Obituaries

New Jersey Devils' general manager Ray Shero speaks during a news conference in Newark, N.J., Monday, June 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)

Longtime NHL executive Ray Shero, 2009 Stanley Cup-winning GM with Pittsburgh, dies at age 62

Longtime NHL executive Ray Shero has died. He was 62. The Minnesota Wild announced Shero’s death Wednesday. It was not immediately clear how Shero died or where he was. Shero had been a senior adviser to Wild general manager Bill Guerin.

Marvin Levy appears at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 2018. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Marvin Levy, Steven Spielberg’s longtime publicist and an Oscar-recipient, dies at 96

Kim Shin-jo, a prominent ex-North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then South Korean President Park Chung-hee in 1968 failed, attends a funeral service for Hwang Jang-yop, who was the intellectual force behind North Korea's philosophy of self-reliance, at a hospital in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 11, 2010. (Yonhap via AP)

Famous North Korean assassin who became a pastor in the South following failed 1968 mission dies

St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Octavio Dotel throws during the eighth inning in Game 5 of baseball's World Series against the Texas Rangers, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Octavio Dotel, who once held record of pitching for 13 major league teams, dies in DR roof collapse

Clem Burke, from left, Debbie Harry and Rob Roth attend a screening of "Blondie: Vivir En La Habana" during the 20th Tribeca Festival in New York on June 16, 2021. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Clem Burke, multifaceted drummer of iconic rock group Blondie, has died

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Pelé's mother Celeste Arantes dies at age 101 in Brazil

FILE - Donald Sutherland, left, and his son Kiefer Sutherland pose for a portrait in Los Angeles to promote the film "Forsaken." Donald Sutherland, the towering Canadian actor whose career spanned "M.A.S.H." to "The Hunger Games," has died at 88. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

Elliott Gould, Justin Trudeau, Helen Mirren and more mourn Donald Sutherland

FILE - Actor Donald Sutherland appears at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2017. Sutherland, the towering Canadian actor whose career spanned "M.A.S.H." to "The Hunger Games," has died at 88. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned ‘M.A.S.H.’ to ‘Hunger Games,’ dies at 88

A Willie Mays mural is shown in downtown Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday, June 19, 2024. The mural was created by artist Chuck Styles and celebrates Mays' contributions to baseball, honoring the longtime Giants center fielder who died Tuesday at age 93.(AP Photo/Alanis Thames)

Tributes to Willie Mays pour in as mural is unveiled in Alabama

FILE - Willie Mays, left, is joined by former San Francisco Giants' Orlando Cepeda, right, Willie McCovey and Juan Marichal, front, before Game 3 of the World Series between the Giants and the Anaheim Angels in San Francisco,Oct. 22, 2002. Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays' family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night, June 18, 2024, he had “passed away peacefully” Tuesday afternoon surrounded by loved ones. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

Willie Mays Appreciation: The ‘Say Hey Kid’ inspired generations with talent and exuberance

Kazuko Shiraishi speaks at a park in Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 1996. Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japanese “beat” poetry, known for her dramatic readings, at times with jazz music, died of heart failure on June 14, according to a Tokyo publisher of her works on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. She was 93. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s ‘beat poet’ Kazuko Shiraishi, pioneer of modern performance poetry, dies at 93

Fans stand for a moment of silence for former MLB player Willie Mays during the sixth inning of a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Reaction to the death of Willie Mays, ‘the godfather of center fielders’

CORRECTS TO SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, NOT NEW YORK GIANTS AS ORIGINALLY SENT - FILE - San Francisco Giants' Willie Mays poses for a photo during baseball spring training in 1972. Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays' family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night, June 18, 2024, he had “passed away peacefully” Tuesday afternoon surrounded by loved ones. (AP Photo, File)

Willie Mays, the Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ dies at 93

FILE - Rep. George Nethercutt, R-Wash., pauses while speaking in Olympia, Wash., Feb. 3, 2003. Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with little political experience when he ousted Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley as part of a stunning GOP wave that shifted national politics to the right in 1994, died Friday, June 14, 2024, near Denver. He was 79. (AP Photo/Louie Balukoff, File)

Former GOP Rep. George Nethercutt, who defeated House Speaker Tom Foley in 1994, dies at 79

Retired AP reporter Hoyt Harwell dies at 93. He covered key events in the American South

US-born Tonga kitefoiler chosen for Paris Olympics dies in diving accident at age 18

FILE - Former Judge Paul Pressler poses for a photo in his home in Houston May 30, 2004. Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexual abuse and later settled a lawsuit over the allegations, has died at the age of 94. Pressler’s death, which happened on June 7, 2024, was announced in an obituary posted online by a Houston funeral home. (AP Photo /Michael Stravato, File)

Longtime Southern Baptist leader Paul Pressler, who was accused of sexual abuse, dies at 94

FILE - Former Arsenal and Everton striker Kevin Campbell is seen in this Jan. 22, 2005 photo. Arsenal and Everton announced the death of Campbell on Saturday, June 15, 2024, with the London club saying in a post on X that he had died “after a short illness.” He was 54. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

Former Arsenal and Everton forward Kevin Campbell dies at 54 after short illness

FILE - Millwall and Montenegro goalkeeper Matija Sarkic attends England Championship League soccer match between Millwall and West Bromwich Albion in London, March 29, 2024. Montenegro goalkeeper Matija Sarkic has died at the age of 26, Millwall announced. (John Walton/PA via AP, File)

Montenegro goalkeeper Matija Sarkic has died at the age of 26, says his English club Millwall

Johnny Canales, host of the "Johnny Canales Show" is honored with a lifetime achievement recognition during the Tejano Music Awards in San Antonio, Texas on Aug. 18, 2012. Canales has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 77. (Billy Calzada/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Tejano singer and TV host Johnny Canales, who helped launch Selena’s career, dies

FILE - Director Ron Simons poses for a portrait during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 23, 2011 in Park City, Utah. Simon, an actor who turned into a formidable screen and stage producer, winning four Tony Awards and having several films selected at the Sundance Film Festival, has died. He was 63. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

Tony Award-winning Broadway producer Ron Simons dies at 63

This Aug. 2023 photo shows Lynn Ann Conway at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Conway, a pioneer in the design of microchips that are at the heart of consumer electronics who overcame discrimination as a transgender person, has died, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (Marcin Szczepanski/University of Michigan via AP)

Lynn Conway, microchip pioneer who overcame transgender discrimination, dies at 86

FILE - Former Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt is shown during an interview with the Oregonian newspaper, Thursday, May 6. 2004, in Portland, Ore. Goldschmidt, a former Oregon governor whose confession that he had sex with a 14-year-old girl in the 1970s blackened what had been a nearly sterling reputation, has died. He was 83. (Michael Lloyd/The Oregonian via AP)

Neil Goldschmidt, former Oregon governor who confessed to sex with a minor in the 1970s, has died

Federal judge who presided over R. Kelly trial dead at 87 after battling lung cancer

Reaction to the death of Jerry West, ‘a basketball genius’

FILE - Duke University radio broadcaster Bob Harris poses at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Tuesday, July 5, 2016, in Durham, N.C. Retired Duke sports radio play-by-play announcer Bob Harris died, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. He was 81. (Kaitlin McKeown/The Herald-Sun via AP, File)

Bob Harris, former radio play-by-play voice of Duke athletics, dies at 81

Jerry West, a 3-time Hall of Fame selection and the inspiration for the NBA logo, dies at 86

FILE - French singing star, Francoise Hardy, looks at a music score during a break in rehearsals, January 31, 1966, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England, where she is to appear for a three-week cabaret spot. Francoise Hardy, a beloved French singer and pop culture icon since the 1960s, has died at age 80. Her son, musician Thomas Dutronc, announced her death on social networks. (AP Photo, File)

Françoise Hardy, French singing legend and pop icon, dies at 80

FILE - Architect Fumihiko Maki talks to the press before unveiling conceptual designs for three World Trade Center office towers, on Sept. 7, 2006, in New York. Japanese architect Maki, who won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for designs praised as smartly and artfully fusing the East with the West, has died. He was 95. Maki, who taught architecture and urban design at Harvard, died June 6, his office Maki & Associates said Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh, File)

Japanese architect Maki, credited with fusing East with West, has died at age 95

FILE - Figure Skating coach Frank Carroll watches the women's free skate routines at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, Wash., Jan. 23, 2010. Longtime figure skating coach Frank Carroll, who over the course of a 60-year career helped guide six Olympic medalists at 10 Winter Games, including Michelle Kwan and Evan Lysacek, died Sunday, June 9, 2024. He was 85. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File

Frank Carroll, figure skating coach who led Michelle Kwan and Evan Lysacek to stardom, dies at 85

Former longtime Georgia Tech athletic director and NFL coach Homer Rice dies at 97

FILE - The Rev. James Lawson Jr. speaks in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2015. Lawson, an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the civil rights movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday, June 10, 2024. He was 95. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95

FILE - Marquette University president Michael Lovell listens to people talk about the incentives deal for Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group before the Assembly Committee on Jobs and Economy, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in Madison, Wis. Marquette University President Michael Lovell died Sunday, June 9, 2024, in Rome after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 57. University officials officials said in a news release that Lovell had been suffering from sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that develops in the bones and soft tissues. Lovell and his wife, Amy, were in Rome on a Jesuit formation pilgrimage when he fell ill and was taken to a hospital.(Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, File)

Marquette University President Michael Lovell dies in Rome

FILE - LSU senior Josh Maravich, left, shakes hands with coach John Brady as his mother, Jackie Maravich, center, watches during Senior Day events before LSU's NCAA college basketball game against Vanderbilt on March 5, 2005, at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, La. Maravich, son of Pete Maravich, has died at age 42, the university announced Saturday, June 8, 2024. Josh Maravich was found unresponsive at home Friday, the LSU statement said. (AP Photo/Bill Feig, File)

Ex-LSU player Josh Maravich, son of Hall of Fame player Pete Maravich, dead at age 42

FILE - French watchdog Reporters without Borders general secretary Christophe Deloire attends a demonstration in Paris, Tuesday Oct.24, 2017. Deloire, who negotiated to free imprisoned journalists and offered refuge to reporters under threat around the world, died Saturday, June 8, 2024, at 53. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

Christophe Deloire, the head of media freedom group Reporters Without Borders, has died. He was 53