Matt Schudel | The Seattle Times

August 30, 2018 at 4:30 pm

Marie Severin, versatile Hall of Fame comic-book illustrator, dies at 89

She co-created “Spider-Woman” and helped illustrate “The Incredible Hulk” and other Marvel Comics classics.

Nation & World

April 24, 2018 at 4:22 pm

Bob Dorough, who set numbers and grammar to music in ‘Schoolhouse Rock!,’ dies at 94 WATCH

Besides writing for animated TV shorts, Bob Dorough had a long career as a jazz musician and composer.

Nation & World

This 1955 photo provided by Heinz Endowments shows Drue Heinz in Pittsburgh. Drue Heinz, the widow of the former head of the H.J. Heinz Co. and a longtime patron of the literary arts has died, she was 103. The Heinz family and The Heinz Endowments said she died Friday, March 30, 2018 in Lasswade, Scotland. (H.J. Heinz II/Heinz Endowments via AP) NY114 NY114

April 5, 2018 at 1:32 pm

Drue Heinz, philanthropist and Paris Review publisher, dies at 103

Drue Heinz, 103, the British-born widow of Henry J. "Jack" Heinz II, was a quiet but influential force in the literary and cultural life of...

January 23, 2018 at 5:28 pm

Wyatt Tee Walker, civil rights leader and top assistant to Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 89

The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, a pastor and leading civil rights leader in Virginia who, as a top assistant to the Rev. Martin Luther King...

Nation & World

December 5, 2012 at 10:12 pm

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck dies at 91

Dave Brubeck's 1959 recording "Time Out," with its infectious hit "Take Five," became the first jazz album to sell 1 million copies.

Nation & World

March 26, 2011 at 8:36 pm

First female VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro dies at 75

Geraldine Ferraro, the savvy New York Democrat who was embraced as a symbol of women's equality in 1984 when she became the first woman nominated...

Nation & World

January 8, 2011 at 8:35 pm

Giffords known as a pragmatic moderate member of Congress

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a rising star of the Democratic Party, was elected to Congress in 2006 and built a reputation as a pragmatic moderate...

Nation & World

October 24, 2010 at 9:12 pm

Creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle dies

Alex Anderson, the artist who created the cartoon characters Rocky and Bullwinkle, the flying squirrel and hapless moose who were TV fixtures in the early...

Nation & World

August 2, 2010 at 7:54 pm

Music innovator, host of TV’s ‘Sing Along with Mitch’, dies at 99

Mitch Miller, a musician and record-company executive who became one of the 20th century's most influential forces in popular music, has died at 99.

Nation & World

April 8, 2010 at 10:05 pm

Anatoly Dobrynin, Soviet’s Cold War ambassador, dies at 90

Anatoly Dobrynin, who negotiated arms treaties, helped settle the Cuban missile crisis and was the dean of Washington's ...

Nation & World