Dan Fogelberg

Singer Dan Fogelberg, 56, dies of cancer Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits “Leader of the Band” and “Same Old Lang Syne” helped define the soft-rock era, died Sunday at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56.”Kite Runner” director surprised by controversy Swiss-raised director Marc Forster made his name in Hollywood with the 2001 drama “Monster’s Ball,” which garnered an Academy Award for Halle Berry. He went on to direct “Finding Neverland” and “Stranger that Fiction,” and is slated to take the reins on the 22nd, as-yet-unnamed James Bond film for 2008.