Founder of Sazon Goya Food Company dies at age 79 in his South Fla. home

October 11th, 2009 Founder of Warburg Pincus diesNEW YORK — Lionel Pincus, founder and chairman of New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus, has died, according to a spokesman for his longtime partner, Princess Firyal of Jordan. He was 78. Pincus died around midnight Saturday in his Manhattan home after a long illness, the spokesman said.

September 21st, 2009 South African anti-apartheid activist dies at 51JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's governing party says Frans "Ting-Ting" Masango, an anti-apartheid activist once sentenced to death for treason, has died. The 51-year-old African National Congress lawmaker died Friday in Pretoria after battling diabetes.

September 21st, 2009 Tesla founders end bitter legal fightSAN FRANCISCO — The co-founders of the electric car company Tesla Motors Inc. have settled their legal battle with laudatory statements of each other's accomplishments.

September 15th, 2009 Co-founder of California news wire service diesTHOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Richard Fogel, co-founder of San Francisco's Bay City News Service and advocate for increasing public access to government, has died.

August 29th, 2009 Ex-Ireland envoy, EMC chairman Egan dies in BostonBOSTON — Richard Egan, who rose from Boston street kid to the U.S. ambassador to Ireland after making millions of dollars founding data storage giant EMC Corp., has died.

August 28th, 2009 Orleans Homebuilders executive diesBENSALEM, Pa. — Michael Vesey, the president and chief operating officer of Orleans Homebuilders Inc., has died, the company said Friday.

August 24th, 2009 Founder of Kaplan test prep centers, dead at 90NEW YORK — The founder of the Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Centers Ltd., the nation's first test preparation company, has died.

August 22nd, 2009 Station Casinos founder Fertitta dies at 70LAS VEGAS — Frank Fertitta Jr., the founder of casino operator Station Casinos Inc. who retired when his sons took the company public in 1993, has died.

August 18th, 2009 Report: Former South Korean president diesSEOUL, South Korea — Yonhap news agency says former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung has died. The 85-year-old leader had been hospitalized since last month for pneumonia.

August 4th, 2009 Theodore Nierenberg, Dansk tableware founder, diesNEW YORK — Theodore D. Nierenberg, who started Dansk International Designs in his suburban New York garage and helped popularize Scandanavian-themed tableware and cookware in American kitchens and dining rooms, has died.

August 4th, 2009 Dansk tableware founder dies in NYNEW YORK — The founder and president of Dansk International Designs has died at his home outside New York City. Theodore D. Nierenberg was 86.

July 25th, 2009 Harry Patch, last British WWI veteran, diesLONDON — An English nursing home says Harry Patch, the last British veteran of World War I, has died at 111. The Fletcher House care home where Patch lived said he died Saturday.

July 13th, 2009 Motorist dies in drive over edge of Grand CanyonGRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Authorities say a man has driven over the edge of the Grand Canyon and plunged 600 feet to his death.

June 16th, 2009 NY baby dies after falling in day care mop bucketNEW YORK — New York City police have arrested the operator of an in-home day care following the death of an 11-month-old boy who apparently fell into a mop bucket. Police say 28-year-old Krystal Khan is charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

May 9th, 2009 Former Red Sox great Dom DiMaggio dies at 92MARION, Mass. — Dom DiMaggio, a seven-time All Star who still holds the record for the longest consecutive game hitting streak in Boston Red Sox history, has died at his Massachusetts home.