Mark Medoff, Tony-winning playwright of ‘Children of a Lesser God,’ dies at 79
His breakthrough, "When You Comin Back, Red Ryder?," opened Off-Broadway in 1973 and centered on a Vietnam War veteran who holds a New Mexico diner...
Peter Tork, endearingly offbeat bassist and singer in the Monkees, dies at 77 VIEW
A versatile multi-instrumentalist, Peter Tork mostly played bass and keyboard for the Monkees, in addition to singing lead on tracks.
Tony Mendez, ‘Argo’ spy who smuggled U.S. hostages out of Iran
Pulling techniques from magicians, movie-makeup artists and even the television show "Mission: Impossible," he changed one person into another, transforming agents into characters to help...
Osamu Shimomura, atomic blast survivor and Nobel-winning chemist, dies at 90
While working at Friday Harbor Laboratories, a field station run by the University of Washington, Osamu Shimomura discovered a jellyfish protein that allows scientists to...
Erik Hauri, scientist who found water on the moon, dies at 52
Geochemist Erik Hauri helped usher in a new era in our understanding of the moon, an astronomical object now known to have ice on its...