Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and Traffic co-founder Dave Mason died Sunday at his Gardnerville, Nevada, residence at the age of 79, according to his family.
Famed Los Angeles Dodger and legendary first base coach Davey Lopes, died yesterday from complications of Parkinson's Disease. He was a well loved & respected player and coach, including the rough period of the Los Angeles Dodgers' down years and the Philadelphia Phillies' World Series win in 2008.
During yesterday's Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants game, the Phillies' TV announcers paid tribute to Davey Lopes. It was a beautiful tribute and a little emotional for me, as I had admired Davey Lopes' work ethic and coaching, during his tenure with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Birute Galdikas, whose life's work turned wild orangutans into a global conservation cause, has died at 79. The Canadian primatologist, famed for her half-century of research on the endangered great apes of Borneo, died in Los Angeles of lung cancer, according to Orangutan Foundation International, the nonprofit she founded in 1986, reports CBC News.
Thirty year old LA County Deputy Sheriff Levi Vargas dies after a 'medical emergency' during the Desert Relay Race Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup. Rest in peace, sir!
Former Oakland Raiders center Barret Robbins dies at 52, after a troubled post-NFL life. He was retired from the NFL, before the Raiders moved from Oakland, CA to Las Vegas, NV.