Charlies Rangel, the longtime Harlem congressman and influential Democratic lawmaker, has died at the age of 94.

Jack Crawford, former Lake County prosecutor and a longtime defense attorney, died Wednesday after a five-year battle with heart problems. He was 77.

LOS ANGELES — Merv Griffin, the big-band-era crooner turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, died Sunday. He was 82.