Tag: Obituaries

JOHANNESBURG -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to the long-serving deputy secretary-general of his ruling African National ...

Lata Mangeshkar was an icon of Hindi singing, with more than 5,000 songs in more than 1,000 movies.Lata Mangeshkar, the ...

HANOI, Vietnam -- Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped pioneer the concept of mindfulness in the ...

A poet and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh was exiled for nearly 40 years and became one of the most ...

Zimbabwean journalists are praising Iden Wetherell, one of the country’s most principled and exacting editors, who died on Dec. 23 ...

The Holocaust survivor Gertrude Pressburger has died at age 94By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated PressJanuary 1, 2022, 6:53 PM• 3 min ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said "Tutu was a patriot without equal."ByThe Associated PressDecember 26, 2021, 7:29 AM• 1 min ...

PARIS -- France is inducting Josephine Baker — Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy and civil rights activist ...

JOHANNESBURG -- F.W. de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela and as South Africa’s last apartheid ...

The late US general was an inspiration for immigrants and Black Americans but his role in the Iraq War did ...