Paolo Gabriele, Vatican butler whose leaks exposed turmoil under Pope Benedict XVI, dies at 54
As the butler to Pope Benedict XVI, Paolo Gabriele lived in a Vatican City apartment just inside the walls of the world's smallest country. He...
Scooby-Doo co-creator Ken Spears, who set the Mystery Machine in motion, dies at 82
Ken Spears fell into the cartoon business and stayed for a long career, with his most lasting success being the "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" pop-culture...
Albert Uderzo, co-creator of French comics series Asterix, dies at 92
Albert Uderzo, who co-created with René Goscinny the diminutive, blond-haired warrior Asterix the Gaul, one of the world's most recognizable and beloved cartoon characters, died...
Katherine Johnson, ‘hidden figure’ at NASA during 1960s space race, dies at 101
When Katherine Johnson began working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1953, she was classified as "subprofessional," not far outranking a secretary or...