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Former Blue Jays, Red Sox and Astros manager Jimy Williams dies at age 80
Williams was voted AL Manager of the Year in 1999 after leading the Red Sox to their second straight playoff appearance. -
Boston reacts to death of Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan
MacGowan is remembered for raucous shows during the band's heyday. -
The personal and political legacy of John Walsh
The late political operative made diversifying Massachusetts politics a priority. -
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93
The court says O’Connor died in Phoenix on Friday of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness. -
Henry Kissinger, controversial diplomat and foreign policy scholar, dies at 100
Kissinger's guiding foreign policy principle was that strategic national interests take priority over more idealistic aims, like the promotion of human rights and democracy. -
Hundreds gather to honor and mourn Brian O'Donovan
The service included a eulogy from his four children, and a musical performance by the Boston Irish Music Company. -
Jimmy Buffett died of a rare skin cancer
Merkel cell carcinoma has a high risk of recurring and metastasizing, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. About 3,000 new cases are diagnosed in the U.S. each year. -
Tributes to Charles J. Ogletree Jr. reveal a mentor whose phone 'never stopped ringing'
In addition to leading landmark civil rights cases, Ogletree guided generations of students, including Barack and Michelle Obama. -
Sinéad O'Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer-songwriter, dies at 56
LONDON (AP) — Sinéad O'Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s and was known as much for her private struggles… -
Tony Bennett, king of the American Songbook, dead at 96
Tony Bennett, the internationally famous singer whose voice epitomized the American Songbook, has died. He was 96.Bennett died Friday morning in New York…
