Posts in category Obituaries

WILLIE PERRY JR.: Dies after battle with cancer. His “Cha Cha Slide,” initially an aerobic exercise for his nephew who worked at a fitness club, …

CHARLES J. OGLETREE JR.: Worked in California farm fields before establishing himself as one of the nation’s top legal scholars at the prominent law school …

JAMIE FOXX: “I went through something that I thought I would never, ever go through.” PHOTO COURTESY OF BILLBOARD.COM Academy Award winning actor, singer and …

JAYCE D. GRIFFIN: Preliminary reports from the Milwaukee coach grandson’s autopsy showed no evidence of trauma or foul play. PHOTO COURTESY OF TMJ4 URBANA, Ill. …

ANDRÉ WATTS: Won a Philadelphia Orchestra student competition and debuted when he was 10 in a children’s concert in 1957. PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM BLOOMINGTON, …

LOS ANGELES (AP) – C.R. Roberts, whose record-setting performance helped Southern California beat Texas in a 1956 road game played in the segregated state, has …

CHRISTINE KING FARRIS: Her casket laid under the state`s gold dome a rare honor, reserved for prominent political figures and few African Americans. PHOTO COURTESY …

ANTWUN ECHOLS: Powerful punch earned him nickname. PHOTO COURTESY OF DIGNITYMEMORIAL.COM Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – Antwun Echols, a boxer who twice lost to …

THE HON. JUDGE LEO ADDERLY: Made other significant community contributions beyond his service on the bench. PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK MIAMI, Fla. – Leo Adderly, …

RAYMOND CASSAGNOL: Wrote in his memoir that he was shocked by the prejudice he encountered in the American South. “Even the church did not escape …