obituaries

‘She would want us all to fight’: Leaders pay tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Molly Finnegan

The second woman to be named to the highest court and a champion of gender equality was remembered by colleagues, the nation's top leaders and former presidents.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87.

Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dead at 77

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

Toots Hibbert is one of reggae's founders and most beloved stars who gave the music its name and later helped make it an international movement.

Computer pioneer Arnold Spielberg, Steven Spielberg’s dad, dies at 103

By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

He co-designed the GE-225 mainframe computer while working for General Electric in the 1950s. The machine allowed researchers at Dartmouth College to come up with the coding language BASIC, which made personal computers possible.

Robert Trump, the president’s younger brother, dead at 71

By Jim Mustian, Associated Press

President Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible with the family name, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement. He was 71.

Former Illinois Gov. James Thompson, ‘Big Jim,’ dies at 84

By Don Babwin, Associated Press

Former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson has died. He was 84. Thompson was known as “Big Jim” during a long career that eventually made him the state’s longest-serving chief executive. His wife, Jayne, told the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago…

Mississippi civil rights figure Charles Evers dies

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Charles Evers, the older brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers and a longtime figure in Mississippi politics, has died in Mississippi.

‘Mythbusters’ star Grant Imahara dies at 49

By Associated Press

The Discovery Channel says he was one of the few trained operators for the famed R2-D2 droid from Star Wars and engineered the Energizer Bunny's popular rhythmic beat.