Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, one of the masterminds of the Marvel Comics universe, has died at 95. Lee was the creator of dozens of now-iconic comic-book heroes, including Spider-Man, X-Men, the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and Black Panther. All of…
Bernard Bragg, a trailblazer for deaf performers who in 1967 became a founder of the National Theater of the Deaf in Connecticut, died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 90. The actress Marlee Matlin, a longtime friend, confirmed his…
Pittsburgh Jewish community mourns the senseless killing of 11 members of their religious faith. Synagogue shooting survivors recount terror as gunfire erupted. They were a few minutes late on Saturday. They said that’s why they are alive today. Rabbi Doris…
Albert Lexie was a shoeshiner from Monessen, Pennsylvania, United States, who was known for his donations to charity. Lexie worked at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh since the early 1980s. As of February 2013, he had donated $200,000 throughout his…
Paul Allen Microsoft co-founder is dead at age 65 from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He had revealed the disease’s return only two weeks ago, after previously being treated for it in 2009. He had said he and his doctors were “optimistic”…
US rapper Mac Miller found dead at his California home, a Los Angeles a coroner confirmed on Saturday, September 8th, 2018. According to media reports, the 26-year-old, who was open about his substance abuse, died from a possible overdose. The…
Actor Burt Reynolds has died at the age of 82 years old. Nobody was more prominent than Burt Reynolds back in the late 1970s. He stared in many movie and films during his long acting career. Born Burton Leon Reynolds…
Playwright Neil Simon died at 91. The master of comedy most famous works included Tony Award-winning The Odd Couple, Biloxi Blues and Lost in Yonkers Neil’s. His laugh-filled hits also included Barefoot in the Park and his Brighton Beach trilogy dominated Broadway for decades.…
John McCain, prisoner of war, presidential candidate and one of the most influential American politicians of his generation, has died after suffering from brain cancer. The six-term senator from Arizona had been absent from Washington since last December but remained…
United Nations Former secretary-general Kofi Annan died today Saturday, August 18, 2018, at the age of 80. He received the Nobel Peace Prize laureate jointly with the United Nations (UN) for their for a better organized and more peaceful world.,…
Legendary Soul Singer Aretha Franklin Died The lady best known as the queen of soul died at her home in Detroit at the age of 76. Aretha Franklin, born to a preacher, developed to be a powerhouse in the music world. She…
STATEMENT BY THE CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANIZATION ON THE PASSING OF WILLIAM ‘BILL’ HOWARD PRESIDENT, WEST INDIAN AMERICAN DAY CARNIVAL ASSOCIATION (WIADCA) BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (13 August 2018) – The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) expresses its sadness at the sudden passing…
