Deaths Elsewhere

Eugene Polley dies at 96; inventor of wireless TV remote control

Eugene Polley dies at 96; inventor of wireless TV remote control

Eugene Polley, inventor of the first wireless channel changer, a precursor to the remote control that surfers use to navigate the 500-plus...

Terry Martin dies at 74; legendary surfboard shaper

Terry Martin dies at 74; legendary surfboard shaper

Well into his 70s, Terry Martin could be found most days in his Dana Point workshop sanding blocks of polyurethane foam into precision-...

Robin Gibb dies at 62; rose to pop fame as one-third of the Bee Gees

Robin Gibb, a singer and songwriter who joined two of his brothers in forming the Bee Gees pop group that helped define the sound of the...

Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya — The Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland,...

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Kelly J. Bell

Kelly J. Bell

Kelly Bell had a zest for life. In her 47 years, she touched the lives of many, whether it was through local breast cancer awareness groups,...

 

Dorothy B. Himes

She was known to most people in the Weverton area, now called Pleasant Valley, as Miss Dot, Aunt Dot or Mom. When Dorothy “Dot”...

 

Zelda A. Hoover

Zelda Hoover was buried 66 years to the day of her wedding to Charles “Charlie” E. Hoover Jr., whom she married on April 19,...