Obituaries

Funerals were planned for two of the five victims of a South Carolina serial killer, and even a minister was keeping a firearm in his church office.

DES MOINES, Iowa a ' A year before it became a best-seller, author Jeffrey Zaslow wondered if all the time he'd put into his book about the longtime friendship of 11 women would be wasted.

FESSENDEN, C. Donald Age 72, of Springboro, OH; died Friday July 3, 2009 at Hospice of Dayton.

As fans continued to register by the thousands to win tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service next week, conversation turned Saturday to the singer's burial arrangements - which the family has still not announced.

Former Phenix City, Ala., city manager James Grady McCalmon has died at the age of 76.

More than half a million fans from around the world applied for 17 500 free tickets to Michael Jackson's public memorial service next week, organisers said on Friday as a massive security operation got underway.

Six people including a newborn baby died Friday in a massive fire at a tower block in London, the city's emergency services said.

Mourners filed past Chastity Turner's casket one-by-one Friday at a South Side funeral home.

YAKIMA, Wash. - An autopsy confirmed that a woman died Wednesday on Interstate 82 from a gunshot wound to the head.

Shot dead ... Bob Knight. July 4, 2009 - 1:05PM Canberra grandfather Bob Knight, the innocent victim of a recent shoot-out in Sydney, has been remembered for his sense of humour, love of dogs and as "Bob the truckie", a regular on talkback radio.

A former funeral home director facing embezzlement charges was taken into custody in Midwest City Friday.

Norman Welton, whose 31-year career as a photo editor for The Associated Press included coverage of New York City, the United Nations and four Olympic Games, has died.

References to television pitchman Bill Mays' trademark image were everywhere at his funeral Friday near Pittsburgh.Most mourners wore stickers showing a cartoon image of his distinctive bearded face.

Dempsey Travis, a stockyards worker's son who rose to become a real estate magnate, civil rights activist and jazz musician, has died at age 89.

Michael Jackson never visited Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood. But when a funeral home director there announced a memorial service for him, it was flooded with reservations so quickly that he added a second service.

Herbert G. Klein, Richard Nixon's ex-White House director of communications and a former editor for Copley Newspapers, has died.

John Henry Moss, one of the most influential figures in minor league baseball during his 50-year reign as president of the South Atlantic League, died of complications from a stroke.

Anna Karen Morrow, an actress who had a regular role on the prime-time soap opera "Peyton Place" and also appeared on Broadway, in films and on numerous other television shows, has died.

"Hey, Johnny, great news: I brought Farrah and Michael Jackson with me. We're gonna have a hell of a show tonight," Arnold said, drawing laughs from the audience of several hundred at the Wednesday night tribute.

Marvin Ramstad, the father of former U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad, has died. A statement from the former congressman's office says he was 89.