1st Latino elected to Mecklenburg office dies
Dan Ramirez, a former Mecklenburg County commissioner and the first Latino elected to office in the county, has died of Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 66.
View ArticleEastern Airlines pilot and Panelfold founder Guy Dixon dies at 93
Guy Edwin Dixon, a former Eastern Airlines pilot and founder of Panelfold Inc., titled his 154-page memoir, What a Life!, in 2000.
View ArticleRachel Mellon, heiress, horticulturalist and philanthropist, dies at 103
Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, a philanthropist, art patron and self-taught horticulturalist whose generous support of presidential candidate John Edwards drew her into the political...
View Article'Two Fat Ladies' star Dickson Wright dies at 66
Clarissa Dickson Wright, a vivid and outspoken British television personality who found fame as half of the food-loving duo "Two Fat Ladies," has died at the age of 66.
View ArticleBillionaire philanthropist Jim Stowers dead at 90
Jim Stowers Jr., the billionaire founder of one of the nation's leading investment management firms who gave away most of his fortune to fight disease, has died. He was 90.
View ArticleVernita Gray, Illinois gay rights advocate, dies
Vernita Gray, a gay rights activist who wed her partner in Illinois' first same-sex marriage, has died at age 65.
View ArticleEx-Democratic Chairman Robert Strauss dies at 95
Bob Strauss could work with anybody — Democrats and Republicans, Americans and Soviets, Israelis and Arabs. Playing the game and making the deal made his day.
View ArticleEx-Democratic Chairman Robert Strauss dies at 95
Dealmaker and political powerbroker Robert S. Strauss, a former Democratic Party chairman whose counsel also was prized by Republicans, died Wednesday. He was 95.
View ArticleEx-Democratic Chairman Robert Strauss dies at 95
Bob Strauss could work with anybody — Democrats and Republicans, Americans and Soviets, Israelis and Arabs. Playing the game and making the deal made his day.
View ArticleIndian writer, editor Khushwant Singh dies at 99
Khushwant Singh, a journalist, editor and prolific writer whose work ranged from serious histories to joke collections to one of post-Independence India's great novels, died Thursday at his New Delhi...
View ArticleLawrence Walsh, Iran-Contra prosecutor, has died
In a criminal investigation of the labyrinth that became known as the Iran-Contra affair, chief prosecutor Lawrence E. Walsh stood out to his team of lawyers as a fiercely independent old-school...
View ArticleLawrence Walsh, Iran-Contra prosecutor, has died
Lawrence E. Walsh, the special prosecutor who spent six years investigating misconduct by Reagan administration officials in the Iran-Contra affair, has died.
View ArticlePhelps tested free speech with anti-gay protests
Fred Phelps did not care what you thought of his Westboro Baptist Church, nor did he care if you heard its message that society's tolerance for gay people is the root of all earthly evil.
View ArticleFred Phelps, Westboro Baptist’s anti-gay preacher, dies at 84
Fred Phelps, a publicity-hungry Kansas pastor who picketed hundreds of military funerals because he believed America was too sympathetic to gays, died early Thursday in Topeka, Kan. He was 84.
View ArticlePercussionist Joe Lala, who gave the Bee Gees and hundreds of pop stars their...
If you were dancing or grooving to pop music at any point in the last 45 years, chances are Joe Lala put a little hop in your step.
View ArticleBishop Arthur Wilson Sr., who grew Church of God of Prophecy, dies at 86 in...
There are many memories to share about Bishop Arthur Wilson Sr., but the one that quickly comes to mind for goddaughter Cecily Robinson-Duffie made an indelible impression in her life.
View ArticleLongtime Everglades game warden, Tom Shirley, and his wife die of heart...
In more than four decades of married life, Tom Shirley, a former state game warden, explored the Everglades — and more distant locales — with his wife Naomi at his side.
View ArticleSyriac Orthodox Patriarch Zakka Iwas dead at 80
The Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church Ignatius Zakka Iwas, the leader of one of world's oldest Christian sects, has died. He was 80.
View ArticleJohn Love, Bataan Death March survivor, dies at 91
John E. Love, a Bataan Death March survivor who led a campaign to change the caption on a historic march photo from The Associated Press, has died. He was 91.
View ArticleJohn Love, Bataan Death March survivor, dies at 91
John E. Love, a Bataan Death March survivor who led a campaign to change the caption on a historic march photo from The Associated Press, has died. He was 91.
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