NEW YORK (AP) — Harper Lee, the elusive novelist whose child’s-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” became standard reading for millions of young people and an Oscar-winning […]
1937 – 2016 Winifred A. Green, a fifth generation Mississippian from a prominent Jackson family who defied tradition, threats and family disapproval to join the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, died February 6 in […]
The Mississippi Link Newswire LaTonya Williams Pittman, daughter of Melvin Williams of the gospel group The Williams Brothers, passed unexpectedly Jan. 29 at her home. She was 35 years-old. Pittman of Smithdale, was a licensed […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Longtime Mississippi TV journalist Bert Case has died after an extended illness. WAPT-TV Assistant News Director Aaron Vogel confirmed Case’s death Thursday. He says Case passed away about 2:45 p.m. at […]
Septermber 11, 1983 – January 16, 2016 Lois Faye Butler was born September 11, 1938 to Aaron and Hermene Wadlington in Carrollton, Miss. She made her transition to her eternal home January 16, 2016 at […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Character actor Abe Vigoda, whose leathery, sad-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series “Barney Miller” and the doomed Mafia soldier in […]
TOKYO (AP) — The world’s oldest man, a Japanese, died Tuesday at the age of 112 after suffering chronic heart problems, officials said. Yasutaro Koide had said his secret to a long life was not […]
LONDON (AP) — British actor Alan Rickman, a classically trained stage star and sensual screen villain in the “Harry Potter” saga and other films, has died. He was 69. Rickman’s family said Thursday that the […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Natalie Cole, the Grammy-winning daughter of Nat “King” Cole” who carried on her late father’s musical legacy and, through technology, shared a duet with him on “Unforgettable,” has died. She was […]
August 1, 1927 – December 23, 2015 Lula Bell Benton Holman was born on August 1, 1927 in Raymond, Miss. to the late Will and Olivia Benton. She was the older of their two […]
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