Obituaries in the News

The wife of the president of the Mormon church has died. Frances B. Monson, 85, died early Friday morning at a hospital in Salt Lake City, The Church of Jesus...

Authorities in North Carolina say former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 71.

E. Robert Kinney, a former chief executive of General Mills who earlier in his career was instrumental in popularizing fish sticks, has died. He was 96.

The New Orleans Saints say Chuck Muncie, a Pro Bowl running back with both the Saints and San Diego Chargers, has died at age 60.

Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla died Friday while serving life sentences in prison for crimes against humanity.

Popular psychologist, columnist, and television and film personality Joyce Brothers has died. She was 85.

Ron Weaver, a former producer for the CBS soap opera, "The Bold and the Beautiful," died at his home in Los Angeles. He was 75

Texas con man Billie Sol Estes, the colorful 1960s swindler whose case became a national sensation, has died. He was 88.