William Ziegler of New Orleans died on July 29th a...  ...w Orleans died on July 29th at the age of 69. His obituary is humorously written, but still tells you a lot...

You might not know the name Marni Nixon, but you know her voice. Nixon was a singer, actress, author, and music professor, with an extensive filmography. The strange part of her film career is that she was often uncredit...

Here are two sad updates on people who have been featured at Neatorama. On the island of Bermuda, where everyone is friendly, Johnny Barnes stood out for his friendliness, optimism, and joy. Barnes, also known as Mr. Hap...

Noel Neill had quite a few small film roles in the 1940s, but will always be remembered as Lois Lane, the love interest of Superman. In 1948, she was cast as Lane opposite Kirk Alyn as Superman in a 15-episode serial for...

(Photo: World Economic Forum)When he was 15 years old, the family of Elie Wiesel of Sighet, Romania was deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp operated by Nazi Germany. Among them, only Wiesel and 2 of his sisters...

Bretagne, pronounced Brittany, was one of the search and rescue dogs charged with looking for survivors at Ground Zero fifteen years ago. She and her handler, Denise Corliss, responded to the call from their home in Texa...

Three-time Heavyweight Champion boxer Muhammad Ali has passed away. Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1942, he changed his name from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali at the age of 22 when he joined the Nation of Islam. He won...

George O’Donnell died last week, leaving thr...  ...d great-grandchildren. His family wrote wrote his obituary , which runs ten paragraphs and tells quite a tale...

Prince Rogers Nelson, known for most of his life as Prince, died this morning at his Paisley Park home in Chanhassen, Minnesota. According to a representative, he had been battling the flu, and his plane had to make an e...

Joseph Medicine Crow-High Bird, the last war chief of the Crow Nation, died Sunday. Nicknamed CrowJoe, he was a writer, historian, and activist. During his life, he received the Bronze Star Medal and the Légion d'...