Former astronaut and American icon John Glenn died on Thursday at the age of 95 at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The reason for his death was not disclosed. Glenn, who was an aviator, an engineer and a democrat senator Ohio–was recently hospitalized for an illness at James Cancer Hospital over a week ago, but…

Another star has fallen from the sky. Florence Henderson was everybody’s mom when she played the congenial and perky Carol Brady on the popular show the “Brady Bunch” during the 1960s and during the 1970s. Today we say “goodbye” to Henderson who passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 82 from heart failure.…

Gwen Ifill broke barriers as a black female journalist and as the news anchor of PBS “NewsHour” and as the managing editor of “Washington Week.” She died from endometrial cancer on Nov.14 at a hospice center in Washington at the age of 61. Ifill was considered one of the most prominent journalists of her generation…

Shimon Peres has passed away at age 93. Peres was the Israeli elder statesman who shared a Nobel Prize for forging a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians. He served as a constant force for generations in Israeli politics. Peres died after suffering a massive stroke two weeks ago. He had been making progress but…

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