Posts in category Obituaries

Donald McKayle PHOTO COURTESY OF ART FORUM STAFF REPORT IRVINE, Calif. (AP) – Donald McKayle, a modern dancer and choreographer who brought the black experience …

Jazz pianist, Cecil Taylor, has died at age 89 PHOTO COURTESY OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES BLOGS STAFF REPORT NEW YORK (AP) – Cecil Taylor, the …

Anita Shreve, author of the best-selling book, “The Pilot’s Wife,” has died. PHOTO COURTESY OF CELEBRITY RADIO By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK …

Local legend with an international reach, H. Wayne Huizenga, has died. PHOTO COURTESY OF LEGACY.COM Staff Report EDITOR’S NOTE: The obituary was provided by the …

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – Charles P. Lazarus, the World War II veteran who founded Toys R Us six decades ago and transformed it …

Tuskegee Airman Floyd Carter Sr. PHOTO COURTESY OF LEGACY.COM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – Floyd Carter Sr., a Tuskegee Airman who was awarded a …

STOCK PHOTO By E.B. FURGURSON III The Capital Gazette CROWNSVILLE, Md. (AP) – Two years ago archaeologists uncovered and examined unique stone slave quarters on …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) – Roger Bannister, who as a lanky medical student at Oxford in 1954 …

Bill and Ensa Cosby PHOTO COURTESY OF URBANISLANDZ.COM By BOB SALSBERG BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby’s 44-year-old daughter Ensa Cosby died in Massachusetts from kidney …

Lerone Bennett Jr. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA CHICAGO (AP) – Lerone Bennett Jr., an African-American history author and former editor of Ebony magazine, has died …