Tag: obituary
Mighty Clouds of Joy singer Joe Ligon dies at 80
From Wire Reports
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Singer Joe Ligon, the dynamic frontman of the Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy, has died. He...
Oldest surviving Tuskegee Airman, Willie Rogers, dies at 101
By The Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Willie Rogers, the oldest surviving member of the original Tuskegee Airmen, has died at the age of...
PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies of cancer
By David Bauder
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of PBS' "NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff and a veteran journalist who moderated two vice...
Gwen Ifill, trailblazer for journalists of color, dies at age 61
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Gwen Ifill, a trailblazer for African-American journalists, has died after a battle with cancer. She was 61.
Ifill was named the...
Gloria Naylor, who wrote ‘The Women of Brewster Place,’ dies
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Gloria Naylor, whose debut novel "The Women of Brewster Place," became a best-seller, a National Book Award winner and...
Mrs. Helen M. Lewis, 96, wife of The Birmingham Times founder
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Mrs. Helen M. Lewis, former vice president and chief financial officer of The Birmingham Times, and wife of Dr. Jesse...
Award-winning Civil Rights Journalist and Black Press Columnist George Curry...
By Hazel Trice Edney
Trice Edney Wire
Pioneering Civil rights and Black political journalist George E. Curry, the reputed dean of Black press columnists because of...
Actress who played TV psychic Miss Cleo dies of cancer at...
By Terry Spencer
Associated Press
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- The actress who became famous playing the Jamaican psychic Miss Cleo, claiming to know callers' futures...