R.I.P.

Two-time Survivor contestant and Louisiana native Keith Nale died on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. He was 62 years old.

His death came after a brief illness, according to his wife, Jan.

America's oldest living World War II veteran has died. 112-year-old Lawrence Brooks, a Louisiana native, passed away earlier today.

Julio Lugo, a former Major League shortstop, has died of a heart attack at the age of 45. It would have been his 46th birthday tomorrow (Nov. 16).

Carol Fran, one of the greatest blues singers to ever come out of Lafayette, died on Wednesday. She was 87 years old.

Sad news to report this morning as Cajun musician Cedric Benoit died last night in Branson, Missouri. He was 62 years old.

Sad news out of the world of professional wrestling as this morning WWE Hall of Famer Joe Laurinaitis passed away at the age of 60.

Louisiana sports reporter Carley McCord is the first person to be publicly identified as one of the five victims killed in the small plane crash this morning in Lafayette.

Betty Porter Breaux, the mother of LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux, died on Sunday, according to the coach.

Chuy Bravo, who was Chelsea Handler's longtime TV sidekick, has died. He was 63.

Specialist Clayton James Horne of Atlanta, Louisiana passed away on August 17 due to wounds sustained by a noncombat-related incident.

19-year-old Jayla Tassin passed away on Monday.