Posts in category Obituaries

Eugenia B. Thomas, dedicated community activist and civil rights icon, passed away August 17 at the age of 90.  Thomas, who was born on November …

Washington, D.C. — The nation has lost another political pioneer with the passing of former Congressman Louis Stokes. As the first African-American to represent Ohio …

DETROIT (AP) — Mel Farr, the Detroit Lions’ running back who rushed for over 3,000 yards in seven NFL seasons, has died. He was 70. …

LONDON (AP) — Big-voiced British singer Cilla Black, a product of Beatles-era Liverpool who became a national treasure over a 50-year music and television career, …

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. — Born and raised in the shadow of fame and litigation, shattered by the loss of her …

LISLE, Ill. (AP) — Family and friends of an Illinois woman found dead in a Texas jail remembered her Saturday as a “courageous voice” for …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Claudia Alexander, a brilliant, pioneering scientist who helped direct NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter and the international Rosetta space-exploration project, has …

NEW YORK (AP) — Joseph Robinson Jr., an executive at Sugarhill Records and a son of Sylvia Robinson, known as the Mother of Hip-Hop, died …

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. —  A son of legendary Mississippi blues artist Robert Johnson became rich by winning a court fight over his …

DETROIT (AP)  — Hall of Fame tight end Charlie Sanders, who spent 43 years in the Detroit Lions’ organization as a player, broadcaster and scout …