Tag: obituary
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...