Obituaries

National

Controversial talk show host Jerry Springer dies

4:43pm April 27, 2023

by Ann Thompson

He was a news anchor and a politician but Jerry Springer was perhaps best known for his namesake television talk show. Springer died Thursday due to pancreatic cancer. He was 79.

Talk show host and former Cincinnati Mayor Jerry Springer died Thursday. He's pictured above in New York in 2010.

Arts

Jerry Springer, talk show host and former Cincinnati mayor, dies at 79

4:15pm April 27, 2023

by Eric Deggans

He was best known for The Jerry Springer Show, which featured guests — real people from around the country — revealing shocking, often sordid details of their lives.

Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, has died in hospice care in Louisiana. She was 88.

National

Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused Emmett Till before he was lynched, dies at age 88

1:27pm April 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's report shows.

Besides singer and actor, Belafonte leaves another legacy: civil rights activist

7:16am April 26, 2023

Harry Belafonte died Tuesday at the age of 96. NPR's Michel Martin talks to publisher and author Lavaille Lavette about the legacy of the singer, actor and civil rights activist.

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Remembing groundbreaking singer, actor and lifelong activist Harry Belafonte

4:26pm April 25, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

Singer, actor and human rights activist Harry Belafonte died Tuesday. He was 96. He broke racial barriers and balanced his activism with his artistry in ways that made people around the world listen.

A 1976 portrait of the singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte. He died Tuesday at age 96.

Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and activist, has died at age 96

2:52pm April 25, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

The iconic and barrier-breaking performer died Tuesday of congestive heart failure.

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Len Goodman attends a "Dancing with the Stars" event in November 2019 in Los Angeles. He died on Saturday, less than a year after retiring from the show.

Arts

Ballroom dancer and longtime 'Dancing With The Stars' judge Len Goodman dies at 78

12:00pm April 24, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Goodman rose to fame in his 60s as a judge on Dancing with the Stars and Britain's Strictly Come Dancing. He's being remembered for his wit, integrity and distinctive feedback.

Dame Edna creator Barry Humphries dies at age 89

8:16am April 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

The Tony Award-winning comedian was internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending snob whose evolving character delighted audiences over seven decades.

Charles Stanley, whose Christian broadcasts spanned the world, dies at 90

10:50am April 19, 2023

by The Associated Press

His "In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley," a Christian teaching program, first aired on the Christian Broadcasting Network in 1978. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta for 50 years.

Rachel Pollack authored more than 40 books across several genres, and helped transform tarot into a contemporary practice.

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Arts

Writer Rachel Pollack, who reimagined the practice of tarot, dies at 77

10:02am April 19, 2023

by Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong

The science fiction and comic book writer helped make reading tarot cards part of a contemporary spiritual practice. She authored more than 40 books across several genres.

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