Obituaries

Gabriele “Gabe” Grunewald, shown in 2017, continued to compete and train long after being diagnosed with cancer as a senior with the Gophers in 2009. (Carlos Gonzalez/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS) 1335793 1335793

June 11, 2019 at 9:38 pm

Gabriele Grunewald, elite runner who chronicled journey with cancer, dies at 32

Gabriele Grunewald, the elite runner who gained the support of thousands of followers on social media for her perseverance in competing while facing a rare...

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June 7, 2019 at 4:00 pm

This week’s passages

A roundup of notable obituaries from the week ending June 7.

June 7, 2019 at 6:48 am

Maida Heatter, prolific cookbook author dubbed the Queen of Cake, dies at 102

"She wrote recipes that made you feel she was there with you, helping you at every step and cheering you on. And those recipes could...

Peter and Sally Jarvis in Oregon in 2013.

June 4, 2019 at 4:43 pm

‘You can’t imagine a better life than they lived’: Retired King County judge and his wife are remembered after dying in crash that also killed a woman and dog

Peter and Sally Jarvis, a retired King County Superior Court judge and a Bellevue College trustee, died recently in a car crash in Idaho.

Local News

FILE — Leah Chase, the nation’s pre-eminent Creole chef, at her restaurant, Dooky Chase’s, in New Orleans, Nov. 21, 2000. Chase, whose restaurant was the only upscale establishment that welcomed African-Americans and was a gathering place for civil rights leaders, died on June 1, 2019, at her son’s home near her restaurant in New Orleans. She was 96. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times) XNYT87 XNYT87

June 4, 2019 at 1:03 pm

Funeral set for New Orleans civil-rights icon and chef Leah Chase

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A public viewing and funeral have been set for civil rights icon and chef Leah Chase. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports that the...

FILE – In this April 29, 1985 file photo, Claus von Bulow, left, walks toward Providence Superior Court with his defense attorney Alan Dershowitz, to hear testimony in von Bulow’s trial in Providence, R.I. Claus von Bulow, who was convicted but later acquitted of trying to kill his wealthy wife in two trials that drew intense international attention in the 1980s, died Saturday, May 25, 2019 in London, said his son Riccardo Pavoncelli. He was 92. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) NYSP505 NYSP505

May 30, 2019 at 12:36 pm

Claus von Bulow, accused of murdering heiress wife, dies at 92

Von Bulow was embroiled in one of America's most notorious criminal cases, accused of trying to kill his wife, Martha "Sunny" von Bulow, on successive...

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FILE – This March 28, 1998 file photo shows Leon Redbone performing at the eighth annual Redwood Coast Dixieland Jazz Festival in Eureka, Calif. Redbone, the acclaimed singer and guitarist who performed jazz, ragtime and Tin Pan Alley-styled songs, died Thursday, May 30, 2019, according to a statement released by his family. No details about his death were provided. (Patricia Wilson/The Times-Standard via AP, File) CAEUR101 CAEUR101

May 30, 2019 at 11:24 am

Leon Redbone, acclaimed 1970s musician, dies

Redbone, the acclaimed singer and guitarist who performed jazz, ragtime and Tin Pan Alley-styled songs, died Thursday, May 30, according to a statement released by...