Norman Brinker, the man who changed America’s definition of casual dining out, died on vacation Tuesday. The chairman emeritus of Brinker International Inc. and its retired chief executive was 78.
“Through his teachings and guidance, and leadership, Norman changed the whole restaurant industry,” said retired Dean Foods Inc. vice chairman Pete Schenkel, one of Brinker’s closest [...]

Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, died in a care home in England on Sunday, media reports said. She was 97.
Elizabeth Gladys Dean, known to friends as Millvina, was only nine weeks old when the liner hit an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean on the night of [...]

Longtime Hollywood publicist Lee Solters has died. He was 89.
Solters’ namesake public relations firm says the New York native died at his West Hollywood, Calif. home on Monday morning.
Solters represented some of entertainment’s biggest stars, including Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton, the Muppets, Mae West and Led Zeppelin. Born in Brooklyn in [...]

Karine Ruby, a former Olympic snowboarding champion who had been training to become a mountain guide, died Friday in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc. She was 31.
Ruby was roped to other climbers when she and some members of the group fell into a deep crack in the glacier on the way down the [...]

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Phyllis Anderson Card September 24, 1918 – April 19, 2009, a long-time San Francisco resident and a director of the Metropolitan Club, has passed away in Fairfield at the age of [...]

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Melissa Joan Smith, 43, of Palm Springs, Calif., passed away on May 3, 2009 at Desert Hospital in Palm Springs, Calif. She was born Oct. 14 1965 to Richard and Vera [...]

Hall of Fame basketball coach Chuck Daly, who won two NBA Championships and an Olympic gold medal, dies at age 78.
Daly is survived by his wife, Terry, daughter Cydney and grandchildren Sebrina and Connor.
The funeral is Wednesday in Tequesta, Fla., at St. Jude Catholic Church. Visitation is Tuesday in nearby Jupiter at Aycock Funeral Home.

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As director and chief operating officer of the Miller School of Medicine’s Comprehensive AIDS Program, Ann D. Carter, M.S., was a force behind the battle to stem the tide of the [...]

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November 27, 1929 – May 2, 2009 Carol Roy, one of the world’s most distinguished nightclub entertainers and wife and partner of Marvyn Roy, also known as “Mr. Electric,” has passed [...]