MINNEAPOLIS — Dennis Banks, a longtime national American Indian activist who was acquitted in the famed 1970s Wounded Knee uprising trial, has died, his family said early Monday. Banks was 80 years old. “Our father Dennis J. Banks started his journey to the spirit world at 10:10 p.m. on October 29, 2017,” reads a post […]
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Obituaries & memorials, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York –New Orleans musician Fats Domino died last week at the age of 89. Domino was called “the real King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Elvis Presley, and John Lennon said that “There wouldn’t have been a Beatles without Fats Domino.” What was the Jewish connection in Fats Domino’s life? A.
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAFats Domino, who pioneered the rock ‘n’ roll sound of the 1950s and 60s, and the voice behind enduring hits like “Ain’t That a Shame” and “Blueberry Hill,” died Wednesday at the age of 89 years at his daughter’s New Orleans home, according to Mark Bone, chief investigator with the Jefferson Parish Medical Examiner’s office
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorialsGord Downie, the singer for the Tragically Hip and one of Canada’s most beloved rock musicians, died Tuesday night, according to an official statement from the band. He was 53. Downie had been previously diagnosed with glioblastoma, an incurable brain cancer. The disease was discovered after a 2015 seizure. The band, one of the most
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorialsSEATTLE, Oct. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — John Ripin Miller, a political leader from Seattle for over 20 years and a highly acclaimed human rights diplomat, died today in Corte Madera, CA, according to Discovery Institute. He had struggled with cancer for several years. In August, Amazon published The Man Who Could Be King, a well-received
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Obituaries & memorials, USAEvangelina Elizondo has passed away at the age of 88. The legendary actress was confirmed dead by the actors guild in Mexico, ANDI. “The directorial board on behalf of ANDI feel the loss of Evangelina Elizondo,” they wrote in a tweet. Elizondo is credited as the voiceover in Spanish for “Cinderella.” She also starred in
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International, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastANALYSIS/OPINION: Tom Petty turned Jim Ladd, L.A.’s “Free Form Radio” kingpin, into a folk hero with “The Last DJ,” his 2002 album with The Heartbreakers whose central themes of the corporatization of radio, the loss of artistic freedom and money winning out over creativity dovetailed with love songs and tentative optimism. One of the great
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, USANEW YORK — Samuel (Si) Newhouse Jr., the low-profile billionaire media mogul who ran the parent company of some of the nation’s most prestigious magazines, died Sunday. He was 89. Newhouse’s death was confirmed by his family, who said he died at his New York home. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email
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Obituaries & memorials, USALOS ANGELES—Monty Hall, the original host and co-creator of “Let’s Make a Deal,” the long-running game show that debuted in 1963, making kooky audience costumes and carnival-style bartering an institution on daytime television, has died, according to Associated Press. He was 96. Hall, who was also a dedicated philanthropist, died of heart failure Saturday morning
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastLOS ANGELES — Hugh Hefner, the incurable playboy who built a publishing and entertainment empire on the idea that Americans should shed their puritanical hang-ups and enjoy sex, has died. He was 91. He died of natural causes at his home, the Playboy Mansion, according to Teri Thomerson, a Playboy spokesperson. Hefner was the founder
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Obituaries & memorials, USAPRAGUE, Czech Republic — Czech harpsichordist Zuzana Ruzickova, the world’s first soloist to record Johann Sebastian Bach’s complete works for keyboard instruments, died aged 90 on Wednesday, Czech media said. Ruzickova, who recorded Bach’s complete work on 35 records between 1965 and 1975, died in a Prague hospital after a short illness. Get The Times
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorialsLOS ANGELES — He flew bombing missions for the U.S. during World War II and then came back to America to study law. But the escalating conflict between the newly declared State of Israel and its Arab neighbors had already gotten under Mitchell Flint’s skin. “I’m Jewish, Israel desperately needed fighter pilots, so I thought
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Jewish History, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, USARabbi Joshua Haberman, rabbi emeritus of the Washington Hebrew Congregation and founder of the Foundation for Jewish Studies, died this week at 98. Haberman, who represented the Jewish community during the memorial service for the victims of 9/11 held at the National Cathedral, died Sunday at his home in Washington, DC, following a rabbinic career
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Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, USAFormer Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton led tributes following the death of LGBT rights campaigner Edith Windsor, 88, whose lawsuit led to the federal recognition of equal rights for same-sex couples. “America’s long journey towards equality has been guided by countless small acts of persistence, and fueled by the stubborn willingness of quiet heroes
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