Calvin R. Mapp Sr., Miami’s first black judge, dies
Calvin Reid Mapp Sr. left the military for teaching, teaching for law enforcement, law enforcement for the law, and law for the judicial bench, as the first black judge in Miami-Dade County.
View ArticleIndian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92
The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in the fabled summer of 1967.
View ArticleSwiss opera diva Della Casa dies at 93
Famed for her beauty that matched her serene voice, Swiss-born diva Lisa Della Casa swept up crowds at opera houses of the past century with an elegant and radiant style that established her as one of...
View ArticleJoe Allbritton, 87, DC media, banking giant dies
Joe L. Allbritton, who became one of Washington's most influential men through a media conglomerate of newspapers and television stations and a financial empire that once included Riggs Bank, died...
View Article‘Macarena’ producer, lyricist Mike ‘In the Night’...
Mike “In the Night” Triay, 48, a Miami radio host who was part of the production team responsible for the mid-’90s hit Macarena in the United States, died Sunday after...
View ArticleLauren Sterling Perlman, advocate for women with breast cancer, dies
The morning of the 2010 Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure, Lauren Sterling Perlman had lost her hair from chemotherapy and woke up sick, but she was determined to run.
View ArticleMorocco's biggest opposition leader dies
Sheikh Abdessalam Yassine, the charismatic religious leader of Morocco's largest opposition movement and longtime opponent of two Moroccan kings, died Thursday. He was 84.
View ArticleBar code's co-inventor N. Joseph Woodland dies, 91
Norman Joseph Woodland, the co-inventor of the bar code that labels nearly every product in stores and has boosted productivity in nearly every sector of commerce worldwide, has died. He was 91.
View ArticlePat and Caren Boyd, of the Hollywood funeral home family, die a week apart
Days after losing his wife, husband dies of a heart attack in his sleep. Both were 59.
View ArticleHal Schaefer, Marilyn Monroe’s vocal coach, dies in Fort Lauderdale
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View ArticleNashville drummer Willie Ackerman dead at 73
Nashville drummer Willie Ackerman, who played with artists such as Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson and Louis Armstrong, has died. He was 73.
View ArticleEthel Beckham, former Dade School Board member, dies at 92
Ethel Koger Beckham, a former Miami-Dade County School Board member and founding member of the Lowe Art Museum, died Dec. 8 at her home in Asheville, N.C. She was 92.
View ArticleJack Hanlon, actor in Our Gang films, dies in NV
Jack Hanlon, who had roles in the 1926 silent classic "The General" and in two 1927 "Our Gang" comedies, died Thursday in Las Vegas at the age of 96.
View ArticleJack Hanlon, actor in Our Gang films, dies in Nev.
Jack Hanlon, who had roles in the 1926 silent classic "The General" and in two 1927 "Our Gang" comedies, died Thursday in Las Vegas, family members said Sunday. He was 96.
View ArticleSen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88
Recovering from war wounds that left him with one arm, Danny Inouye wanted a cigarette and needed a light.
View ArticleAtlanta civil rights leader, businessman dies
Jesse Hill Jr., a civil rights leader and businessman who later became the first black president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, died Monday. He was 86.
View ArticleSen. Daniel Inouye, war hero, dies at 88
When Daniel K. Inouye was 17, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. An aspiring surgeon, he spent much of the next week helping care for the wounded at an elementary school in his native Honolulu.
View ArticleMorris Zuckerman, WWII veteran and actor, dies at 103
A life-long military man, it wasn’t until he was in his 60s before Morris Zuckerman found his second calling: acting.
View ArticleBork, whose failed nomination made history, dies
Robert H. Bork, who stepped in to fire the Watergate prosecutor at Richard Nixon's behest and whose failed 1987 nomination to the Supreme Court helped draw the modern boundaries of cultural fights over...
View ArticleCorrection: Obit-Civil Rights Leader story
In an obituary Dec. 17 about Jesse Hill Jr., The Associated Press reported erroneously that Hill served as board chairman at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center from 1979 to 1995. It was from 1979 to 1993.
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