O.J. Simpson’s story represents one of the most dramatic falls from grace in the history of American pop culture. A beloved football hero in the 1960s and ’70s, he transitioned effortlessly to movie star, sports commentator and ...
Visitors to the UNLV basketball team’s practice facility are greeted with a mannequin dressed a warm-up jersey that belonged to Jarvis Basnight, the high-flying post player from the 1987 Final Four team. Staffers found ...
Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87. Gossett always thought of his early career as ...
Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and ...
Steve Lawrence, a singer and top stage act who as a solo performer and in tandem with his wife Eydie Gorme kept Tin Pan Alley alive during the rock era, died Thursday. He was 88. Lawrence, whose hits included ...
Hydeia Broadbent, a prominent HIV/AIDS activist known for her inspirational talks in the 1990s as a young child to reduce the stigma surrounding the virus she was born with, has died. She ...
Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died, NASA announced. He was 87....
Harvey Munford, a longtime educator in the Clark County School District and a Nevada assemblyman who represented Las Vegas’ Historic West Side for six terms, died Thursday of natural causes, according to multiple people close to Munford. He was 83. Born in Akron, Ohio, in 1940, Munford ...
Art Marshall operated under the handshake philosophy, his son recalled, saying “my father had a tremendous amount of integrity. He was one of the original handshake guys in that his word meant everything to him.”
Robbie Knievel, an American stunt performer who set records with daredevil motorcycle jumps following the tire tracks of his thrill-seeking father — including at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in ...
Christine McVie, the British-born Fleetwood Mac vocalist, songwriter and keyboard player whose cool, soulful contralto helped define such classics as “You Make Loving Fun,” “Everywhere” and ...
Harry King was one of first veterinarians in Las Vegas with St. Francis Animal Hospital on Highland Drive. It was common for King to care for the pets of resort owners or entertainers on the Strip.