Henry Kissinger, the esteemed statesman and Nobel laureate, passed away on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. With his demise, the world bids farewell to a remarkable figure whose contribution to American foreign policy remains celebrated and contested. Throughout his tenure as…
Bill Russell, born William Felton Russell on February 12, 1934, was an American professional basketball player. He played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time NBA All-Star, he was the centrepiece of the…
Ivana Trump, a former model and businesswoman, died at age 73. She was the ex-wife of ex-president Donald Trump. “I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there are many, that Ivana Trump has…
LISBON, Portugal (A.P.) — José Eduardo dos Santos, once one of Africa’s longest-serving rulers, died at age 79. During almost four decades as president of Angola, he fought the continent’s longest civil war and turned his country into a major…
Orrin Hatch served in the chamber for 42 years, from 1977 to 2019. He died in Salt Lake City on Saturday at the age of 88. The Hatch Foundation confirmed his death in a release, which did not include a…
“It is with a broken heart, shattered spirit, and overwhelming sadness I share my husband Congressman Jim Hagedorn passed away peacefully last night,” his wife, Jennifer Carnahan, wrote in a Facebook post. “Jim loved our country and loved representing the…
Lani Guinier, the civil rights lawyer and scholar who got the nomination by President Bill Clinton to head the Justice Department’s civil rights division, was pulled after conservatives criticized her views on correcting racial discrimination, has died. She was 71.…
Sidney Poitier died on Friday at age 94. The Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis broke the sad news in a speech broadcast on Facebook Sidney Poitier was Born Sidney L. Poitier on February 20, 1927. He was a Bahamian-American actor, film director,…
Bob Dole was born Robert Joseph Dole on July 22, 1923. He was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. Before his 27 years in the Senate, Bob Dole served…
Former Vice President Walter Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most lopsided presidential election after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won,…
