Rodeo photographer, Tucson fixture, mother and legend of the West Louise Serpa died Thursday. There are a lot of things I wish I had the chance to say to Louise before she mounted up and rode out into the ether.... Read more»
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After nearly a decade of war, dozens from Tucson and Southern Arizona have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.... Read more»2
Longtime Tucson Unified School District Governing Board member Judy Burns died of an apparent heart attack overnight, district superintendent John Pedicone said.... Read more»1
A member of World War II’s storied Tuskegee Airmen died at age 90 in Tucson on Saturday. Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr., one of the Army Air Force’s pioneering group of black fighter pilots, will be buried with full honors in Arlington National Cemetery.... Read more»2
Apple Computer announced Wednesday that founder Steve Jobs has died. He was 56.... Read more»5
I knew the legend of Hugh Holub before I ever met the man. It would be an exaggeration to say that Hugh taught me everything I know. However, it would be perfectly fair to say that what he said made a lot of things make more sense.... Read more»1
The father of the tongue-in-cheek push for Southern Arizona statehood, Hugh Holub, died Monday morning from complications following a three-week bout with pneumonia, his daughter said.... Read more»2
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was found dead at her London home Saturday, reports said. In recent years, Winehouse’s struggles with alcohol and drugs have overshadowed her musical career. (with videos)... Read more»
The world’s last known World War I combat veteran, Claude Stanley Choules, died Thursday at the age of 110. He tried to enlist in the British Army when the war broke out to fight alongside his brothers, but he was too young to enlist. He saw action in the North Sea at age 17. (with video)... Read more»
A Tucson-based Air Force captain was among the nine Americans killed in a shooting Wednesday in Afghanistan, his family said. Capt. Nathan Nylander, 35, was killed when an Afghan military pilot opened fire in Kabul.... Read more»
John M. Roll, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for Arizona, died of gunshot wounds Saturday in an attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ constituent meeting.... Read more»
Army National Guard Sgt. First Class James E. Thode was killed Thursday in Sabari District in Afghanistan’s Khost Province during a roadside bombing, the Department of Defense said Saturday.... Read more»
Tucsonan David F. Nolan, one of the founders of the Libertarian Party, died Sunday just two days before his 67th birthday.... Read more»
Lance Cpl. Randy R. Braggs, 21, of Sierra Vista, died Saturday while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the Department of Defense said Monday.... Read more»
A former Sahuaro High School student was killed in combat in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Department of Defense announced Friday. Sgt. 1st Class Todd Harris, 37, died in Badghis province of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. ... Read more»
Funeral services have been scheduled for the late Arizona Senate Majority Leader Jorge Luis Garcia, who died last week.... Read more»
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