Legendary musician and the inventor of an iconic line of solid-body electric guitars Les Paul has died of complications from pneumonia. He was 94.
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Longtime political columnist Robert Novak, known for his conservative views and for being the first to publish Valerie Plame’s name in the CIA leak case, died at his home in Washington, D.C., Tuesday after a battle with brain cancer.
KEYWORDS Crossfire | Robert Novak
A month after Walter Cronkite, another CBS News giant has died. Don Hewitt, creator and legendary producer of newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” succumbed to pancreatic cancer at his Bridgehampton, New York home. He was 86.
President Obama broke from his vacation in Martha’s Vineyard to go before the cameras early Wednesday. Calling Ted Kennedy' “Teddy,” the president described the senator as a “singular figure in American history” and as “a counselor, a colleague and a friend.”
KEYWORDS Ted Kennedy | washington d.c.
Dominick Dunne, a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and best-selling author, died Wednesday at his home in Manhattan after battling bladder cancer. He was 83.
David Alter, a former legal counsel and senior advisor for the Screen Actors Guild, died Wednesday. He was 85.
Alter had been involved with SAG since 1966, when he was hired to represent the interests of the Guild and its members as outside counsel. He began his career working as an attorney for individual performers.
