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![Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial. Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CTC-Z-GRAYSON-MURRAY.jpg?w=132)
Grayson Murray dies at age 30 a day after withdrawing from Colonial, PGA Tour says
Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew...
![Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of founding Beat Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military historian and late-life memoirist of his devoted cat Masha, has died. “The Alienist” was his most famous book. His publisher, Little, Brown and Company says Carr died Thursday. Published in 1994, "The Alienist'' combined fictional characters with historical figures ranging from financial tycoon J. P. Morgan to restaurateur Charlie Delmonico. Carr also featured the city’s police commissioner at the time, Theodore Roosevelt, with whom the author felt a surprising kinship. Carr's last book was “My Beloved Monster,” about his cat. Carr was 68. Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of founding Beat Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military historian and late-life memoirist of his devoted cat Masha, has died. “The Alienist” was his most famous book. His publisher, Little, Brown and Company says Carr died Thursday. Published in 1994, "The Alienist'' combined fictional characters with historical figures ranging from financial tycoon J. P. Morgan to restaurateur Charlie Delmonico. Carr also featured the city’s police commissioner at the time, Theodore Roosevelt, with whom the author felt a surprising kinship. Carr's last book was “My Beloved Monster,” about his cat. Carr was 68.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/OBIT_Caleb_Carr_28318.jpg?w=132)
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Caleb Carr, military historian and author of bestselling novel ‘The Alienist,’ dies at 68
Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of founding Beat Lucien Carr who endured a...
![The dog that skyrocketed to internet fame and became the face of the cryptocurrency dogecoin has died. The Shiba Inu named Kabosu passed away in Japan at 18 years old, a number of outlets reported. The dog’s owner, Atsuko Sato, said in a post that Kabosu died in her sleep. The account for dogecoin on X also said she had died, calling her an inspiration. Sato, a 62-year-old kindergarten teacher in Japan, adopted the dog from an animal shelter in 2008. Sato posted pictures of Kabosu online regularly. It was a picture of Kabosu, her head tilted in a seemingly quizzical fashion, that captured the attention of early adapters of cryptocurrency and she became a meme almost overnight. The dog that skyrocketed to internet fame and became the face of the cryptocurrency dogecoin has died. The Shiba Inu named Kabosu passed away in Japan at 18 years old, a number of outlets reported. The dog’s owner, Atsuko Sato, said in a post that Kabosu died in her sleep. The account for dogecoin on X also said she had died, calling her an inspiration. Sato, a 62-year-old kindergarten teacher in Japan, adopted the dog from an animal shelter in 2008. Sato posted pictures of Kabosu online regularly. It was a picture of Kabosu, her head tilted in a seemingly quizzical fashion, that captured the attention of early adapters of cryptocurrency and she became a meme almost overnight.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Obit_Dogecoin_Dog_21957.jpg?w=132)
The Shiba Inu that became meme famous as the face of dogecoin has died. Kabosu was 18
The dog that skyrocketed to internet fame and became the face of the cryptocurrency dogecoin...
![By MARK KENNEDY (AP Entertainment Writer) NEW YORK (AP) — Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous work skewered American food and diets and who notably ate only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53. Spurlock died Thursday in New York […] By MARK KENNEDY (AP Entertainment Writer) NEW YORK (AP) — Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous work skewered American food and diets and who notably ate only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53. Spurlock died Thursday in New York […]](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Obit_Morgan_Spurlock_60399.jpg?w=132)
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53
By MARK KENNEDY (AP Entertainment Writer) NEW YORK (AP) — Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an...
![Ivan F. Boesky, the flamboyant stock trader whose cooperation with the government cracked open one of the largest insider trading scandals on Wall Street, has died at the age of 87. His daughter Marianne Boesky told The New York Times on Monday that he died in his sleep, and his wife confirmed Boesky’s death to […] Ivan F. Boesky, the flamboyant stock trader whose cooperation with the government cracked open one of the largest insider trading scandals on Wall Street, has died at the age of 87. His daughter Marianne Boesky told The New York Times on Monday that he died in his sleep, and his wife confirmed Boesky’s death to […]](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Obit_Ivan_Boesky_14459.jpg?w=119)
Ivan Boesky, stock trader convicted in insider trading scandal, dead at 87
Ivan F. Boesky, the flamboyant stock trader whose cooperation with the government cracked open one...
![Roger Corman, Hollywood’s “King of the Bs,” has died. He was 98. Corman produced such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors their first breaks in some of the hundreds of B-movies he helped create as a producer and director. Martin Scorsese, James Cameron and Francis Ford Coppola all worked for him early in their careers, as did Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Ellen Burstyn. Some of Corman's former underlings repaid his kindness years later. Coppola cast him in “The Godfather, Part II,” while Jonathan Demme included him in “The Silence of the Lambs." Roger Corman, Hollywood’s “King of the Bs,” has died. He was 98. Corman produced such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors their first breaks in some of the hundreds of B-movies he helped create as a producer and director. Martin Scorsese, James Cameron and Francis Ford Coppola all worked for him early in their careers, as did Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Ellen Burstyn. Some of Corman's former underlings repaid his kindness years later. Coppola cast him in “The Godfather, Part II,” while Jonathan Demme included him in “The Silence of the Lambs."](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Obit_Roger_Corman_98593.jpg?w=132)
Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and ‘King of the Bs,’ dies at 98
Roger Corman, Hollywood’s “King of the Bs,” has died. He was 98. Corman produced such...
![FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Pete McCloskey — a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day — has died. He was 96. A fourth-generation Republican “in the mold of Teddy Roosevelt,” he often said, McCloskey represented the 12th Congressional District for 15 years, running for president against an incumbent […] FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Pete McCloskey — a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day — has died. He was 96. A fourth-generation Republican “in the mold of Teddy Roosevelt,” he often said, McCloskey represented the 12th Congressional District for 15 years, running for president against an incumbent […]](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Obit_Pete_McCloskey_93316.jpg?w=135)
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Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who once challenged Nixon, dies at 96
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Pete McCloskey — a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the...
![For many, end-of-life arrangements come with sticker shock. Last year, the average cost of a full-service cremation in the U.S. was about $6,300, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. For many, end-of-life arrangements come with sticker shock. Last year, the average cost of a full-service cremation in the U.S. was about $6,300, according to the National Funeral Directors Association.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240501-AMX-US-NEWS-COST-DYING-IS-GOING-UP-2-PT_fddd16.jpg?w=130)
As cost of dying goes up, some Floridians scramble to pay the bill
For many, end-of-life arrangements come with sticker shock. Last year, the average cost of a...
![The journalist, a native of Nebraska, died in Winter Park on April 19. The journalist, a native of Nebraska, died in Winter Park on April 19.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/TOS-L-hupp-01-e1713891992482.jpg?w=112)
Susie Hupp, Sentinel reporter for stylish homes and real estate, dies at 96
The journalist, a native of Nebraska, died in Winter Park on April 19.
![O.J. Simpson, the football star and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend in a trial that mesmerized the public and exposed divisions on race and policing in America, has died. He was 76. O.J. Simpson, the football star and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend in a trial that mesmerized the public and exposed divisions on race and policing in America, has died. He was 76.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Worst-Trades-Football.jpg?w=134)
OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in ‘trial of the century,’ dies at 76
O.J. Simpson, the football star and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed...