1920 - Sergeant James Lloyd Jackson was born in Lakeland, Florida. Sgt Jackson led a unit of Combat Engineers onto Normandy Beach. Jackson’s unit also captured German soldiers including Max Schmeling, ...

Jim "Boomer" Gordon, longtime host of 'The Point with Boomer Gordon' on SiriusXM NHL Network Radio, died Monday after a ...

Bobby J. Brown, best known for his portrayal of Officer Bobby Brown in “The Wire,” died Tuesday after a barn fire in Maryland ...

The Big Ten is becoming a college football embarrassment of riches, as preseason rankings of the conference's teams confirms. Win a national title? Well, that might fit a team into the top four of the ...

A look at The Wire stars who died too soon including Lance Reddick James Ransone Bobby J Brown and Robert F Chew with details ...

Actor Peter Greene, who specialized in playing villains like the sadistic security guard Zed in "Pulp Fiction," died after he accidentally shot himself in the armpit, the New York City medical examine ...

Pulp Fiction actor Peter Greene, who was found lifeless in his Manhattan apartment on December 12, died after accidentally shooting himself in the left armpit, The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ...

In the early 1960s, when Robert Duvall was struggling to make it in New York City, he palled around with a couple of fellow actors also trying to find their way in the business. One was married, but ...

Jim Markalunas, a third-generation Aspenite and longtime public servant, died in Aspen on Sunday. He was 95. He was the grandchild of a Smuggler Mine surveyor, whose family walked over Independence ...

Prolific character actor Tom Noonan had died at age 74. The towering Connecticut native’s extensive body of film work includes appearances as a crime boss in “RoboCop 2,” an assassin in “Last Action ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Actor James Van Der Beek, known for his roles in "Dawson's Creek," "Varsity Blues" and more, has died at the age of 48, according ...