‘Spenser’ novelist Robert Parker dies Robert Parker, the author of the popular "Spenser" novels about a hard-nosed Boston private investigator that inspired the long-running ABC TV show "Spenser: For Hire," has died in Massachusetts. He was 77. Robert B. Parker. - Private investigator. - 01-21-2010 and 1 other Tags dies, spenser
Top Iranian dissident cleric dies at 87 Iran's most senior dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who emerged as the spiritual father of its reform movement, died on Sunday. He was 87. 12-20-2009 Tags cleric, dies
Gertrude Baines Gertrude Baines, the world's oldest person, has died in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 115, according to the home where she lived and Guinness World Records said Saturday. 09-16-2009 Tags baines, dies, oldest, person, world
Wounded cop dies day before 38th birthday A Jersey City, New Jersey, police officer shot in the line of duty last week died of his injuries Tuesday, a day before his 38th birthday, a spokeswoman for the city's mayor announced. 07-22-2009 Tags 38th, before, dies, wounded
