Former Trail Blazers player Jerome Kersey dies at 52
PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER.COM PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jerome Kersey, the versatile small forward who helped the Portland Trail Blazers reach two NBA Finals …
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Georgia Jones-Ayers, fearless community legend, dies at 86
PHOTO COURTESY OF GEORGE JONES When nine-year old Sherdavia Jenkins was shot and killed in 2006 while playing with a doll near her family’s …
Michele Ferrero, maker of Nutella, dies on Valentine’s Day
ROME (AP) — Michele Ferrero, the world’s richest candy maker whose Nutella chocolate and hazelnut spread helped raise generations of Europeans and defined Italian sweets, …
Anne Moody, Mississippi lunch counter protester, dead at 74
PHOTO COURTESY OF MUSICANDCULTURE.BLOGSPOT.COM JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Anne Moody, whose memoir Coming of Age in Mississippi gave a wrenching account of growing up …
North Carolina coaching great Dean Smith dies at 83
PHOTO COURTESY OF TBO.COM By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Dean Smith was more than simply a basketball coach. Yes, the retired Hall of Famer …
Statement by the President on the passing of Charlie Sifford
PHOTO COURTESY OF PGA.COM Michelle and I offer our condolences on the passing of golf legend Charlie Sifford. Charlie was the first African-American to earn …
Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks dies at 83
Photo courtesy of dodgersnation.com By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer Even as the Chicago Cubs lost one game after another, Ernie Banks never lost hope. …
Melvin Gordon, CEO who built empire from Tootsie Rolls, dies
Photo courtesy of candyindustry.com CHICAGO (AP) — Melvin Gordon, who helped turn the enduring popularity of the humble Tootsie Roll into a candy empire, has …
2 Tuskegee Airmen die on same day
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clarence E. Huntley Jr. and Joseph Shambrey grew up running track together in the same Los Angeles neighborhood in the 1930s. …
Andrae Crouch, legendary gospel performer, songwriter dies at 72
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrae Crouch, a legendary gospel performer, songwriter and choir director whose work graced songs by Michael Jackson and Madonna and movies …