Al Unser, Racing Legend, Dies at 82

Angela Kukawski, a business manager who worked with members of the Kardashian family, was found dead inside her car on December 23, according to a statement today from the Los Angeles Police Department. Kukawski, who worked at Boulevard Management in Woodland Hills, was 55.

Former manager and business partner of actor Michael Keaton, Harry Colomby has died at the age of 92. Colomby died on December 25, 2021. 

Former Senator, Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada, who played a major role in President Obama’s most essential legislative accomplishments, died at age 82 of pancreatic cancer. His death was announced by political reporter Jon Ralston, who called Reid, “probably the most important elected official in Nevada history.”

John Madden, the exuberant, successful NFL coach who became a broadcast-booth legend and pitchman and later lent his name to the wildly successful Madden NFL video game franchise, died today. He was 85.

Wayne Thiebaud, a Sacramento-based artist and teacher famous for his colorful paintings of desserts and California landscapes, died Dec. 25 at the age of 101. Thiebaud’s death was announced on Instagram by his gallery, Acquavella.

Abigail Breslin is remember her late father this Christmas season.

Janice Long, the first woman to have her own daily show on the BBC’s Radio 1, died at home on Christmas Day. She was 66 and had what was described as a “short illness,” according to reports.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Prize winner and leader who was a key figure in ending apartheid in South Africa, has died at 90, the country’s president confirmed today.

Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday. He was 90.

Abigail Breslin is opening up about her first Christmas without her father, who passed away earlier this year after a battle with COVID-19.

The song became the Mavelettes signature, and has since been covered by many acts, most notably the Beatles. Young was not the lead singer on “Please Mr. Postman,” but was the lead vocal on “So Long, Baby,” the B-side of the single.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorRichard Conway, a special effects supervisor who collaborated closely with director Terry Gilliam, has died, his family announced. He was 79.Conway began working in television in the 1960s, where he began his career working alongside Gerry Anderson.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentCarlos Marin, the ever smiling and sharply dressed baritone powerhouse of multi-national quartet Il Divo, died Sunday of COVID complications. He was 53.After feeling ill, Marin had been hospitalized on Dec.

California-based rapper Drakeo the Ruler has reportedly died after being stabbed during an altercation near a concert in Los Angeles.

Eve Babitz, a writer and once-and-future “it” girl closely identified with the 1960s and early-’70s in Los Angeles, has died at 78.

Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, a founding member of The Roots who played bass on the iconic hip-hop group’s first seven albums has died, according to his wife Stephanie. He was 62.

Ken Kragen, producer of Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, among others, organizer of humanitarian projects including “We Are The World” and “Hands Across America and personal manager to Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie and many others, died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Brentwood, CA, a family spokesperson announced. He was 85.

Les Emmerson, the singer and songwriter of the 1970s group Five Man Electrical Band who had a massive 1971 radio hit with the counterculture anthem “Signs,” died Dec. 10 of Covid-19 at a hospital in his native Ottawa. He was 77.