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Detroit, as seen from Windsor, Canada. The following is a list of people from Detroit, Michigan. This list includes notable people who were born, have lived, or worked in and around Detroit as well as its metropolitan area.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
May 1 - Jack Adams, coach (1927-1947) and manager (1927-1962) of the Detroit Red Wings who discovered and signed 16-year-old Gordie Howe, at age 73 from a heart attack at his office in Detroit [25] October 28 - Wilber M. Brucker, Governor of Michigan (1931-1933) and United States Secretary of the Army (1955-1961), at age 74 in Detroit
His death was confirmed by the Seattle Mariners, one of six MLB teams he played for between 1987 and 1995. He was also a coach for the Mariners from 2010-13. He was also a coach for the Mariners ...
The feature was introduced on March 8, 2018, for International Women's Day, when the Times published fifteen obituaries of such "overlooked" women, and has since become a weekly feature in the paper. The project was created by Amisha Padnani, the digital editor of the obituaries desk, [1] and Jessica Bennett, the paper's gender editor. In its ...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks during the funeral of the Rev. Charles G. Adams, a retired pastor, inside the Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023.
James (Prophet) Jones (1907–1971) – prominent national and local religious leader during the 1940s and 1950s who was the first African American televangelist of Detroit and founder of the Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God, Inc. [18] Marv Johnson (1938–1993) – Motown/R&B singer; Julanne Johnston (1900–1988) – Silent film ...
Anthony Michael Brumley (April 9, 1962 – June 15, 2024) was an American professional baseball utility player in Major League Baseball (MLB), who played primarily as a shortstop. He played from 1987 through 1995 for the Chicago Cubs (1987), Detroit Tigers (1989), Seattle Mariners (1990), Boston Red Sox (1991–1992), Houston Astros (1993, 1995 ...