CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Sept. 20, 1910: Dorothy Johnson Vaughan was born in Kansas City but moved at a young age to Morgantown, where she was ...
Willard Keith "Keith" Fincham, 80, of Elkins, West Virginia, passed away peacefully surrounded by the love and memories of those who knew him. Keith was born in Elkins, West Virginia, on June 8, 1946. He was the son of Thurman Luther Fincham and Martha Avenelle White Fincham. Keith was ...
Stephen David Randall, 77, pulled anchor, hoisted the mainsail, and set a course for the open sea, departing this world on Aug. 20, 2026. Born in Battle Creek, Michigan, to John Wesley and Margaret Elaine (Nelson) Randall, he made waves from the start. A lover of good food, good times, and ...
(AP) — Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the smug concierge in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," has died. He was 80. Curry, who suffered a stroke in 2012 that put him in a wheelchair, died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, according to his longtime manager and friend Marcia Hurwitz. No cause was disclosed. Known for his arch humor, a putty-like face and gift with voices, Curry earned three Tony nominations — for "Spamalot," "My Favorite ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old. Known for her curvy physique, massive blonde wigs and skin-tight outfits that served her self-deprecating wit, she was among the most beloved personalities in music and beyond — the rare celebrity whose appeal transcended generations, geography and politics. She wrote hundreds of songs, including classics like ...
(AP) — Charlotte Touzalin was still a young teenager when she began struggling with weight gain, abnormal periods and unwanted facial hair — the same puzzling symptoms that plagued her mom for decades and that no doctor could piece together. "I'd go home and I'd cry," said Touzalin, an 18-year-old college student from Colorado. "I didn't understand why all this weight was coming back or why my friends didn't have to shave their faces and I had to." Touzalin and her mom, Anne Schultz, were finally diagnosed with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, a hormonal condition ...
