Paul Thomas Walter, 62, died of a heart attack on March 13 while hiking near Arenal Volcano. He was one of two U.S. hikers to die on trails in Costa Rica that day.
In 1936 and 1937, young Werner Franz worked as a cabin boy on the Hindenburg, the largest, fastest and sleekest mode of transportation the world had seen up to that time.
Robin Williams, the Juilliard-trained actor and uncontainably exhibitionist comic who became one of the most dazzling all-around talents in show business, winning an Academy Award for a dramatic role in "Good Will Hunting" and an Emmy for his stand-up work, was found dead Monday at his home in Tiburon, Calif. He was 63.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Former White House spokesman James Brady, a tireless advocate for gun control being severely wounded during a 1981 attempt on the life of his then-boss Ronald Reagan, has died at the age of 73.
Tommy, who once said "we play short songs and short sets for people who don't have a lot of spare time," died Friday in a hospice following treatment for bile-duct cancer, according to a report in Variety.
President Luis Guillermo Solís declared a national day of mourning beginning Monday for Alberto "Beto" Cañas, a Costa Rican politician, playwright, statesman, diplomat, author and journalist who died Saturday at 94 following complications from surgery late last week.
Julio Eduardo Laínez Somoza, who was born in El Salvador but left his mark as an extraordinary photojournalist and painter in Costa Rica, died Friday evening at 76, following a long illness.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul, who won an Oscar for his 2012 documentary "Searching for Sugar Man," died in Stockholm on Tuesday, the TT news agency reported. He was 36.
OTTAWA, Canada – Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the prizefighter whose racially tinged wrongful murder conviction made him a symbol of injustice and a pop culture cause, died on Sunday at the age of 76.
