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This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in February 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
Brandon "Big Boy" McClelland (June 27, 1984 – September 16, 2008) was an African-American man whose death sparked racial controversy in the city of Paris, Texas.On September 16, 2008, McClelland was killed when he was first hit and run over by a vehicle, then dragged beneath it.
Henry Smith (1876 – February 1, 1893) was an African-American youth who was lynched in Paris, Texas.Smith allegedly confessed to murdering the three-year-old daughter of a law enforcement officer who had allegedly beaten him during an arrest.
The Fifth Congress established the new county on December 17, 1840, and named it after Mirabeau B. Lamar, [5] who was the first vice president and the second president of the Republic of Texas. Paris, Texas in 1885. Lamar County was one of the 18 Texas counties that voted against secession on February 23, 1861. [6]
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Country music legend Merle Haggard passed away on Wednesday -- his 79th birthday -- and stars took to social media to pay their respects.
Gohmert cited his preference for the death penalty under Texas law, under which two convicted white supremacists were executed for the 1998 murder of James Byrd, Jr., in Jasper, Texas. In a criticism of Gohmert's vote, former Tyler City Councilman Pastor Ralph Edward Caraway said, "After over 400 lynchings in Texas from 1885 to 1942, we should ...