SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Oscar L. Peterson Jr., the longtime board president of the M&T Syracuse Jazz Fest, would have turned 55 today. Peterson died from natural causes on Monday, Oct. 3, eight days shy ...

Maggie, a chimpanzee that had been at the San Francisco Zoo for over half a century, died last week after suffering from cancer. Maggie was believed to be just shy of 56 and came to the zoo in 1970, ...

The Western Lowland gorilla died following a medical procedure, according to Tanya Peterson, the zoo’s CEO and executive director. Peterson said that Oscar was the third oldest male of his ...

PETERSON WAS TAKEN TO GETTYSBURG HOSPITAL AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO WELLSPAN YORK, WHERE HE DIED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. PETERSON’S AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED An 83-year-old man died after he was hit ...