Obituaries

Dick Button, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in figure skating and one the sport’s great innovators, dies at the age of 95.

Marianne Faithfull died Thursday in London at age 78. The singer, actress and ‘It’ girl of 1960s London inspired — or wrote — numerous Rolling Stones songs.

Flores, a beloved figure in L.A. stand-up, was becoming a breakout star at various comedy clubs including Hollywood’s Laugh Factory, the Comedy Store and Hollywood Improv. No cause of death was immediately known.

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for ‘New Jack City,’ ‘Sugar Hill’ and ‘Above the Rim,’ has died at age 66. ‘Will never be another,’ his son says.

Lynn Bann, a celebrity jewelry designer who starred in Netflix’s ‘Bling Empire: New York,’ died Monday. ‘I love you more than life itself,’ her son said.

Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday.

Francisco San Martin, an actor who appeared in ‘Days of Our Lives,’ ‘Jane the Virgin’ and ‘The Bold and the Beautiful,’ died last week, medical examiner says.

Hudson’s keyboard was an essential element of the Band’s sound on roots-rock classics such as ‘The Weight’ and ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.’