Charles Osgood, former host of ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ and Army veteran, dies at 91

Charles Osgood, the bow-tie-wearing former host of “CBS Sunday Morning” and a fixture for decades on network radio, died Tuesday at his home in New Jersey, CBS News reported. He was 91.

Nobel laureate and Army veteran Arno Penzias dies at 90; helped find traces of Big Bang

Arno A. Penzias, who fled Nazi Germany in childhood, settled in the United States and in 1978 shared the Nobel Prize in physics for helping find vital early evidence of the Big Bang Theory about the creation of the universe, died Jan. 22 at an assisted-living center in San Francisco. He was 90.

Legendary Navy cross country coach Al Cantello dies at 92

Al Cantello was a Marine veteran who spent 55 years at the Naval Academy, 50 as the coach of Navy’s men’s cross country team. He died Wednesday at 92 after a brief illness.

Zvi Zamir, Israeli spy chief amid war and tragedy, dies at 98

Zvi Zamir, an Israeli spymaster who watched in horror in 1972 as the hostage-taking of Israeli Olympic team members by Palestinian militants at the Munich Games ended in a deadly firefight and who then directed a covert campaign to strike back at Palestinian terrorist networks, died Jan. 2. He was 98.

Mike Sadler, desert navigator who guided WWII commandos, dies at 103

The stars, sun and surveyor’s instruments were his only tools to lead British special forces through the North African desert during World War II.

Jazz pianist and ‘Compared to What’ singer Les McCann, a Navy veteran, dies at 88

A largely self-taught musician, Les McCann joined the Navy in the 1950s and was stationed in California. In 1956, he won a Navy talent contest as a singer and appeared on the “Ed Sullivan Show,” according to the 2007 book “The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz.”

Doug J.J. Peters, Army Reserve veteran and former Maryland state senator, dies at 60

Doug J.J. Peters was a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1988 to 1998, served in Operation Desert Storm and was awarded a Bronze Star Medal.

Former Navy men’s lacrosse coach Dick Szlasa dies at age 87

Dick Szlasa, whose Hall of Fame lacrosse coaching career was highlighted by a successful 10-year stint at Navy, died Saturday night at Autumn Lake Healthcare in Manchester, Md., after being in failing health for many months. He was 87 years old.

Guy Stern, Holocaust refugee and WWII US intelligence officer, dies at age 101

Guy Stern, director of the International Institute of the Righteous at The Zekelman Holocaust Center (The HC) and Holocaust survivor, whose contributions as a United States intelligence officer helped to defeat Nazi Germany, has died.

She wasn’t allowed in combat, so she trained Marine fighter pilots during WWII

At 104, Betty Printz Sims was believed to be the oldest-living female Marine before she died last week.