Every day, Legacy publishes tributes to people from all walks of life. Here in our daily news section, we say goodbye to those headline names known across the nation.
She was one of the first Black women to work as an animator.
Ferlinghetti was known for poetry including “A Coney Island of the Mind.”
Burke formed the Five Stairsteps along with his brothers and sister.
He co-founded the acclaimed Negro Ensemble Company.
U-Roy was the first to record the new musical style of toasting.
Ortiz founded the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International.
He installed the sculpture illegally, in the middle of the night.
The Fat Boys were music and movie stars in the 1980’s.
Limbaugh was one of the most iconic voices of the political right.
His hits include “The Champion” and “Radically Saved.”