Posts in category Obituaries

By BERNARD McGHEE Associated Press Here is a roll call of some of the people who died in 2014. January Amiri Baraka, 79. Militant man …

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Lowell Steward, a former member of the Tuskegee Airmen who flew well over 100 missions over Europe during World War II, …

Though he often held positions of authority, Robert H. Simms was a man of the people. He wore many hats as an educator, photographer, counselor …

China Valles, the beloved “Mahj,” who entertained night owls and jazz aficionados on South Florida radio stations for decades, died Dec. 17 at age 89. …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Photojournalist Michel du Cille, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who recently captured compelling images of Ebola patients and their caretakers, died in …

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bryan Burwell, a longtime sports columnist with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, died Thursday after a short battle with cancer. He was …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Prominent Indianapolis executive and black community leader William Mays has died at age 69. The Indianapolis Recorder newspaper that Mays owned says …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Roberto Gomez Bolanos, the iconic Mexican comedian who wrote and played the boy television character “El Chavo del Ocho” that defined …

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Dr. Aaron Shirley, who broke racial barriers at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and founded the Jackson Medical Mall, has …

CAIRO (AP) — Acclaimed Egyptian novelist and educator Radwa Ashour, who used her often deeply personal writing style to champion human rights issues, has died …