Obituaries

Every day, like many American parents, Lucille Bridges walked her first-grader Ruby to school.

Even if you didn’t know Pamela Hutchinson by name, you knew her voice.

Damn.

This one hurts.

Ellis Marsalis Jr., legendary jazz musician, educator and patriarch of the Marsalis family, has died at the age of…

The coronavirus has—and will continue to—affect people from all walks of life, at every age, background and…

Josie Harris, who shares three children with boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, was found dead Monday night at her…

David Stern, who was notably the commissioner of the National Basketball League for over 30 years, has died at the…

If Barbara Hillary was going to go to the South Pole, she was going to make it worth her while.

You might not immediately recognize his name, but LaShawn Daniels, the Grammy Award-winning songwriter who penned…

R&B singer-producer Andre Williams, whose indelible musical journey included collaborative efforts with Stevie…

On Women’s Day, the New York Times published an interactive collection called “Overlooked,” a series of obituaries…

Peggy Cooper Cafritz, a socialite, social activist and founder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, died this…

Talk about a hot mess. Or maybe it’s an understanding.