obituary Noted Denver architect dies 01/02/2009 Peter Dominick, Jr., "one of the "bright lights in our architectural community," according to architect Alan Gass, died Thursday in Aspen shortly after returning from a ski trek.
S. African activist fought apartheid 01/01/2009 - South African anti-apartheid activist Helen Suzman, who won international acclaim as one of the few white lawmakers to fight against the injustices of racist rule, died Thursday. She was 91.
Actress known as femme fatale in '40s 12/29/2008 - Ann Savage, who earned a cult following as a femme fatale in such 1940s pulp-fiction movies as "Detour," has died at 87.
Other Deaths 12/29/2008 - Delaney Bramlett, 69, a singer-songwriter-producer who penned such classic rock songs as "Let it Rain" and worked with musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton, died Saturday in Los Angeles as a result of complications from gallbladder surgery, his wife Susan Lanier-Bramlett said.
Other Deaths 12/28/2008 - Samuel Huntington, a political scientist known for his views on the clash of civilizations, died Wednesday in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., Harvard University announced Saturday. He was 81.
Eartha Kitt defied age, defined sultry 12/26/2008 - Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said. She was 81.
Pinter's words won Nobel 12/26/2008 - Harold Pinter, the Nobel Prize-winning playwright who addressed the isolation, fear and brutality of life in an original style that changed the face of 20th-century theater, has died. He was 78.
Eartha Kitt, sultry 'Santa Baby' singer, dies 12/25/2008 - NEW YORK—Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said.
Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter dies at 78 12/25/2008 - LONDON—British Nobel laureate Harold Pinter—who produced some of his generation's most influential dramas and later became a staunch critic of the U.
