Obituaries

Chet Lemon enjoyed a 16-year MLB career after being drafted out of Fremont High. After he retired, he taught baseball in Florida despite battling a blood disorder.

Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, who surprised his Republican backers by becoming a staunch liberal on the high court, has died.

Filmmaker James Foley, whose directing career spans numerous music videos for Madonna as well as TV series ‘House of Cards’ and the ‘Fifty Shades’ sequels, has died.

On the City Council, Holden represented the predominantly Black 10th District, becoming a spokesperson for the poor and middle class in South Central and southwestern L.A.

Garrison Brown of ‘Sister Wives’ took his own life in March 2024. On the polygamist-themed reality show, the cast members reveal how they reacted to the news.

Ruth Buzzi, the actor who became famous for playing a purse-wielding spinster on ‘Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,’ has died at her home in Texas. She was 88.

Jeff Sperbeck, a longtime friend and business partner to Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway, has died after falling from a golf cart reportedly driven by Elway in La Quinta, Calif.

Priscilla Pointer, the ‘Dallas’ actor who was prolific on stage, big screen and TV, died Monday at 100. She was mother to ‘Crossing Delancey’ actor Amy Irving.