Posts in category Obituaries

CHRISTINE KING FARRIS: “She once said that her brother Martin simply gave us the blueprint, but it was our duty ‘to carry it out.” PHOTO …

JACK STOKES: Dies at 73 following retirement after decades-long career. PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER NEW YORK (AP) – Jack Stokes, a veteran journalist with The …

CLARK HAGGANS: Started opposite Joey Porter on one of NFL’s best defenses. PHOTO COURTESY OF BEHINDTHESTEELCURTAIN.COM PITTSBURGH (AP) – Clark Haggans, an outside linebacker who …

DAHRRAN DIEDRICK: Born in Jamaica and raised in Toronto, was first Canadian scholarship recruit to play for Nebraska. PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK VIA STOCK PHOTO …

DANIEL ELLSBERG: Vietnam-era whistleblower embodied the individual of conscience – who answered only to his sense of right and wrong, even if the price was …

MILTON “BIG POKEY” POWELL: Was ”well loved by his family, friends, and his loyal fans.” PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK VIA STOCK PHOTO HOUSTON (AP) – …

TINA TURNER: The rock music icon died last month at age 83, but “her energy, her spirit, obviously has been interwoven into our creative processes.” …

John Fru Ndi, 81, Cameroon’s main opposition party leader JOHN FRU NDI: Prominent opponent of Cameroon’s longtime President Paul Biya. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA.ORG YAOUNDE, …

TORI BOWIE: Autopsy report concludes she was among African American women who embody the highest U.S. maternal mortality rate: 70 per 100,000 births in 2021 …

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – Bill Lee, a wellregarded jazz musician who accompanied such artists as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Belafonte …