Obituaries – Artesia Daily Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An 8-year-old Indiana boy who befriended his basketball and football heroes during a years-long fight with leukemia has died.

NEW YORK (AP) — Solly Walker, a St. John's basketball star in the 1950s and the school's first black player, has died. He was 85.

PHOENIX (AP) — Oakland Athletics 2016 draft pick Casey Thomas has died. He was 24.

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Toby Kimball, who starred for the University of Connecticut and played for nine seasons in the NBA, has died. He was 74.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher whose apocalyptic ministry grew into a multimillion-dollar network of businesses and property before he was convicted in Arkansas of sexually abusing young girls he considered his wives, has died in prison. He was 82.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A son of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has been elected to the university's board of trustees.

Steven Holcomb, the longtime U.S. bobsledding star who drove to three Olympic medals after beating a disease that nearly robbed him of his eyesight, was found dead in Lake Placid, New York, on Saturday.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — George Irvine, who coached nearly 200 games for the Indiana Pacers in the 1980s before working in the front office, has died after battling cancer. He was 69.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The 19th-century body of a girl found last year inside a small metal casket under a San Francisco home has been identified.

NEW YORK (AP) — Glen Williams, a star at St. John's in the 1970s and a second-round draft pick of the Milwaukee Bucks, has died. He was 63.

DETROIT (AP) — Yale Lary, a Hall of Fame safety who helped the Detroit Lions win three NFL titles during the 1950s, has died. He was 86.

HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (AP) — What once were pieces of John F. Kennedy's home are now pieces of art.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Bob Patterson, a former Memphis athletic director and assistant football coach, has died. He was 84.

NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Ailes, the communications maestro who transformed television news and America's political conversation by creating and ruling Fox News Channel for two decades before being ousted last year for alleged sexual harassment, died Thursday, according to his wife, Elizabeth Ailes. He was 77.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the death of media guru and political strategist Roger Ailes (all times local):

SEATTLE (AP) — Grief-stricken Chris Cornell fans left flowers at memorials across Seattle for the musician whose forceful, somber songs helped cement the city's place in rock history.

CESENA, Italy (AP) — Former MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden died in hospital on Monday, five days after he was hit by a car while training on his bicycle. Hayden was 35.

CHICAGO (AP) — Bill White, a former Chicago Blackhawks all-star defenseman and a member of Canada's 1972 Summit Series team, has died. He was 77.

LONDON (AP) — Sir Roger Moore saw more to life than a well-mixed martini.

NEW YORK (AP) — Dina Merrill, the rebellious heiress who defied her super-rich parents to become a movie star, often portraying stylish wives or "the other woman," has died at age 93.

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