ObituariesLibby Clark, pioneering Black journalist, dies at 94
 Whenever pioneering, barrier-breaking newspaper women come to mind, White people recall the almost mythical Nellie Bly, but Black people think of Libby Clark. Read More » 
'Soul Train' creator Don Cornelius dead in apparent suicide
Don Cornelius, whose syndicated series "Soul Train" revolutionized television and moved Black music further into the mainstream, was found dead Wednesday morning of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Read More » Montebello philanthropist George Hensel dies
George R. Hensel, who started a driving school in 1953 that became the largest one in the country and then became one of the leading philanthropists in Montebello, has died. Read More » 
Etta James, R&B legend and South L.A. native, dies at 73
R&B legend and South Los Angeles native Etta James died Friday at a Riverside hospital of complications from leukemia. She was 73. Read More » 
Geraldine Washington, former president of NAACP's Los Angeles chapter, dies at 81Funeral services for Dr. Geraldine Washington, the longest serving president of the Los Angeles NAACP, will be held Saturday at noon at Second Baptist Church. Washington died Jan. 5 after battling Parkinson’s disease and dementia. Read More » 
Ofield Dukes, public relations trailblazer, dies at 79Famed for several landmark achievements, including organizing a 1981 march in Washington to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday, Dukes paved the way for Blacks in the field. Read More » 
Trailblazing state legislator Teresa Hughes dies
Former state Sen. Teresa Hughes — a woman whose 25 years in the Legislature resulted in the creation of many things Californians now take for granted — died Monday. She was 80. Upon retiring from public... Read More » 
Rapper Heavy D dies suddenly at 44
Influential rapper Heavy D died Tuesday at Cedars- Sinai Medical Center after being found struggling to breathe in the hallway of a Beverly Hills apartment complex. He was 44. Beverly Hills police Lt. Mark Rosen said police were called to the... Read More » 
Guy Crowder, top photographic chronicler of Black Los Angeles, dies
Guy Crowder, South Los Angeles’ premiere photographer whose camera chronicled the rise of L.A.’s Black politicians, entertainers and athletes, died Sunday morning. Read More » Ex-Congressman Marty Martinez diesMatthew G. “Marty” Martinez, who went from a furniture upholsterer in Monterey Park to a member of the House of Representatives in a span of 11 years, has died. Read More » 
Bobbie Lee Holmes, teacher, civil rights pioneer, dies at 84Bobbie Lee Holmes, a wife and mother and former LAUSD school teacher, who twice made civil rights history in fights for equal access to education and fair housing for her family, has died. Read More » Santa Fe Springs leader Gus Velasco dies at 71Gus Velasco, who spent 40 years working for the city, first as director of the Santa Fe Springs Neighborhood Center and all the way up to the City Council, died last Friday morning of liver disease. He was 71. Read More » 
Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder, dies at 56Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world's leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. Read More » 
Civil rights icon Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth dead at 89The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, who helped lead the civil rights movement, has died, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute said Wednesday. He was 89. Read More » 
Kenyan Nobel laureate Maathai diesKenyan Wangari Maathai, the first woman from Africa to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died Monday after a battle with cancer. She was 71. Read More » 
Legendary singer-songwriter Nick Ashford dies at 70
Nickolas Ashford, one-half of the successful Motown singer-songwriter duo of "Ashford and Simpson," died Monday afternoon, his longtime former publicist said. Read More » 
Services set Saturday for former Bell Councilman George BassFuneral services for George “Smokey” Bass, a retired city of Vernon fire chief and a member of the Bell City Council from 1990 to 2003, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Cyprian Church, 4714 Clark Ave., Long Beach. Read More » 
Charles 'Bubba' Smith, NFLer-turned-actor, dies at 66
Former NFL defensive end and actor Charles "Bubba" Smith was found dead Wednesday at his home in the Baldwin Hills area, according to police and the coroner's office. Read More » 
Tributes pour in for 'Community Mother' Lillian Mobley
Tributes are pouring in to honor South Los Angeles community activist Lillian Mobley, who died July 18 at Centinela Medical Center from natural causes. Read More » Aliewine, founder of Watts Christmas Parade, mournedFuneral services were held Monday at Praises of Zion Baptist Church in South Los Angeles for Edna Aliewine, the diminutive woman who left a large mark on South Los Angeles, particularly Watts and Willowbrook. Read More » 
Ramona Hahn, matriarch of a political dynasty, dies at 86Ramona Hahn, the matriarch of one of Los Angeles County's most prominent political families, died Monday at the age of 86. Read More » 
'Columbo' star Peter Falk dies at 83Actor Peter Falk, who rose to fame on a rumpled raincoat and a shambling manner as the TV detective Lt. Columbo, has died at 83. Read More » 
'Gunsmoke' actor James Arness dies at age 88
Former "Gunsmoke" actor James Arness, who played Marshal Matt Dillon in the western TV series for 20 years, died Friday from natural causes, according to his website. He was 88 Read More » 
'Dr. Death' Jack Kevorkian is dead at 83Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan pathologist who put assisted suicide on the world's medical ethics stage, died early Friday, according to a spokesman with Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. Read More » 
Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt, former Black Panther, dies at 63Former Black Panther Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, who was wrongly imprisoned for 27 years on a murder conviction, died Thursday in Tanzania, his former lawyer said. Read More » 
Osama bin Laden, the face of terror, killed in Pakistan
Osama bin Laden used the fruits of his family's success — a personal fortune estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars — to help finance al Qaeda in its quest for a new pan-Islamic religious state. Read More » Services set for Cerritos College trustee Bob EppleCerritos College trustee Bob Epple, a former state assemblyman, died April 13 after a protracted battle with leukemia, a college representative said. Read More » 
N.Y. Times: Gerald A. Lawson, a pioneer in video games, dies at 70"Gerald A. Lawson, a largely self-taught engineer who became a pioneer in electronic video entertainment, creating the first home video game system with interchangeable game cartridges, died on Saturday in Mountain View, Calif. He was 70 and lived in Santa Clara, Calif." Read More » 
Remembering hip-hop legend Nate Dogg
Fans and celebrities alike are pausing with reflection as word spreads that hip-hop artist and vocalist Nate Dogg passed away on Tuesday. His longtime manager, Rod McGrew, confirmed to CNN that Nate Dogg, born Nathaniel Hale, died at the age of 41. Read More » 
Ingram mourned as spiritual leader, renaissance man
Funeral services for the Rev. Billy G. Ingram, the popular founder/pastor of Maranatha Community Church, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the West Angeles Church of God in Christ, a more spacious... Read More » Joseph Dyer, newsman who broke barriers in L.A. television, diesFuneral services for Joseph Dyer, the African-American pioneer of local television news,were held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Wilshire United Methodist Church, 4350 Wilshire Blvd. Read More » Atkins, real estate developer in Black Los Angeles, dies at 85Another local African-American pioneer has died, it was learned this week. Read More » Black comic book legend leaves behind great legacyA celebrated and prolific Black comic book writer and animation producer, whose untimely death shocked the comics world, died as a result of “complications to a surgical procedure,” it was revealed Wednesday by the Comic Resources website. Read More » 
Former Congressman Steve Horn dies
Rep. Steve Horn, who went from the president of Cal State Long Beach to serve five terms in Congress, has died. Read More » 
Inglewood 'enthusiast' Roosevelt Douglas dies at 77
Roosevelt Douglas, a familiar and popular face at City Council meetings, whose campaigning for various political candidates over the years earned him the affectionate nickname “The General,” has died. Read More » Teena Marie, four-time Grammy nominee, dies at 54
R&B singer Teena Marie died Sunday in Los Angeles, according to the coroner's office. She was 54 years old. Read More » 
Soul singer Solomon Burke dead at 70
Soul singer Solomon Burke has died at the age of 70 in the Netherlands, his Dutch representative said Sunday. Read More » 
Marvin Isley of Isley Bros. dies at 56
Marvin Isley, youngest member of the soulful Isley Brothers R&B group, has died from complications with diabetes, hospital officials said Monday. He was 56. Read More » 
L.A. Times: Caffie Greene dies at 91; activist was a leader in creation of King/Drew hospital"After the 1965 Watts riots, Greene focused on improving the area's inadequate healthcare. 'I have picketed all my life,' she said. She was a field deputy for Supervisor Kenneth Hahn and a trustee of the Drew medical school." Read More » 
Actor Gary Coleman dead at 42
Actor Gary Coleman, who had suffered from intracranial brain bleeding and was on life support in the intensive care unit of a Utah hospital, has died, a hospital spokeswoman said Friday. Family members... Read More » 
Lena Horne, barrier-breaking singer, dies at 92
Singer, dancer and actress Lena Horne died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday night, a hospital spokeswoman said. Read More » 
William Elkins Jr., longtime advisor to Mayor Tom Bradley, dies at 90
Funeral services will be Friday for William Elkins Jr., a special assistant to Mayor Tom Bradley who co-chaired every Bradley campaign for Los Angeles City Council and mayor, and governor of California. Pictured, Elkins, far left, with Bradley and staff members. Read More » 
Dorothy Height, 'godmother' of the civil rights movement, dies
Dorothy Height, a leading civil rights pioneer of the 1960s, died Tuesday at the age of 98, Howard University Hospital confirmed. Above, Height is presented with a U.S. flag at a 2009 ceremony honoring her efforts to recognize the accomplishments of African Americans in the military. Read More » 
Rapper Guru dies after battle with cancerRapper Guru succumbed to complications from cancer on Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital near New York City, Solar said. There had been an outpouring of support from fans in March when it was reported Guru had a stroke and had been hospitalized. Read More » 
Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates diesDaryl F. Gates, an LAPD lifer who generated much praise — and criticism — during his 14 years at the helm of the department, died Friday from complications of bladder cancer at age 83. Gates, who served... Read More » 
Civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks dies at 85Benjamin L. Hooks, a civil rights leader who led the NAACP from 1977 to 1992, has died, said Leila McDowell, the vice president for communication at the NAACP. Read More » Flamboyant preacher was famed for a signature performance style
The Rev. T.M. Chambers Jr., the melodramatic Baptist preacher who was the pied piper who led two generations of South L.A. youth to the church, died in his Lancaster home of natural causes Monday. He was... Read More » 
Hall of Fame football player, actor Merlin Olsen dead at 69Hall of Fame football player and actor Merlin Olsen, a giant man who friends say had an even larger heart, died Thursday after a long battle with cancer, football and university officials said. Read More » 
Willie Mitchell, Al Green producer, dies at 81Willie Mitchell, the Memphis producer whose percussive, string-and-horn-tinged R&B sound shaped '70s hits by such artists as Al Green and Ann Peebles, died Tuesday. He was 81. Read More » 
Laura Mae Gross, founder of Babe's and Ricky's Inn, dies at 89
Laura Mae Gross, a Mississippi woman who came to the West Coast and founded a club that became a staple of Los Angeles' blues scene, has died of heart failure. She was 89. Gross died Saturday, relatives... Read More » |
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