Tag: Deaths (Obituaries)
Johnny Rodriguez, Country Music Star, Dead at 73-OxBig News Network
Johnny Rodriguez, who became the first Mexican American country music star with a string of hits, died on Friday. He was 73.His daughter, Aubry...
Margot Friedländer, Holocaust Survivor Who Found Her Voice, Dies at 103
Margot Friedländer, a Holocaust survivor who spent more than 60 years in exile (as she saw it) in New York City before returning to...
Robert A.G. Monks, Crusader Against ‘Imperial’ C.E.O.s, Dies at 91-OxBig News Network
Robert A.G. Monks, a lawyer and businessman from a prominent Massachusetts family who unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate three times but found a...
Kenneth Walker, 73, Journalist Who Bared Apartheid’s Brutality-OxBig News Network
Kenneth Walker, an Emmy Award-winning journalist whose reporting for the ABC News program “Nightline” helped bring the brutality of South Africa’s racist apartheid system...
Clarence O. Smith, a Founder of Essence Magazine, Is Dead at 92-OxBig News Network
Clarence O. Smith, who convinced skeptical mainstream advertisers of the power and worth of the Black female consumer market as a founder of Essence,...