The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the ...

"Mortal Kombat" star Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has died from complications from a stroke in Santa Barbara on Dec. 4. He was 75.

Gene Hackman kept a treasure trove of possessions from his glittering career, despite declaring he wasn't 'nostalgic' and ...

The Rock Hall of Famer co-wrote “(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight Hour,” while part of the house band ...

Hackman lived out his days in the artsy New Mexico city of Santa Fe, far from the public eye, and swore that he wasn't in the least nostalgic. Yet that wasn't quite true.

Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and ...

Donyelle Jones has died after a 10-year cancer battle. The "So You Think You Can Dance" star competed in Season 2 of the Fox dance competition show.

Why was a death conference so funny? An attendee told a USA TODAY editor: "Being around death makes you really appreciate ...

Florida cheerleader Anna Kepner, 18, was quietly cremated, according to her public death certificate, which lists no cause or ...

Cliff's career peaked with "The Harder They Come," but, after a break in the late 1970s, he worked for decades with the ...

There was a phrase I learned pretty quickly after starting on The New Mexican health beat: "zoonotic diseases." It refers to ...

Just weeks before turning 100, Dick Van Dyke is looking back on the friendships that shaped him — including his childhood bond with Gene Hackman and the "agony" of his shocking death. "He and I had ...