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British fashion designer Mary Quant, the style queen of Britain's Swinging '60s who popularized the miniskirt, died on Thursday at age 93, her family said.Whether Quant actually invented the then-scandalously short skirts has long…

The term ‘old school’ could have been coined for Bob Gillespie, the trade unionist and lifelong socialist who has died at the age of 84. The STUC said that Gillespie was a ‘credit to our movement’ and Glasgow…

The death of a character in one of the best shows on television is a major entertainment event, and one that begged for extraordinary coverage. Reflecting the thoroughness with which HBO’s “Succession” has created its own media universe,…

New York —  Al Jaffee, Mad magazine's award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions," has died. He was 102. Jaffee died…

Al Jaffee, Mad magazine's award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions," has died. He was 102.Jaffee died Monday…

Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who prosecuted Nazis for genocidal war crimes — and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps — has…

Paul Cattermole, a member of early-2000s British pop group S Club 7, has died just weeks after the band announced a reunion tour. He was 46.The band and Cattermole's family said Friday that "it is with great sadness that we announce…

Bill Lynch, an award-winning journalist who anchored CBS News Radio's "World News Roundup" for nearly 15 years, has died, his family confirmed. He was 77.Lynch died Tuesday in Lawrence, Kansas, surrounded…

Klaus Teuber, the mastermind of the popular Catan board game, has died at the age of 70, his family and the company behind the game announced. Teuber's family said in a statement on Catan's website that…

New York —  Seymour Stein, the brash, prescient and highly successful founder of Sire Records who helped launched the careers of Madonna, Talking Heads and many others, died Sunday at age 80. Stein, who helped found the Rock and Roll…