Murray Stenson cemented his legend when he resurrected a Prohibition-era cocktail called The Last Word. In recent years, he had endured many health issues.
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Fernando Botero, artist of whimsical rotundity, is dead at 91 VIEW
His voluptuous figures, both in paintings and in sculpture, portrayed the high and mighty as well as everyday people through a distorting prism.

Marilyn Lovell, astronaut’s wife in the spotlight, dies at 93
Marilyn Lovell, who, as an object of fascination for the news media, the inspiration for movie and TV characters and a figure in history books,...

Former Smash Mouth lead singer dies at 56
Steve Harwell, the former lead singer of the rock band Smash Mouth, which was best known for its 1999 hit “All Star,” died Monday. He...

Mohamed Al Fayed, tycoon whose son died with Diana, is dead at 94
Mohamed Al Fayed, the Egyptian business tycoon whose empire of trophy properties and influence in Europe and the Middle East was overshadowed by the 1997...

Jimmy Buffett, ‘Margaritaville’ singer who turned beach life into an empire, dies at 76 VIEW
The singer-songwriter popularized beach-bum soft rock and turned that celebration of loafing into an empire.