Stuart Scott passed away today from cancer at the age of 49. Below is ESPN’s moving tribute to the sportscaster who spent over two decades working at the station.
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Inwood (Long Island) Firefighter, Joseph Sanford Jr. won’t be where he belongs this Christmas. His family will miss him dearly. The 17 year department veteran succumbed to his injuries sustained in a house fire 5 days ago in Inwood. Sanford…
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder, Oscar Taveras, has been killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic. Taveras’ family has confirmed the accident which also claimed the life of his girlfriend. Taveras was 22 years old and had a bright…
When I got out of college in 1982 a friend of mine, Michael “Smooth” Carrington, and I became a comedy team called Bob and Smooth and embarked on a grand adventure to New York to become stand up comedians. Our…
Following the untimely passing of Robin Williams – one of America’s greatest and most beloved entertainers – President Obama and The First Family issued the following statement. Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president,…
Robin Williams will be missed. He brought a special piece of joy to the world. Beloved actor Robin Williams was found dead on Monday, police reported. He was 63. The apparent cause of death was suicide, authorities said. Williams was best…
Caleb Bankstan, the boyfriend of infamous Survivor quitter Colton Cumbie, was killed when a train he was working at the Alabama Warrior Railway in Birmingham, Ala., derailed as reported by TMZ. He was 26 years old. “Survivor” host and executive producer Jeff Probst…
Tony Gwynn passed away today at the age of 54, thus ending a battle with cancer dating back to 2010. Gwynn was very private about his medical struggles but he had attributed them to years of chewing tobacco use. Gwynn…
He was player, a coach, and for the final 10 years of his life, a senior advisor for the Tampa Bay Rays. He became living history, a treasure trove of baseball memories that spanned from Jackie Robinson to the New…
Emmy-winning actress Ann B. Davis, who became the country’s favorite and most famous housekeeper as the devoted Alice Nelson of “The Brady Bunch,” died Sunday at a San Antonio hospital. She was 88. Bexar County, Texas, medical examiner’s investigator Sara…
When her friend Nelson Mandela passed away last year, Maya Angelou wrote that “No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again, and bring the dawn.” Today, Michelle and I join millions around the world in remembering one of the…
According to her agent, Helen Brann, the noted author and poet died near her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina early this morning. “She’d been very frail and had heart problems, but she was going strong, finishing a new book,” Brann…