Posts in category Obituaries

Staff Report WASHINGTON – One of the surefire clues that someone has answered their calling and is living their passion is the easy expertise at …

Associated Press NEW YORK – Dabney Montgomery, who served with the all-black Tuskegee Airmen in World War II and marched with civil rights leader Martin …

Associated Press NEW YORK – Dr. Joy Browne, the syndicated radio and television psychologist whose upbeat and approachable style made her a favorite for nearly …

By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES – Max Ritvo, a poet who chronicled his long battle with cancer in works that were both humorous …

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS – Belgian harmonica player Toots Thielemans, whose illustrious career included playing with jazz greats like Miles Davis and whose …

WASHINGTON –The funeral for the son of the late District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry was held on Monday. The service for Marion Christopher Barry …

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writer NEW YORK – John Saunders, the versatile sportscaster who has hosted ESPN’s The Sports Reporters for the last …

PHOTO COURTESY OF DR.SCOTIABANK.COM TORONTO — Austin Clarke, the award-winning Barba- dian-born author who wrote about the immigrant experience and being black in Canada, died …

RALEIGH, N.C. – A civil rights group says the mother of a black teen whose body was found hanging from a swing set by a …

Associated Press   ALBANY, N.Y. – The long-forgotten remains of 14 slaves discovered more than a decade ago in upstate New York have been reburied. …