Tag: obituary
Marshall Latimore, 36, Birmingham Native, Woodlawn Grad, Atlanta Editor, dies
By Greg Garrison
AL.com
Birmingham native Marshall Latimore, executive editor of the Atlanta Voice, a historic Black-owned newspaper, has died.
He was 36.
His mother, Mary Latimore of...
Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, has died
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing...
Dianne Durham, first Black US women’s gymnastics champion, dies
NBC News
Dianne Durham, the first Black woman to win a USA Gymnastics national championship, died Thursday in Chicago following a short illness, her husband...
Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking award-winning actor, dead at 96
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in...
One year later: Remembering Kobe Bryant and 8 others who died...
WVNS TV
CALABASAS, Calif. (NewsNation Now) — It’s been one year since NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others died in a...
Hank Aaron, Baseball Hall of Famer, Dead at 86
MSN News
Hank Aaron, one of the greatest players in baseball history, who smashed Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record in defiance of threats to...
Principal Joe Clark, who inspired film ‘Lean on Me,’ dies
Associated Press
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods...
2020 Was a Year of Loss. Here Are Those We Love...
Compiled by Sydney Melson
The Birmingham Times
In any year, the deaths of great musicians, Hall of Fame athletes, elected officials, Civil Rights leaders, and others...
Actress Natalie Desselle-Reid Passes Away At Age 53
By Brooklyn White
Essence
We are sad to report on the passing of actress Natalie Desselle-Reid, who appeared in movies such as B*A*P*S, Set It Off, Cinderella and Madea’s Big Happy...
Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 ‘Freedom Rides’, dies at 83
The Associated Press
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from Alabama who inspired the landmark “Freedom Rides” of 1961, died...
