Sir Ian McKellen, the esteemed actor known for his iconic roles in movies like “The Lord of The Rings,” has recently parted ways with his boyfriend, Oscar Conlon-Morrey, after a year-long relationship. The news of their split comes as a surprise to many, especially considering the affectionate declarations made by Oscar during the initial stages […]
It was a shock. Over the weekend, television presenter Erin Jayne Plummer “suddenly” passed away at the young age of just forty-two. Plummer was best known for her appearances hosting advertorials on Studio 10 as well as programs on the shopping channel TVSN. Studio 10 announced the young presenter’s death on Monday while fellow hosts […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau, April 18, 2024 You may have figured that you’d heard the last of Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who deserted his regiment in Afghanistan and subsequently was convicted of the offense in a court martial at which he plead guilty. But the story of the ex-sergeant has taken a new […]
News anchor Robert McNeil, who co-hosted “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report” on PBS
Robert MacNeil, the Canadian-born journalist who delivered sober evening newscasts for more than two decades on PBS as the co-anchor of “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report,” later expanded as “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour,” died early today in Manhattan. He was 93.
Widely considered a trailblazer for foreign sumo wrestlers, he died of heart failure.
Carl Erskine, whose pitching prowess helped the Brooklyn Dodgers end their championship drought in 1955, died Tuesday. He was 97.The Indiana native was a mainstay on the Dodgers teams that reached the World Series five times in eight years from 1949-56. He moved west with the franchise from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1957 and played the last of his 12 major league seasons — all with the Dodgers — in 1958.Erskine was the last living member of the "Boys of Summer" Dodgers made famous in Roger...
Robert MacNeil, whose coverage of the Watergate scandal led to the first nightly newscast for PBS, died Friday in Manhattan after a long illness. He was 93. A PBS representative confirmed MacNeil's death. MacNeil was the founding anchor of "PBS NewsHour," which was first launched in 1975 as "The Robert MacNeil Report" and later renamed "The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour." In the years before cable news and the internet, the program was the lone national TV alternative to the newscasts on ABC, CBS and...
Longtime broadcast journalist Robert MacNeil, who covered some of the biggest headlines of the 20th century and co-anchored PBS nightly news for two decades, died on Friday, PBS announced. He was 93. MacNeil “was an incredibly erudite reporter, anchor and writer who raised the bar for serious journalism in America,” Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president of NewsHour Productions, said Friday in a news release. “Principled, incisive and tenacious, he and Jim Lehrer set the high standards for NewsHour...
I have received many lovely messages in the weeks since my dad died – including one that will always stay with meI need to stop banging on about death and dying, I know, or people are going to start crossing the street when they see me coming. But there is one more thing I need to share. I’ve had many nice texts and emails from friends close and distant over the last few weeks since my dad died. Here’s one that I stared at for a long time. It came from a woman I’ve known for 50 years, since we...
Richard Leibner, the accountant-turned-agent who turbocharged the careers of numerous TV journalists, died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 85. Jay Sures, vice chairman of talent agency UTA (which acquired Leibner's firm N.S. Bienstock in 2014), said in an internal memo that Leibner died at his home in Manhattan surrounded by family members. "Richard will be remembered as the agent who transformed the news business," Sures said in the memo. "To say that Richard was iconic and larger than...
Henry rose to fame in the late 1950s with the song "I Ain't Got No Home" and toured with the Beatles on their first American tour after opening for the group's performance in City Park.