The musician died on December 8, 1980, after being shot by Mark David Chapman.

Today marks the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles's 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast. Learn more about the infamous segment that caused panic throughout the nation.

Three years after his death, J.D. Salinger is still making headlines with a new biography and documentary, and the revelation that his unpublished works may soon be released.

When we scored a ticket to the 2013 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, we expected a lot of things—four days of nonstop music, the sweltering Tennessee-in-June heat for which the festival's known, a seemingly endless dance party and, of course...

Stage, film and television actress Jean Stapleton, who played Edith Bunker in the pioneering 1970s sitcom All in the Family, died of natural causes at her New York City home on Friday. She was 90.   Although she was an accomplished stage actress...

President Barack Obama won re-election last night in a tight race against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, earning a second term in the White House. The president won the popular vote by more than 1 million ballots, and won nearly 60 percent of the...

Arlen Specter, a longtime U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, died on October 14, 2012, at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma—a type of cancer that he had been battling since 2005. He was 82 years old...

Beloved horror author R.L. Stine, who became famous for his scary kids' series in the 1990s, is still giving us Goosebumps. Fans who have grown up with Stine's popular books have a new title to get thrilled about, Red Rain, an adult horror novel the author...

Let's face it: These days, Americans are keen on remembering presidents' gaffes just as much as as their accolades. And considering the social media surge of the past decade, our commanders in chief have been put through the wringer like never before...

Michael Jackson was 50 years old when he died on June 25, 2009, after suffering cardiac arrest due to Propofol intoxication. The King of Pop was just two months shy of his 51st birthday—and had been preparing for his final tour, "This Is It," which...