Obituaries

Folk singer Richie Havens dead at 72

Richie Havens, the man who personified the “pretty people” of the 1960s counterculture and “free love” movement who opened up at the immortal Woodstock mega-concert

Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett dies at 53

Chrissy Amphlett, “I Touch Myself” singer, dead Chrissy Amphlett of the Australian singing group, Divinyls has died. “Amphlett succumbed to the effects of breast cancer and

‘USA Today’ founder Al Neuharth dead at 89

The extraordinary visionary and USA Today newspaper founder Al Neuharth, the former chairman of the Gannett Newspaper chain who started the nation’s first general interest