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.
David Canary, an actor who was known best for playing the Ponderosa’s foreman on TV’s “Bonanza,” has died. He was 77.
At least 21 people have died in an attack at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali.
Ramona Jones, a traditional country music entertainer and the widow of fellow “Hee Haw” star Grandpa Jones, has died, according to multiple news sources. Jones, who died Tuesday in Goodlettsville, …
Mal Whitfield, a Tuskegee airman who won three Olympic gold medals, has died, according to The Associated Press. He was 91.
Italian actress Nicoletta Machiavelli, who acted alongside Burt Reynolds in 1966’s “Navajo Joe,” has died, according to Seattle, King County, Washington, public records and other sources. She was 71.
At least 46 people have died after two bombing incidents in Nigeria Tuesday, according to CNN. Hundreds more are injured. The two attacks took place in two different cities 400 …
Milton Pitts Crenchaw, a flight instructor who trained many of the U.S. military’s Tuskegee Airmen, has died in Georgia, according to the Associated Press. He was 96.
Jonah Lomu, who bulldozed opponents with his size and blistering speed only to be felled by a kidney illness that extinguished his meteoric All Blacks career, died suddenly at his …
Betty Ann Grove, an actress, singer and dancer, died Nov. 13, according to multiple news sources. She was 87. Grove replaced Lisa Kirk as Bianca on Broadway’s “Kiss Me, Kate.”
Saeed Jaffrey, an Indian-born British actor acclaimed for his roles in international films including “Gandhi,” ”A Passage to India” and “My Beautiful Laundrette,” has died, according to The Associated Press. …