obituaries

British director Peter Brook smiles after receiving the 2008 Ibsen Award for bringing new artistic dimensions to the world of theater.

Arts

Influential theater director Peter Brook dies at 97

4:32pm July 04, 2022

by Bob Mondello

Brook's work ranged from classical star-studded productions to radical experiments in theater. He reinvented King Lear and explored the fragility of civilization in the film Lord of the Flies.

A niece remembers her beloved uncle, lost to COVID, with Elvis Presley

5:15pm July 01, 2022

Elida Lozano remembers her uncle, Gerald Thomas, who died of COVID-19 in December 2021. Thomas loved listening to music and encouraged Lozano to go to college.

Technoblade was one of YouTube's most popular Minecraft video creators.

Arts

Fans are saddened over the death of Technoblade, a popular Minecraft YouTuber

2:35pm July 01, 2022

by Shauneen Miranda

Technoblade, whose real name is Alex, reached millions with his Minecraft video playthroughs on YouTube. His fans and family remember the 23-year-old beyond just his online content.

Ralph "Sonny" Barger and his wife Sharon are shown after his release on $100,000 bond in San Francisco, Aug. 1, 1980.

Arts

Hells Angels figurehead Sonny Barger dies at 83

4:38pm June 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

Barger's death was announced on his Facebook page late Wednesday.

Woody Williams assists with the coin toss before Super Bowl 52 in February 2018 in Minneapolis. Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, died Wednesday at 98, at the Veterans Affairs medical center bearing his name in Hunti

National

Woody Williams, the last surviving WWII Medal of Honor recipient dies at 98

2:22pm June 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

As a young Marine corporal, Williams went ahead of his unit during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean in February 1945 and eliminated a series of Japanese machine gun positions.

Marlin Briscoe (show in 1975), the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League, died Monday.

Sports

Marlin Briscoe, the 1st Black starting quarterback in the AFL, dies at 76

10:41am June 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Nebraska native was a star quarterback for Omaha University before the Denver Broncos drafted him as a cornerback in the 14th round in 1968. He wasn't allowed to compete for the QB job in 1969.

A master of American abstract art has died: Sam Gilliam was 88

5:05am June 28, 2022

Gilliam, one of the most celebrated Black artists of his generation, was known for his Drape works. Vibrantly painted pieces of fabric were hung by clips and couldn't be presented the same way twice.

Sam Gilliam's 1968 work Double Merge, which is currently on display at Dia Beacon in Beacon, N.Y.

Arts

Visual artist Sam Gilliam has died at 88

7:22pm June 27, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Washington, D.C.-based painter became famous for his Drape works — vibrantly painted pieces of fabric that he hung by clips and could never be presented the same way twice.

National

Clela Rorex, the clerk who issued some of the 1st same sex marriage licenses, dies

8:41pm June 23, 2022

by Noel Black

One of the first county clerks to issue same sex marriage licenses has died. Clela Rorex called herself an "accidental activist" but was an important figure in the fight for LGBTQ civil rights.

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Remembering Mary Ogden, lost at age 100 to COVID, with the lullaby 'Baby's Boat'

5:07pm June 22, 2022

Mary Ogden's children and granddaughter remember her through the lullaby "Baby Boat," which meant a lot to all of them. Ogden died from COVID-19 in 2020, not long after her 100th birthday.