Rita Lee, Os Mutantes singer and Brazilian rock pioneer, is dead at 75
The singer and co-founder of the psychedelic group died at home in São Paulo.
Obituaries
Trailblazing opera star Grace Bumbry dies at age 86
The celebrated singer, who led an illustrious, jet-setting career, broke the color barrier as the first Black artist to perform at Germany's Bayreuth Festival.
Vida Blue, who won 3 World Series in a row with the Oakland Athletics, dies at 73
Blue was drafted in the second round of the 1967 MLB Draft to the Athletics. He spent nine seasons with the team, and was ultimately selected to six All-Star teams throughout his 17-year career.
Grace Bumbry, a trailblazing Black opera singer, has died at age 86
Grace Bumbry has died. She had one of the most illustrious operatic careers of the 20th century. She was also the first Black singer to perform at the Paris Opera and the Bayreuth Festival in Germany.
Producer Chris Strachwitz, responsible for many recordings of roots music, has died
Producer Chris Strachwitz was responsible for many recordings of roots music. He died last week at the age of 91.
Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Folk Legend, Dies At 84
The Canadian singer-songwriter wrote classics like "If You Could Read My Mind," "Early Morning Rain" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of 'When Bad Things Happen to Good People,' dies at 88
Kushner, whose words provided solace to millions of readers about life's most difficult questions, died on Friday while in hospice care in Canton, Mass.
LeRoy Carhart, a doctor well known for performing late-term abortions, has died
The outspoken and controversial doctor, who specialized in providing second- and third-trimester abortion care, died on Friday at age 81.
Talk show host and a former Cincinnati mayor, Jerry Springer, dies at 79
A remembrance of Jerry Springer, who is best known for hosting the hugely popular 1990s confrontational talk show: The Jerry Springer Show.
Carolyn Bryant Donham, whose accusations lead to the killing of Emmett Till, has died
The white woman, whose accusations lead to the killing of Emmett Till in 1955 has died. Carolyn Bryant Donham, had always insisted on her innocence in Till's murder.