News Obituaries – San Diego Union-Tribune (original) (raw)
!["He was a rebel, a troublemaker, but at the end of the day he was a good-hearted guy."](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SUT-L-MIKE-HYNSON-listing.jpg?w=133 ""He was a rebel, a troublemaker, but at the end of the day he was a good-hearted guy."")
‘Endless Summer’ star Mike Hynson dies; surf icon known for his style
January 13, 2025 at 12:19 p.m.
"He was a rebel, a troublemaker, but at the end of the day he was...
Joanne Chory, Salk plant biologist who found ways to blunt impacts of climate change, dies at 69
November 15, 2024 at 4:03 p.m.
She remained a tireless researcher for decades after developing Parkinson's disease.
Patti McGee, pioneering pro skateboarder with a San Diego youth, dies at 79
October 30, 2024 at 6:40 a.m.
Considered the first professional female skateboarder, McGee carved a name for herself in the male-dominated...
Liam Payne, former One Direction singer, dies after fall from hotel
October 17, 2024 at 9:03 a.m.
Officials in Buenos Aires say the 31-year-old performer “had thrown himself from the balcony of...
Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88
September 29, 2024 at 4:12 p.m.
With his long hair and bell-bottomed slacks, he represented a new breed of country songwriters...
Phil Donahue, whose daytime talk show launched an indelible TV genre, has died at 88
August 19, 2024 at 2:19 p.m.
The affable host launched his show in Ohio in 1967, creating a format that is...
Lou Dobbs, conservative pundit and longtime cable TV host for Fox Business and CNN, dies at 78
July 18, 2024 at 4:45 p.m.
He hosted “Lou Dobbs Tonight” on FOX Business from 2011 to 2021, following two separate...
Comedian Bob Newhart, deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, dies at 94
July 18, 2024 at 1:36 p.m.
Newhart is best remembered now as the star of two hit television shows of the...
Doug Ingle, voice of San Diego-bred band Iron Butterfly, dead at 78
June 13, 2024 at 12:42 a.m.
Doug Ingle, the lead singer and organist of Iron Butterfly, the San Diego-bred band that...
Legendary attorney Milt Silverman, who defended some of San Diego’s most notorious cases, dies
June 13, 2024 at 12:42 a.m.
San Diego powerhouse attorney Milt Silverman, whose courtroom successes included some of the biggest cases...
‘The Bee Guy of Encinitas,’ who died May 13, leaves a legacy of pollinator protection
June 13, 2024 at 12:42 a.m.
A man whom many people referred to as the “Bee Guy of Encinitas” because of...
James Hubbell, San Diego’s iconic sculptor, artist, naturalist and peace advocate, dies at 92
June 13, 2024 at 12:42 a.m.
James T. Hubbell, an iconic local sculptor, artist and humanitarian whose organically inspired works can...
Sax great David Sanborn dead at 78. ‘I think people relate to a lyrical humanness in my playing,’ he said
June 13, 2024 at 12:42 a.m.
David Sanborn, one of the most popular and influential saxophonists of the past 50 years,...
Sean Burroughs, Padres first-round pick who made Petco Park history, dies at 43
June 13, 2024 at 12:42 a.m.
Sean Burroughs, a former first-round draft pick of the Padres who became a part of...
Joan Jacobs, San Diego community leader and philanthropist, dies at 91
June 13, 2024 at 12:42 a.m.
Joan Jacobs, one half of a powerhouse philanthropic couple whose gifts have shaped the cultural,...
Vernor Vinge, visionary sci-fi author who helped foretell the rise of internet and AI, dies in La Jolla at 79
June 13, 2024 at 12:42 a.m.
Vernor Vinge, the San Diego State University professor whose award-winning science fiction novels helped foretell...
Frank L. Hope, lead architect of San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium, dies at 93
June 13, 2024 at 12:42 a.m.
Frank L. Hope, one of San Diego's postwar architects who helped reshape the city and...
Bob Boss was a leading San Diego guitarist in many genres: ‘The joy he brought to people was epic’
June 13, 2024 at 12:42 a.m.
There are few things that Bob Boss didn't do extremely well as a musician in...
Former SDSU president Stephen L. Weber, who guided the school through tremendous change and growth, dies at 82
June 13, 2024 at 12:42 a.m.
Stephen L. Weber, who greatly improved San Diego State University's standing in teaching and research...
Candace Carroll, ‘a pioneer as a woman lawyer in San Diego,’ dies at 79
June 13, 2024 at 12:43 a.m.
Candace Mattoon Carroll, a highly regarded appellate attorney and past president of the San Diego...
Mojo Nixon, rock ‘n’ roll wild man, Sirius XM radio host and former MTV mainstay, is dead at 66
June 13, 2024 at 12:43 a.m.
Mojo Nixon, the roots-rocking wild man and former San Diegan who was an MTV mainstay...
Trish Dugger, Encinitas’ first poet laureate, has died
June 13, 2024 at 12:43 a.m.
Trish Dugger, 94, the city of Encinitas’ first and thus far only poet laureate, died...
Roy Cazares, respected judge, inspiration for Latinos in legal community, dies at 81
June 13, 2024 at 12:43 a.m.
Teenage Roy Benjamin Cazares spent his summers in the 1950s reading to his siblings in...
California Ballet founder Maxine Mahon, who left indelible stamp on San Diego dance scene, dies at 82
June 13, 2024 at 12:43 a.m.
For 50 years, Maxine Mahon was San Diego's doyenne of dance as the founder and...
Founder of Cal State San Marcos dies after lengthy illness
June 13, 2024 at 12:43 a.m.
Bill W. Stacy, the founding president of California State University San Marcos, died Jan. 4...
![Longtime San Diego developer, political activist William "Pat" Kruer dead at 78](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2024/01/06/0000018c-dc82-d3d9-abbe-dee761550000.jpg?w=135 "Longtime San Diego developer, political activist William "Pat" Kruer dead at 78")
Longtime San Diego developer, political activist William “Pat” Kruer dead at 78
June 13, 2024 at 12:43 a.m.
He was a proud child of the Upper Midwest, but nonetheless seized an early opportunity...
San Diego contemporary art leaders mourn the death of L.A. conceptual artist Alexis Smith
June 13, 2024 at 12:43 a.m.
Alexis Smith may have spent her working life in Los Angeles, but the conceptual and...
Les McCann, oft-sampled soul-jazz pioneer, dead at 88: ‘I had a feeling that… I could do anything’
June 13, 2024 at 12:43 a.m.
Les McCann stood only 5 foot 7, but he was a towering figure when he...
Remembering the San Diegans we lost in 2023
June 13, 2024 at 12:44 a.m.
Mary Shepardson, Jan. 22, 77A Poway resident since age 3, she was a member of...
Tom Smothers, dead at 86, knew his artistic legacy with the Smothers Brothers: ‘We were unique’
June 13, 2024 at 12:44 a.m.
Tom Smothers, who died Tuesday from cancer at the age of 86, was a folk...
Norman Lear, dead at 101, loved jazz and moshing at Foo Fighters’ concerts: ‘It’s like I’m one of them,’ he said
June 13, 2024 at 12:44 a.m.
Norman Lear, the legendary TV producer and devoted advocate of liberal causes, will be best...
Norman Lear, producer of TV’s ‘All in the Family’ and influential liberal advocate, has died at 101
June 13, 2024 at 12:44 a.m.
LOS ANGELES — Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with "All...
‘He was the conscience’: Deputy state prosecutor, three-term lawmaker Howard Wayne dies at 75 after brief illness
June 13, 2024 at 12:44 a.m.
Howard Wayne — the unabashed liberal who spent most of his life in public service,...
Robert Irwin, prominent San Diego installation artist, dies at 95
June 13, 2024 at 12:44 a.m.
Robert Irwin, a longtime San Diego artist associated with the Light and Space movement of...
David McCallum, star of hit TV series ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ and ‘NCIS,’ dies at 90
June 13, 2024 at 12:44 a.m.
LOS ANGELES — Actor David McCallum, who became a teen heartthrob in the hit series "The Man...
Dan Rios, longtime newspaper photographer who chronicled San Diego County history, dies at 84
June 13, 2024 at 12:44 a.m.
NORTH COUNTY — Dan Rios, a longtime North County newspaper photographer who donated his 1 million-image collection...
Jimmy Buffett, in his own words: ‘What I see at my shows might look like Sodom and Gomorrah’
June 13, 2024 at 12:44 a.m.
Jimmy Buffett, who died Friday at the age of 76 following a four-year battle with...
‘He saved so many lives of San Diegans’: Greg Knoll, longtime Legal Aid Society CEO, dies
June 13, 2024 at 12:45 a.m.
Greg Knoll, a passionate advocate for impoverished San Diegans and leader of the Legal Aid...
Byron Shewman, an Aztecs volleyball great with a heart for humanitarianism, dies at 76
June 13, 2024 at 12:45 a.m.
Byron Shewman, a standout athlete at Mar Vista High School and Southwestern College and a...
Ron Cephas Jones, ‘This Is Us’ actor who won 2 Emmys, dies at 66
June 13, 2024 at 12:45 a.m.
LOS ANGELES — Ron Cephas Jones, a veteran stage actor who won two Emmy Awards for his...
Renata Scotto, soprano of uncommon intensity, dies at 89
June 13, 2024 at 12:45 a.m.
Renata Scotto, a soprano of uncommon intensity who became a successful director after her singing...
Clarence Avant, ‘Black Godfather’ of entertainment, and benefactor of athletes and politicians, dies at 92
June 13, 2024 at 12:45 a.m.
NEW YORK — Clarence Avant, the judicious manager, entrepreneur, facilitator and adviser who helped launch or guide...
Robbie Robertson, former leader of The Band, is dead at 80. Revisit our 2002 interview with the rock legend
June 13, 2024 at 12:45 a.m.
Robbie Robertson, the leader and co-founder of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers The Band...
Rodriguez dead at 81. Detroit troubadour, subject of Oscar-winning film, inspired a generation
June 13, 2024 at 12:45 a.m.
Has there ever been a more unlikely musical subject of an Oscar-winning film documentary than...
Sinead O’Connor, dead at 56, was a singular artist: ‘I would have liked to be a priest,’ she told us in 2013
June 13, 2024 at 12:45 a.m.
In a world of cookie-cutter pop-music stars and automatons, Sinéad O’Connor was a one-off. The...
Rick Froberg, singer for influential San Diego indie-rock band Drive Like Jehu, dies at 55
June 13, 2024 at 12:45 a.m.
Rick Froberg, the singer, guitarist and visual artist best known for taking the knotty, overdriven...
Paxton Whitehead, longtime associate artist at San Diego’s Old Globe, dead at 85
June 13, 2024 at 12:45 a.m.
Paxton Whitehead, a comic actor who earned a Tony nomination for his role in a...
Longtime leader of San Diego’s tuna industry dies at 94
June 13, 2024 at 12:46 a.m.
Fisherman, lawyer, lobbyist — Augie Felando spent his working years in and around the ocean,...
Harry Markowitz, Nobel laureate, UC San Diego professor who revolutionized investing, dies at 95
June 13, 2024 at 12:46 a.m.
Harry Markowitz, the renowned scholar who was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for research...
National City’s new city manager dies two days after being promoted
June 13, 2024 at 12:46 a.m.
Armando Vergara, a longtime National City employee who had just been promoted to city manager,...
Veteran San Diego defense lawyer collapses during court argument, later dies
June 13, 2024 at 12:46 a.m.
Longtime San Diego criminal defense attorney Stephen Cline collapsed in a downtown San Diego courtroom...
George Winston, dead at 74: ‘I have no doubt I’ll be forgotten, and that’s good’ said the New Age pianist
June 13, 2024 at 12:46 a.m.
Unlike many musicians who sold millions of albums and drew devoted concert audiences for several...
Salk widow Francoise Gilot, muse to Picasso, dies at 101
June 13, 2024 at 12:46 a.m.
NEW YORK — Françoise Gilot, an accomplished painter whose art was eclipsed by her long...
James Goldsborough, former Union-Tribune opinion columnist, dies at 86
June 13, 2024 at 12:46 a.m.
James Goldsborough, a veteran opinion columnist who left the Union-Tribune in protest and went on...
Sam Zell, business tycoon whose purchase of L.A. Times led to financial disaster, dies
June 13, 2024 at 12:46 a.m.
Sam Zell, who made his billions resurrecting troubled businesses that ran the gamut from bicycles...
Gloria Molina, Chicana who blazed paths across L.A. politics, dies
June 13, 2024 at 12:46 a.m.
Gloria Molina, the daughter of working-class parents and an unapologetic Chicana who transformed the political...
Veteran San Diego newscaster Paul Bloom dies at 76
June 13, 2024 at 12:46 a.m.
Paul Bloom, a TV reporter and anchor who worked at several San Diego stations in...
Gordon Lightfoot, mournful Canadian singer-songwriter, dies at 84
June 13, 2024 at 12:46 a.m.
Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose graceful and literate songwriting made him one of the...
Harry Belafonte, dead at 96, championed ‘Long Road to Freedom’ in his music and his life
June 13, 2024 at 12:46 a.m.
If there was one constant during Harry Belafonte's groundbreaking career, it was that he repeatedly...
George Coburn, Pearl Harbor survivor who lived with ‘twinkle in his eye,’ dies at 103
June 13, 2024 at 12:47 a.m.
George Coburn, a Pearl Harbor survivor who never forgot his harrowing wartime experiences but refused...
Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan dies at 92
June 13, 2024 at 12:47 a.m.
Richard J. Riordan, the take-charge venture capitalist who as mayor shepherded Los Angeles’ rebound from...
Lew Scarr, longtime Union-Tribune reporter and columnist, dies at 96
June 13, 2024 at 12:47 a.m.
Lew Scarr, a longtime Union-Tribune reporter whose storytelling range covered topics as momentous as a...
Ahmad Jamal, dead at 92. Revisit our 2007 interview with the jazz piano giant
June 13, 2024 at 12:47 a.m.
Ahmad Jamal was a jazz piano master whose feathery touch, lyrical elegance and pinpoint command...
Businessman Arie de Jong, whose family founded Hollandia Dairy, dies at 84
June 13, 2024 at 12:47 a.m.
Businessman, family man, local history buff. Those are some of the ways that loved ones...
John Brockington, football star and organ-donor advocate, dies at 74
June 13, 2024 at 12:47 a.m.
John Brockington believed in providence, that what happened to him — the football career, the...
Ricochet, San Diego’s beloved surfing therapy dog, dies at 15
June 13, 2024 at 12:47 a.m.
SAN DIEGO — Ricochet, San Diego’s favorite surfing therapy dog, has caught her final wave. The 15-year-old...
Theophilus ‘Theo’ Logan, 105, made homeownership possible for Black San Diegans
June 13, 2024 at 12:48 a.m.
Theophilus “Theo” Logan is best known for his work in local real estate, where he...
Lance Reddick, TV star known for ‘The Wire’ and ‘Fringe,’ dies at 60
June 13, 2024 at 12:48 a.m.
Lance Reddick, who was known for his roles on television series "The Wire," "Fringe" and...
Bobby Caldwell, smooth ‘What You Won’t Do for Love’ singer, dies at 71
June 13, 2024 at 12:48 a.m.
Bobby Caldwell, a blue-eyed soul singer whose smooth touch camouflaged his idiosyncrasies, died on Tuesday...
Carlsbad resident Rolly Crump, Disney designer who helped define the look of Disneyland, dies at 93
June 13, 2024 at 12:48 a.m.
Animator-turned-theme park designer Rolly Crump, who was instrumental in the design of early Disneyland, died...
San Diego’s Italian community mourns loss of beloved pastor
June 13, 2024 at 12:48 a.m.
SAN DIEGO — Father Louis Maria Solcia was more than a “father” in the religious sense, but...
Gerald M. Trimble, 1935-2023: Downtown San Diego’s redevelopment leader
June 13, 2024 at 12:48 a.m.
Jerry Trimble, who arrived in San Diego in 1977 to take charge of downtown's faltering...
David Lindley, dead at 78, an arresting music great who was nearly arrested on stage in San Diego
June 13, 2024 at 12:48 a.m.
David Lindley may not have been a household name for most music fans, but he...
Charles Harrington Elster, San Diego word maven and author, dies at 65
June 13, 2024 at 12:48 a.m.
Charles Harrington Elster, a writer who turned a love of the English language into a...
David Lindley, guitarist best known for work with Jackson Browne, dies at 78
June 13, 2024 at 12:48 a.m.
David Lindley, a multitalented guitarist who was a fixture in Los Angeles recording studios during...
Wayne Shorter, influential jazz saxophonist and composer, dies at 89
June 13, 2024 at 12:48 a.m.
Wayne Shorter, a saxophonist and composer who was universally acknowledged as one of the most...
San Diego Opera’s longtime arts educator Nicolas Reveles praised for his passions, wit and kindness
June 13, 2024 at 12:49 a.m.
April 14 was going to be a big full-circle moment for Nicolas Reveles. After retiring...
Music, skating communities mourn loss of multitalented San Diego artist known as ‘O’
June 13, 2024 at 12:49 a.m.
Last week's unexpected death of prominent member of San Diego's music, arts and skateboarding communities...
San Diego Holocaust survivor Rose Schindler dies at 93
June 13, 2024 at 12:49 a.m.
It wasn't long before Rose Schindler's words drew tears from her audience members, as often...
Raquel Welch, international icon from La Jolla who starred in ‘One Million Years B.C.,’ dies at 82
June 13, 2024 at 12:49 a.m.
Raquel Welch had only three lines in the 1966 film “One Million Years B.C.,” but...
Burt Bacharach, dead at 94, was a music legend who spoke out: ‘I account for what I will say’
June 13, 2024 at 12:49 a.m.
As one of the greatest and most innovative songwriters in pop-music history, Burt Bacharach inspired...
Burt Bacharach, songwriter who was ‘synonym for pop-music success,’ dies at 94
June 13, 2024 at 12:49 a.m.
At the Brill Building, the legendary songwriters’ mecca on Broadway in New York City, composer...
Lisa Loring, original Wednesday Addams, dies at 64
June 13, 2024 at 12:49 a.m.
Lisa Loring, the actor who originated the role of Wednesday Addams onscreen, has died. She...
Actor Cindy Williams, the optimistic Shirley of ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ dies at 75
June 13, 2024 at 12:49 a.m.
Cindy Williams, who played sweet, wide-eyed Shirley Feeney on the “Happy Days” spinoff “Laverne &...
Tom Verlaine, singer and guitarist for seminal art-punk band Television, dies at 73
June 13, 2024 at 12:49 a.m.
Tom Verlaine, the singer and guitarist who fronted the singular, ambitious and oblique New York...
Polo Polo, Mexican comedian known for live albums and adult humor, dies at 78
June 13, 2024 at 12:49 a.m.
Mexican comedian Polo Polo, who was known for his irreverent adult humor and live comedy...