Joseph Segel, founder of the Franklin Mint and QVC shopping network, dies at 88
Segel was 13 when he formed his first company, a printing and advertising business in his family's basement.
Joseph C. Wilson, diplomat caught in dispute over Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, dies at 69
Joseph C. Wilson, a onetime diplomat who incurred the wrath of the administration of George W. Bush for questioning one of the primary reasons for...
Anne Rivers Siddons, bestselling novelist of the modern South, dies at 83
Anne Rivers Siddons, whose bestselling novels such as "Peachtree Road," "Outer Banks" and "Low Country" often portrayed the lives of women coming to terms with...
Jim Bouton, baseball pitcher whose ‘Ball Four’ gave irreverent peek inside the game, dies at 80
Jim Bouton, a once-promising pitcher with the New York Yankees who found greater fame as the author of "Ball Four," an irreverent, best-selling book that...
Roy Hargrove, Grammy-winning trumpeter of protean talent, dies at 49
Trumpeter Roy Hargrove, a prolific player who provided his jazz sound to records across a vast range of styles and won two Grammys, has died...