De Palma’s
The Untouchables (1987) and a bloodied deputy in Oliver
Stone’s Natural Born Killers (1994) and was other lawmen in
Who’s That Girl (1987) and Mo’ Money (1992).
Robert Swan in Natural Born Killers.
(AP) – Ted Kaczynski, the convict known as the Unabomber,
was found dead in his prison cell Saturday morning. He was
81 years old.
Kaczynski was found dead around 8 a.m. at a federal prison
in North Carolina, a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson told
The Associated Press. A cause of death is uncertain.
He had been moved to the federal prison medical facility in
North Carolina in December 2021 after spending two decades
in a federal Supermax prison in Colorado for a series of
bombings that targeted scientists.
Kaczynski was serving life without the possibility of parole
following his 1996 arrest at the primitive cabin (below)
where he was living in western Montana.
He pleaded guilty to setting 16 explosions that killed three
people and injured 23 others in various parts of the country
between 1978 and 1995.
Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson
(March 22, 1930 – June 8, 2023)
Religious broadcaster, political commentator, presidential
candidate, and Southern Baptist minister, Robertson
founded the Christian Broadcasting Network in 1960 and
was host of “The 700 Club for more than 50 years, died at
his home in Virginia. He was 93.
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock)
(November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023)
Tina Turner, known as the Queen of Rock n’ Roll, has died
after a long illness.
The singer, who achieved global fame with a string of soulful
hits including River Deep – Mountain High, The Best and What’s
Love Got To Do With It, triumphed over early adversity and also overcame domestic abuse, to become one of the world’s most
loved singers.
She died at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland.
Ike and Tina Turner
1967: Turner was the first black artist and first female on the
cover of Rolling Stone magazine (Issue No. 2).
