Posts in category Obituaries

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 …

LEEDS, Ala. (AP) — The mother of NBA great Charles Barkley, Charcey Glenn, has died at her home in Alabama. The Jefferson County Medical Examiner’s …

SEATTLE (AP) — Elson Floyd, the popular president of Washington State University whose influence in higher education and politics spread beyond the school in rural …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Beau Biden, who followed his father, Vice President Joe Biden, into politics and was twice elected attorney general of Delaware, died Saturday …

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS — B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians …

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Guy Carawan, a folk singer and social-justice advocate credited with turning the African-American spiritual We Shall Overcome into a unifying anthem …

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben E. King, the unforgettable lead singer for the Drifters and solo star whose plaintive baritone graced such pop and rhythm …

HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) — Mary Doyle Keefe, the model for Norman Rockwell’s iconic 1943 Rosie the Riveter painting that symbolized the millions of American women …