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.
First black player drafted in the NFL to play a regular season game…
News Obituaries
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Legendary daredevil set the land speed record for female drivers.
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Worked with Common and Erykah Badu…
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Six-time All-Star hit over 500 home runs…
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11 people were killed at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018.
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Mourning two grandparents murdered at a grocery store.
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News Obituaries
Ntozake Shange (1948–2018), pioneering black feminist poet and playwright
by Kirk FoxWrote the influential play ‘For Colored Girls’ which won an Obie Award…
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The “swamp rock” musician had songs recorded by Elvis Presley and Tina Turner…
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Appeared in “Poltergeist,” “Wall Street,” and many other movies and TV shows.
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The original recipe card for the Thanksgiving favorite resides in the National Inventors Hall of Fame.