Former heavyweight champ ingemar Johansson dies
Ingemar Johansson, the Swede who stunned the boxing world by knocking out Floyd Patterson to win the heavyweight title in 1959, has died, a longtime friend said Saturday.
Soprano Hildegard Behrens, whose fierce theatrical intelligence and vocal fearlessness made her a leading exponent of the dramatic roles of Wagner and Richard Strauss, died Tuesday in Tokyo at 72.