Feb 09 Mary Wilson, longest-reigning original Supreme, dies at 76 By Associated Press Mary Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old. Continue reading
Feb 03 Rennie Davis, ‘Chicago Seven’ activist, is dead at 80 By James Anderson, Associated Press Rennie Davis, one of the "Chicago Seven" activists who was tried for organizing an anti-Vietnam War protest outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago that turned violent, has died. Continue reading
Feb 02 Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Mark Twain, dies at 95 By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Award-winning character actor Hal Holbrook who toured the world as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice "Follow the money" in the political thriller "All the President's Men," has died. Continue reading
Jan 28 Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking award-winning actor, dead at 96 By Hillel Italie, Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in "Sounder," a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,"… Continue reading
Jan 27 Oscar and Emmy-winning actor Cloris Leachman dies at 94 By Lynn Elber, Associated Press Millions of viewers knew her as the self-absorbed neighbor Phyllis in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." She also appeared as the mother of Timmy on the "Lassie" series. Continue reading
Jan 07 Neil Sheehan, Pentagon Papers reporter and Vietnam author, dies By Will Lester, Associated Press The reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who broke the story of the Pentagon Papers for The New York Times and who chronicled the deception at the heart of the Vietnam War in his epic book about the war died Thursday. Continue reading
Jan 05 Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling novelist, dead at 59 By Associated Press Dickey blended crime, romance and eroticism in "Sister, Sister," "Waking With Enemies" and dozens of other stories about contemporary Black life. Continue reading
Jan 05 Tanya Roberts, Bond girl and ‘Charlie’s Angels’ star, dies at 65 By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Actor Tanya Roberts has died, several hours after she was mistakenly declared dead by her publicist and her partner. She was 65. Continue reading
Dec 31 2020 was a year of loss. Here are some of the well-known figures who died By Bernard McGhee, Associated Press In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres. Continue reading
Oct 31 Oscar-winning actor Sean Connery dies at 90 By PBS NewsHour Sean Connery, the Scottish actor best known for playing the smooth-talking character, James Bond, has died. He lit the silver screen for more than four decades starring in seven James Bond movies and in films including “Indiana Jones and the… Continue reading