Apr. 6, 2012 – Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika has died after a heart attack, a hospital source said Friday, but the government’s official silence has created political suspense over his succession. The impoverished nation was plunged into a long night of intrigue after Mutharika’s heart attack in the capital Lilongwe. He was rushed to [...]
Iconic broadcaster Gil Noble dies
April 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
NEW YORK (AP) – Gil Noble, the longtime host of WABC-TV’s groundbreaking public affairs program "Like It Is," on which he interviewed such notables as Nelson Mandela, Muhammad Ali and Jesse Jackson, died Thursday at age 80. The television station announced the death of the Emmy Award-winning journalist, who had a debilitating stroke last summer, [...]