Tag: Obituaries

In this photo taken in September 2005, Peter Wege addresses the first annual Great Lakes restoration conference at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, Mich. Wege, heir to the Steelcase Inc. fortune whose philanthropy kept much of the office furniture manufacturer's money in Grand Rapids, died Monday, July 7, 2014, at his home in Grand Rapids, Terri McCarthy, the Wege Foundation's vice president of programming, said Tuesday. He was 94. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Rex Larsen) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUT

Steelcase heir, philanthropist Wege dies at 94

Washington Examiner · July 8, 2014 7:47 pm

Dixon remembered for honesty, hard work

Washington Examiner · July 6, 2014 10:12 pm

FILE - In a June 30, 1995 file photo, Base Closure and Realignment Commission Chairman Alan Dixon meets reporters on Capitol Hill to discuss his commission's recommendations. Former Democratic U.S. Sen. Alan Dixon of Illinois died. Dixon died Sunday July 6, 2014, at his home in Fairview Heights, Ill., his son Jeffrey said. He was 86. (AP photo/Dennis Cook)

Son: Former US Sen Dixon of Illinois dies at home

Sophia Tareen · July 6, 2014 9:04 pm

Nobody Did It Better

Jeremy Rozansky · June 30, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - This May 17, 1973 file photo shows Sen. Fred D. Thompson, Chief Minority Counsel of the Senate Watergate Committee, left, talking with Sen. Howard Baker, R-Tenn. during the Watergate hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington. . Baker, who asked what President Richard Nixon knew about Watergate, has died. He was 88. Baker, a Republican, served 18 years in the Senate. He earned the respect of Republicans and Democrats alike and rose to the post of majority leader. He served as White House chief of staff at the end of the Reagan administration and was U.S. ambassador to Japan during President George W. Bush's first term. (AP Photo, File)

Sen. Baker, who posed famous Watergate query, dies

Connie Cass · June 26, 2014 9:22 pm

Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee gestures with a clinched fist as he speaks during a meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington on Oct. 17, 1979. (AP Photo/Charles W. Harrity)

Former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker Jr. dies

Associated Press · June 26, 2014 5:33 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2009 file picture German-Austrian actor and founder of the Human Aid organization 'People for People', Karlheinz Boehm, photographed during a photo call for the Walt Disney movie "oben" (above) in Berlin.. According to German news agency dpa, Boehm has died Thursday May 29 2014 in Groeding near Salzburg, Austria. He was 86. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Austrian actor, aid leader Karlheinz Boehm dies

Washington Examiner · May 30, 2014 11:19 am

Stonewall activist Storme DeLarverie dies at 93

Deepti Hajela · May 27, 2014 10:57 pm

Graphic designer Massimo Vignelli dies in NY at 83

Deepti Hajela · May 27, 2014 8:50 pm

California politician John Vasconcellos dies

Washington Examiner · May 25, 2014 7:26 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2003 file photo, G.I. Joe creator Don Levine holds up his original scuba diver G.I. Joe as other original prototypes lie on top of a table in Providence, R.I. Levine died of cancer early Thursday, May 22, 2014, at Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island, said his wife, Nan. He was 86. (AP Photo/Victoria Arocho, File)

Levine, Hasbro exec who helped create GI Joe, dies

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 10:15 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 1987 file photo, Venezuela's President Jaime Lusinchi, left, is greeted by United Nations Secretary General Javier Perez De Cuellar at the United Nations. The former president, who struggled to tame an economic crisis sparked by plunging oil prices in the late 1980s and then saw his reputation tarnished by allegations of corruption after leaving office, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014. He was 89. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani, File)

Ex-Venezuela President Lusinchi dies at 89

Jorge Rueda · May 22, 2014 10:26 pm