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Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. [2] [3] [4] Pendergrass lived most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musical fame as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.
John Capodice, an Army veteran-turned-actor known for roles in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "General Hospital," has died.He was 83. His death on Monday was announced in an obituary on the ...
Funeral services for Carter, who died Dec. 29, essentially started Saturday at his home in Plains, Georgia. A procession to Atlanta followed for a moment of silence at the state Capitol Building ...
On the morning of Wednesday, January 16, 1985, Gipson was found unconscious by his uncle, Elmer Gipson, in the 2000 block of Milby in Houston. He had died of a heart attack at 38 years old. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 19 at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Conroe, Texas and burial at Golden Gate Cemetery.
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
Shirley Gibson, city of Miami Gardens pioneer and first mayor, died Oct. 16. She was 79.
Gipson died of pneumonia in Los Angeles on May 25, 1999. [5] [6] [7] Her funeral was attended by many celebrities and politicians, including Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti, L.A. County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Representative Maxine Waters, City Attorney James Hahn, Diane Watson, Barbara Boudreaux, actors Sidney Poitier and Marla Gibbs, and singers Nancy Wilson ...
The side-gig industry is still booming, but not all side gigs are created equal and not all people doing them make enough money to justify the time and effort involved. According to Self, just ...