Obituaries

Paul Plishka as the Grand Inquisitor, left, and Sergei Larin as Don Carlo, perform in the opera "Don Carlo" by Giuseppe Verdi during a rehearsal at the Salzburg Festival’s Grosses Festpielhaus in Salzburg, Austria on Aug. 4, 1998. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

Paul Plishka, whose Metropolitan Opera career spanned 51 years, dies at age 83

Paul Plishka, a powerful bass with a ready smile and hearty laugh who sang 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over 51 years, has died. He was 83.

Tuskegee Airmen Detroit Chapter President Arthur Green, left, of Farmington Hills, holds a P-51 D model plane as Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., center, and Col. Charles McGee, right sign their autographs on the model for the 127th Mission Support Group, June 19, 2012, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP, File)

Decorated pilot Harry Stewart, Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100

Chicago Chess Records producer Gene Barge attends a screening of the film "Cadillac Records," about Chess, at AMC River East theater, Nov. 24, 2008, in Chicago. (Keith Hale/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Gene Barge, renowned sax man and producer known as ‘Daddy G,’ dies at 98

The Aga Khan addresses an audience about the challenges to a pluralistic society Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, at the Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and a philanthropist, dies at 88

Kultida Woods, Tiger Woods' mother, watches as her son plays on the third hole during the third round of the Honda Classic golf tournament, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Tiger Woods says his mother has died. He called Kultida Woods a ‘force of nature’

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Phoenix Suns assistant coach John Shumate during Suns media day Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

John Shumate, who helped Notre Dame end UCLA’s 88-game win streak, dies at 72

Former infielder Rich Dauer, who won titles with Orioles as player and Astros as coach, dies at 72

Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu smiles during an event to promote her new movie "Future X-Cops," Monday, March 29, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu, star of the popular drama ‘Meteor Garden,’ dies at age 48

Former Major League Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent signs an autograph for Louis Carrons, 12, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., during Los Angeles Dodgers baseball spring training in Vero Beach, Fla., March 1, 2006. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Fay Vincent, baseball commissioner during three years of turmoil, dies at 86

Horst Koehler, Personal Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations to the parties to the conflict in Western Sahara, arrives for a round table on Western Sahara at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Dec. 05, 2018. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File)

Former German President Horst Köhler dies at 81

Dick Button smiles next to a painting of him while honored at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95

British actress and singer Marianne Faithfull poses during a photo-call for her movie 'Irina Palm' at the 57th International Film Festival Berlin 'Berlinale' in Berlin, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Marianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78

Bishop Richard Williamson, foreground left, is escorted out of Heathrow airport by police and security officers after arriving on a flight from Argentina, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth), File)

Richard Williamson, Catholic bishop whose denial of Holocaust embarrassed Pope Benedict XVI, dies

This undated photo shows Associated Press New Delhi Chief of Bureau Earleen Fisher removing the brass sign from the old bureau in New Delhi, India. (AP Photo/AP Corporate Archives, File)

Longtime AP international journalist Earleen Fisher, whose career spanned five decades, dies at 78

Germany's Tobias Eder, left, scores his side's sixth goal during the preliminary round match between Slovakia and Germany at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

German national team hockey player Tobias Eder dies at 26 after cancer diagnosis

This Sept. 28, 2023 photo shows William E. Leuchtenburg, a leading scholar of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression. (Jean Anne Leuchtenburg via AP)

William E. Leuchtenburg, eminent presidential historian and Ken Burns consultant, dies at 102

Archbishop Anastasios Yanoulatos, head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, leads the Easter celebrations at the Christ Resurrection Cathedral in the capital Tirana, on May 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina, File)

Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church in Albania, dies at 95

The captains lead out the two teams for the start of the Final of the European Soccer Champion Club's Cup between Panathinaikos of Greece and Ajax of Amsterdam, at Wembley Stadium, London, in June 2, 1971. (AP Photo)

Greece great Mimis Domazos, who captained Panathinaikos in the 1971 European Cup final, dies at 83

Valerie Andre, a French Army captain, doctor and helicopter pilot, is shown in front of her helicopter in Tonkin, in northern Indochina, July 30, 1952. Valerie Andre, a French aviator and parachutist who became the first woman to become a general officer in France, has died. She was 102. (AP Photo/AJE, File)

Valérie André, aviator and parachutist who became France’s first female general, dies aged 102

Nebraska's Calvin Jones carries the ball during an NCAA college football game against Kansas in Lawrence, Kan., on Nov. 9, 1991. (Lincoln Journal Star via AP, File)

Calvin Jones, a star Nebraska RB who won a Super Bowl with Green Bay, dies at 54

Former North Carolina judge, lab director Joe John dies just after state House resignation

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, right, signs a mandatory recycling and composting ordinance on top of a compostable collection bin at the Ferry Building in San Francisco, June 23, 2009. Looking on at left is executive chef Charles Phan of The Slanted Door restaurant. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file)

Charles Phan, chef who elevated Vietnamese cuisine with San Francisco’s Slanted Door, dies at 62

This late 1940's photo provided by the US Air Force Historical Support Office shows retired U.S. Army Nurse Corps Major Nancy Leftenant-Colon. (US Air Force Historical Support Office via AP)

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has died

The entrance to an exhibit by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat at the Orlando Museum of Art, June 1, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died

Navy players pose with the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl trophy following the Armed Forces Bowl NCAA college football game against Oklahoma, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. Navy won 21-20. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Pete Medhurst, the voice of Navy football for the past 12 years, dies at age 55

Author Jules Feiffer, right, signs a copy of his book "A Room with a Zoo" during the 2006 Book Expo in Washington on May 19, 2006. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer, dies at 95

Musician Garth Hudson poses in Toronto on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Garth Hudson, master instrumentalist and last surviving member of The Band, dies at 87

Winnipeg Jets alumni coach Tom McVie picks Teemu Selanne (13) to take the penalty shot as Ab McDonald listens, in against the Edmonton Oilers during the first period of the NHL Heritage Classic alumni game, Oct. 22, 2016, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Tom McVie, longtime Bruins assistant who also coached Capitals, Jets and Devils, has died at 89

Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's president, addresses an audience during an event in Hooksett, N.H. Jan. 10, 2016, during which Planned Parenthood endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Former Planned Parenthood president, women’s rights activist Cecile Richards has died at 67

Cleveland Indian manager Jeff Torborg put on a smile before a game against the Chicago White Sox, even though he announced that he will resign at the end of this season in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 3, 1979. (AP Photo/Madeline Drexler, File)

Jeff Torborg, former big league catcher and manager, dies at 83

This 2016 photo provided by Lindsey Tanner shows Paul Driscoll in Chicago. (Lindsey Tanner via AP)

Paul Driscoll, an unflappable editor who led the AP’s Chicago bureau for decades, has died at age 91

NASCAR driver Martin Truex Jr., left, is congratulated by his father, Martin Truex Sr., in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Autism Speaks 400 auto race at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del., Monday, June 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Pat Crowe II, File)

Father of former NASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr. dies at 66

Scottish footballer Denis Law, who plays for Manchester United, is pictured in London in 1962. (AP Photo/File)

Denis Law, the Manchester United and Scotland soccer great, dies at 84

Actress Joan Plowright poses for a portrait at a New York hotel on May 4, 1999. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, File)

Tony Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95

Tommy Brown, youngest player to homer and last living member of historic 1947 Dodgers, dies at 97