‘Sesame Street’ Co-Creator Lloyd Morrisett Has Died at 93 Years Old Few shows have had a bigger impact on the lives of children than Sesame Street, which has existed for almost 50 years and is still going strong today. The show was co-created in 1969 by Lloyd Morrisett and […]
Barbara Walters, news pioneer and ‘The View’ creator, dies Barbara Walters, the intrepid interviewer, anchor and program host who blazed the way as the first woman to become a TV news superstar during a career remarkable for its duration and variety, has died. She was 93. ABC broke into its […]
Actor Kirstie Alley dies at 71 of cancer that was ‘only recently discovered’ Alley, 71, was battling cancer “only recently discovered,” according to a statement by her children, True and Lillie Parker. “She was surrounded by her closest family and fought with great strength, leaving us with a certainty of […]
Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, died on Wednesday at the age of 96, prompting a wave of nostalgia for the more liberal times he oversaw. Jiang died in his home city of Shanghai […]
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. The palace announced she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of the royal family had rushed to […]