Former Seattle University two-sport star and Pittsburgh Pirates player Johnny O’Brien has died, according to The Seattle Times. He was 94 years old. O’Brien played both basketball and baseball at ...

Johnny O’Brien helped put Seattle U on the national stage and played in the major leagues and was a King County commissioner ...

The country music world was rocked this week as news broke that Mark Laws, a popular drummer and band leader for singer Alex Miller, was killed in a shooting in Tennessee. His tragic death marked at ...

On May 9 2025, the passing of trailblazer country music artist Johnny Rodriguez at the age of 73 was announced by his daughter, Aubry Rodriguez. The Mexican-American singer leaves behind a ...

Johnny Rodriguez, a trailblazing Mexican American country music star whose folksy storytelling propelled him to fame in the 1970s, has died, according to reports. He was 73. His daughter ...

Johnny Rodriguez, the first major Mexican American country star, who sang in both English and Spanish and wrote 1970s hits including “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” — about a forlorn ...

Johnny Rodriguez FILE PHOTO: Johnny Rodriguez performing on the ABC tv special '1976 / 11th Academy of Country Music Awards', at the Palladium. Rodriguez died May 9 at the age of 73. (Photo by ...

Popular Mexican American singer Johnny Rodriguez has died. He was 73 years old. Rodriguez was one of the first Mexican American country singers and had such hits as “I Just Can’t Get Her Out ...