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Brenda Fricker, the first Irish actress to win an Oscar for ‘My Left Foot,’ dies

LONDON (AP) — Brenda Fricker, who became the first Irish woman to win an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film “My Left Foot,’’ has died. She was 81. The Irish character actor died Thursday night in Dublin after a period of ill health, her agent, Phil Belfield said in a statement. Fricker won the Academy Award in 1990 for best supporting actress for her portrayal of the determined mother of Christy Brown, a writer and painter who was born with cerebral palsy and could control only his left foot. Daniel Day-Lewis, who played Brown, won the award ...

Shiye William Schlesinger 2008-2026

CHAMPION — It is with heavy hearts and a sense of loss like no other we’ve ever experienced that we have to announce the sudden passing of Shiye William Schlesinger of Champion Heights. He passed unexpectedly on Monday, July 13, 2026, leaving his family and many in his small community ...

Patricia L. Cook 1932-2026

BRACEVILLE — Patricia L. Cook, 94, passed away peacefully into eternal rest Thursday, July 16, 2026, at Paisley House Assisted Living in Youngstown, of natural causes. On March 19, 1932, in Shawneetown, Illinois, Will O. and Eva E. Stanley Williams were blessed with the birth of their ...

Virginia Derhammer 1937-2026

GIRARD — Virginia Derhammer, 88, passed into the arms of Jesus on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. She was born Oct. 2, 1937, in Nova, the daughter of the late Bruce and Gertrude Mitchell. Virginia graduated from East High School in 1956 and earned her bachelor’s degree in education from the ...

Services

RICHARD L. BLESSING, 91, Kettering. SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Friday, Church of the Incarnation, Kettering. MICHELLE A. BRYANT, 67, Youngstown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. to noon Friday, Mount Calvary Church, Youngstown. CALLING HOURS: 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, church. ALICE L. FLICKINGER, 80, Warren. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Saturday, Carl W. Hall Funeral Home, Warren. SHIRLEY J. FLYNN, 79, Austintown. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Belmont Park Cemetery. CHARLES H. HOLBROOK III, 77, New Middletown. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Friday, Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Harrisburg, Pa. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Oliphant dies at 90

PHOENIX (AP) — Pat Oliphant, an influential political cartoonist known for creating caricatures of U.S. and world leaders, died Monday. He was 90. Oliphant died at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from age-related issues, said his son, Grant Oliphant. A multidimensional artist who also created sculptures, lithographs and oil paintings, Oliphant was widely considered the most syndicated editorial cartoonist in the U.S. During the 1980s, his daily political cartoons appeared in more than 500 publications in the country and around the world. Born in Adelaide, Australia, in 1935, ...