1 These older people made up 17 percent of all traffic fatalities and 10 percent of all people injured in traffic crashes during the year. 2  Compared to 2012, fatalities among older people increased by 1 percent and the number of older people injured increased by 4 percent.
NASHVILLE â Tammy Wynette died of natural causes, a medical examiner has ruled. Davidson County medical examiner Bruce Levy made the announcement Tuesday, more than three years after the 55-year-old singer was found dead by her husband, George Richey, at their Nashville mansion. No autopsy was conducted when Wynette was found dead on April 6, 1998.
DETROIT â Bobby Smith, longtime lead singer of The Spinners, died Saturday in Orlando of complications from pneumonia and the flu, his family said. He was 76. Smith had been diagnosed with lung cancer in November. The funeral will take place Monday in Detroit, where Smith will be interred, said the group's Jessie Peck.