Obituaries

Author Carlos Ruiz Zafón, whose bestseller “The Shadow of the Wind” was the first in his series “The Cemetery of Forgotten Books,” has died at 55.

Ian Holm, the acclaimed British actor whose long career included roles in ‘Chariots of Fire,’ ‘Alien’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ has died at 88.

Smith was the assassinated president’s youngest sister, a former ambassador to Ireland and a champion of artists with disabilities.

Dame Vera Lynn, who serenaded British troops abroad, had recorded a charity version of ‘We’ll Meet Again’ amid this year’s coronavirus outbreak.

Yohan, who performed with K-pop groups NOM and TST, died Tuesday at age 28. No cause of death has been disclosed.

Known as Commander Zero, Pastora led a group of guerrilla fighters in an armed takeover of Nicaragua’s national congress.

Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput, last seen in the 2019 Netflix film ‘Drive,’ was found dead Sunday in his Mumbai residence.

William Sessions, a former federal judge appointed by President Reagan to head the FBI and fired years later by President Clinton, has died at the age of 90.

For more than six decades he and his family developed nearly 420 fruit and nut varieties, including Pluots, sweet white-fleshed peaches and nectarines, and fruit crosses such as Peacotums previously thought to be impossible.

Tyrone “The Bone” Proctor, a “Soul Train” dancer, brought waacking from underground L.A. gay clubs into the mainstream.

Ryder’s public fight with Lou Gehrig’s disease drew support from stars including Renée Zellweger and Courteney Cox.