died Feb. 20 at the age of 90. His cause of death was not immediately announced. Ward, who appeared in Broadway plays such as, “A Raisin in the Sun,” was a champion for Black playwrights at a time when support for them for nearly nonexistent. He said he was proud of the success...
The death, in 2003, of her husband of nearly 40 years, writer John Gregory Dunne, and the long hospitalization of their daughter, Quintana (who died in 2005), led to Didion's fiercely revelatory tome about grief and mourning, "The Year of Magical Thinking" (which received the National Boo...
CBS Chicago web producerCHICAGO (CBS/AP)From the arts and sports to politics and activism, 2021 saw the loss of some notable Chicagoans who helped define the culture of the city for generations.Here is a look at 25 notable Chicagoans who passed away this year.Virgil Abloh: Designer(Credit: ...
Girls Aloud starSarah Harding, comedianSean Lock, Rolling Stones drummerCharlie Watts, musical greatStephen Sondheimand of coursePrince Philipare among those who sadly died in 2021. Here's a look back at the careers, the legacies and the tributes following the deaths of famous fa...
Obituary:Der Kaiser who changed the perception of Germany Other stars and notable figures who died in January 2024 include: Starsky & Hutch actorDavid Soul(pictured above right with co-star Paul Michael Glaser) Film and TV director, and Kate Beckinsale's step-father, Roy Ba...
Behind every change the travel world has seen in the past year — and in the past 50 — there are people. That's why we're marking Travel + Leisure's 50th anniversary by celebrating the travelers who have changed our world for the better. ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth, who died on Thursday aged 96, never gave an interview during her 70-year reign, but her regular public speeches sometimes gave an insight into her private thoughts. Here is a selection of extracts from speeches, addresses and contributions to docum...
Another notable new novel of fall 2021 is Wole Soyinka’sChronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth,due to be published in the US and UK on 28 September, which is the Nobel laureate’s first novel in almost fifty years. It’s billed by the publisher as “at once a lite...
"There are some people who say that they hate music. I've run into a few, but I'm not sure I believe them." The fame of "I Can See Clearly Now" outlasted Nash's own. He rarely made the charts in the years following, even as he released such albums as "Tears On My Pillow"...
troops died in 2021. Gold Star families of the troops killed in Kabul have long criticized Biden for failing to talk about them or the Afghanistan withdrawal debacle. The guest of Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) was clearly upset that Biden has failed to console families who want the president...