TORONTO — Tony Fernández, a stylish shortstop who made five All-Star teams during his 17 sea…
Obituaries
Monday, February 17, 2020
A Disney actress died Saturday following a brain tumor, according to the Ugandan school wher…
Sunday, February 16, 2020
TORONTO — Tony Fernández, a stylish shortstop who made five All-Star teams during his 17 sea…
Friday, February 14, 2020
Ronald P. Lyles Sr., a retired police sergeant and welfare fraud investigator, died on Monda…
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Lawrence W. Pierce, a longtime federal judge who voided a New York state law banning the sal…
Vincent A. Alves, a former boutique and newsstand owner, died on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. He was 96.
Jackiel E. Irwin-Diehl, a junior at Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School, die…
Augustus “Gus” Dingle Jr., a retired social worker, died on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. He was 79.
JOHANNESBURG — The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladys…
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Paula Kelly, a tall, lithesome dancer who was one of the first African American women to mak…
Friday, February 07, 2020
Leonard Travis, a businessman and community leader, died on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. He was 68.
Samuel A. Small, a retired police officer and public safety officer at Arcadia University, d…
Louise D. Clement-Hoff, a renowned artist and educator, died on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. She was 93.
John W. Poole Jr., a retired special education teacher, died on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. He was 77.
Thursday, February 06, 2020
Debra L. DeShields, a retired physical education teacher, died on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2019. Sh…
Creola Gramby, an elementary school teacher and entrepreneur, died on Saturday, Jan. 25, 202…
Otis L. Hightower Jr., a retired auditor and community leader, died on Thursday, Jan. 30, 20…
Tuesday, February 04, 2020
LOS ANGELES — Willie Wood, the Hall of Fame defensive back who won five NFL championships wi…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya's longest-serving …
Monday, February 03, 2020
Gloria Slaughter Dixon, a nurse and retired Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot employee, died …
Russell Haskins, a real estate broker, died at home on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, from complicat…
Kenneth R. Anderson, a retired computer and electrical engineer, died on Monday, Jan. 27, 20…
Luther A. Randolph, a jazz organist, producer and record label owner, died on Monday, Jan. 2…
Friday, January 31, 2020
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — One of the few remaining Navajo Code Talkers who used their native lang…
MINNEAPOLIS — Chris Doleman was clinging to his preferred position of outside linebacker, st…
Malcolm T. Riley III, an electrical engineer and independent contractor, died on Friday, Jan…
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Clarence E. Mosley, a retired U.S. Army major and former city deputy managing director, died…
Helen E. Blakey, a former typist, died on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. She was 79.
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS — Hall of Fame defensive end Chris Doleman, who became one of the NFL's most fea…
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Colie B. Chappelle Jr., a former attorney and educator, died on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019. He was 81.
Monday, January 27, 2020
Elizabeth Suber Bennett, an author, educator and poet, died on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. She was 68.
Rudolph V. Tolbert, a Vietnam veteran, Boeing employee, community activist, died on Wednesda…
Rosemary Coleman Balknight, a former machinist, died on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. She was 82.
CINCINNATI — Nathaniel Jones, a former federal judge who served for more than two decades on…
Sunday, January 26, 2020
CALABASAS, Calif. — NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others were k…
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Poetry, prayer and lots of humor marked the packed celebration of renowned multimedia journa…
Friday, January 24, 2020
DETROIT — Army Pfc. Robert Fletcher restarted his life in Ann Arbor after the Korean War, th…
Elliott D. Waters Jr., a daycare teacher, died on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. He was 66.
Ron Rogers, a longtime political cartoonist whose start began in 1980 for the former Richmon…
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Frances A. Bastone, a former waitress, died on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. She was 92.
Marye Beville, a retired School District of Philadelphia employee, died on Monday, Jan. 13, …
Monday, January 20, 2020
NEW YORK — Jimmy Heath, a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist and composer who performed with …
Dorothy Miller, an educator, died on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2019. She was 78.
Friday, January 17, 2020
J. Charles Jones, a civil rights activist both in Charlotte, North Carolina, and nationally …
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Rocky "Soulman" Johnson, a WWE Hall of Fame wrestler who became better known as the father o…
Maybe you've heard his name — on WHYY, or WDAS AM and FM, or WPEN AM, or WCAU AM.
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Barbara Jean Thompson, an entrepreneur, died on Thursday, Jan 9, 2020. She was 74.
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Bernard Samuel, a jazz pianist, died on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. He was 71.
Beverly Allen, a human rights advocate, died on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. She was 72.
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