In Britain 'dumb' is seldom used to mean stupid. It was mostly only used to mean mute e.g 'deaf and dumb'. However 'dumb' in the mute sense is probably politically incorrect nowadays, a bit like calling a short person a 'dwarf'.
Luis Carlos MontalvÃ¡n at a book signing in Coral Gables, Fla., in 2011, with his service dog, Tuesday. Luis Carlos MontalvÃ¡n, an Iraq war veteran and best-selling author who toured the country with his service dog, Tuesday, as an advocate for soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, died on Friday in El Paso. He was 43. He was found dead in his hotel room.
Singer Adan Sanchez dies in car wreck. MEXICO CITY (AP) â Singer Adan Sanchez, son of balladeer Marcelino Chalino Sanchez, has died in a car accident in northwestern Mexico, police said Sunday. He was 19. Adan Sanchez, a resident of Los Angeles, died Saturday after the car in which he was riding blew a tire, lost control and rolled over in the state of Sinaloa, police said. Two other people in the Ford sedan were taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries.