JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The Rev. Nico Smith, a white pastor who challenged South Africa's apartheid system by moving with his wife into a black township in the 1980s, has died of a heart attack, one of his daughters said Sunday. He was 81.

Timothy Edward Lewis passed away on Friday, May 21, 2010 at the age of 51 after a tough battle with cancer

Friends and relatives of the late Dick Bogle gathered this weekend to celebrate his life and achievements. Attendees included a variety of those people Dick worked with in many of his assorted careers – police officer, television news reporter, city commissioner and jazz writer.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fela, the late Nigerian musician and political agitator, fascinated millions and had fans around the world, including legends like Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Yet he was, and still is, largely unknown to popular audiences, especially in the United States

The Skanner's longtime jazz columnist Dick Bogle has died. He was 79.  Bogle led a diverse life beyond his love of jazz – which he spent in his later years as a reviewer of albums and on-air personality at KMHD 89.1 FM ...

She joined Mt. Olivet Baptist Church and worked with the children's church. She graduated from Grant High School and was in the 4-H club, the Les Femmes and was a debutante. Alonzetta worked for many years at the telephone company. Alonzetta loved the Lord and was a graduate of Cal State in marketing ...

Clyde Henderson Tull was born on Aug. 4, 1929, to the parents of Ivy Tull, in St. Michael Barbados, West Indies

Genie Lois Barnett, affectionately known as "Big Mama" was born on May 1, 1912 in Cairo, Ga. to Genie Hadley Hines and Matthew Hines...

On Aug. 15, 1911 Mary Lou Virginia Baltzegar was born in White House, Texas to Phillip and Virginia Baltzegar. She was the fifteenth child to this union...

On March 17, 1929 Nettie Shepherd was born in Columbus, Miss., to the union of Frank Mitchell Sr. and Jennie Moody-Mitchell.