University of Georgia music professor Fred Mills, a Grammy nominee who made numerous records as a trumpeter with the Canadian Brass quintet and performed with several orchestras, has died, the school said Tuesday.
He was 74. The university said he was killed Monday night in a car crash in Walton County, about 45 miles east of [...]

Frank Batten, 82, died Sept. 10, 2009, at Harbors Edge Retirement Community after a long illness. He was born in Norfolk on Feb. 11, 1927, to Frank and Dorothy Martin Batten.
He graduated in 1945 from Culver Military Academy in Culver, Ind., received his B.A. from University of Virginia in 1950 and a MBA from [...]

DJ AM, (Adam Goldstein) the sought-after disc jockey who became a celebrity in his own right with high-profile romances and a glamorous lifestyle, was found dead Friday, August 28, at his New York apartment, which had drug paraphernalia in it, a law enforcement official said.
Paramedics had to break down the door to his Manhattan apartment [...]

Gary Platt on August 24, 2009, Gary S. Platt, beloved brother of Sue and Howard Platt and Beverly and Robert Mandel and Elinor and Michael Laupheimer and beloved partner of T La Rossa and nine nieces and nephews and 22 grand-nieces and grand-nephews, passed away
Services at Santa Barbara clubhouse at 1:30 PM on August 30, [...]

James Joseph Eldred Resident of Pleasanton, 75, passed away on August 11, 2009 at his home in Pleasanton. Mr. Eldred, fondly known as “Pete”, was born in Andover, Massachusetts and was the son of John and Elizabeth (Davey) Eldred.
Jim was a graduate of Castlemont High School in Oakland and he was long time Pleasanton [...]

M. Raymond Kallman, died July 13, 2009, in Taos, NM, at age 88. Born in Brooklyn.
He is survived by his loving partner, Karen Soomekh, his sister Nancy Rudolph, his children Seth, Peter and Laura Kallman, his stepchildren Catha Korshak, Nancy Patton, James Patton and Curtis Patton, and many grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Hazel Bluberg, 97, died on July 26, 2009 in her home in Larchmont, NY.
Hazel is survived by her two children and their partners, Louise Albin (Susan Cohen) and Robert Blumberg (Joyce Blumberg), her five grandsons and their wives, David (Catherine) Albin, Jonathan (Michelle) Albin, Michael (Marianne) Albin, Matt (Mariquita) Blumberg, and Michael (Sheila) Blumberg, her [...]

Author E. Lynn Harris, cheerleading sponsor/coach for Arkansas and a passionate Razorbacks fan, has passed away at 54. He was on a book tour of the West Coast.
Most recently, Harris’ wrote his 11th novel, “Basketball Jones”, which involved an NBA player and the player’s gay lover. Before “Basketball Jones,” Harris penned “Just Too Good To [...]

Maureen E. “Susie” Modlin, 58, of Venice, formerly of Toledo, Ohio, died June 28, 2009.
A memorial service and celebration of her life will be at a later date.
Survivors include son Jason of Toledo, Ohio; brother William Kelly of Tahoe, Calif.; sisters Sharon Kelly-Jones and Laura Kelly of Orlando; and two grandsons.
Susie Modlin, a dog and [...]

Lawrence King March 11, 1944 – July 3, 2009.
Lawrence King, an Emmy award winning set designer, died on Wednesday at his home in Milford, CT after a long battle with cancer. He was 65. He designed “As the World Turns” for 13 years and was awarded a Daytime Emmy for his work in 1990. [...]