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Stefanie Spielman (1968 - 2009)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Stefanie Spielman, the wife of NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman who led a public fight against breast cancer, died Thursday after a lengthy battle with the disease. She was 42. Stefanie Spielman died at the family's home in Upper Arlington, surrounded by her family, said WBNS radio in Columbus, where Chris Spielman co-hosts a show. "Stefanie has gone home to...
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James Armstrong (2009)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Associated Press) - Birmingham barber and civil rights foot soldier James Armstrong has died. He was 86. Armstrong died Wednesday. The Birmingham News first reported Armstrong's death on its Web site. Armstrong had a long history of involvement in the civil rights movement. He carried the American flag at the head of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights march...
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Elizabeth Bell (2009)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Elizabeth "Budd" Bell, who helped draft the Baker Act that's designed to protect the rights of people with mental illness, has died. She was 94. The retired human services lobbyist was also known as "the conscience of Florida. She died Friday in Tallahassee, according to a statement by her daughter, Bonnie Bell. A memorial service is scheduled for 1:30 p.m....
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Lester Pritchard, 60 (1949 - 2009)
URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Lester Pritchard, a nationally known advocate for people with disabilities, has died. He was 60. Pritchard, who had cerebral palsy, died Monday at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana of respiratory complications. Pritchard served as chairman of the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities. He was known across the country for pushing governments to fund community...
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Margaret Taylor Harper, 92 (1917 - 2009)
DURHAM, N.C. (Associated Press) - Margaret Taylor Harper, a former candidate for lieutenant governor as the women's movement burgeoned in North Carolina who also made marks in journalism, business and charitable work, died Sunday. She was 92. Harper died at Duke Hospital in Durham from complications related to a stroke she suffered last week, said her son, Ed Harper, editor of the family...
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Marek Edelman, 90 (1919 - 2009)
WARSAW, Poland - Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the ill-fated 1943 Warsaw ghetto revolt against the Nazis, died Friday at the age of 90. Edelman died of old age at the family home...
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Homer Edgeworth (2009)
JACKSON, Miss. (Associated Press) - Homer Edgeworth, whose long life took him from a run-in with gangster George "Machine Gun" Kelly in 1932 to a judgeship in a case involving the man who...
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Elizabeth Rickey, 53 (1956 - 2009)
NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press) - Elizabeth "Beth" Rickey, who helped refute former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke's claims that he had renounced neo-Nazi ties, died Saturday. She was 53. ...
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Crystal Lee Sutton, 68 (1940 - 2009)
By EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press Writer RALEIGH, N.C. -- Crystal Lee Sutton, whose fight to unionize Southern textile plants with low pay and poor conditions was dramatized in the film ...
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Richard F. Cunningham, Jr., 32 (1976 - 2009)
NEWARK, N.J. -- Richard F. Cunningham Jr., a dynamic New Jersey labor leader who helped found an organization for low-wage, immigrant workers and started a punk rock record label, died Friday. He...
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Robert Schindler, 71 (1937 - 2009)
By KELLI KENNEDY - Associated Press Writer MIAMI - The father of Terri Schiavo, who became a national symbol in a closely watched right-to-die fight, has died, his son said Saturday. Robert...
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Larry Frankel (2009)
PHILADELPHIA - Larry Frankel, a longtime lobbyist for the American Civil Liberties Union, had died. He was 54. His body was discovered Friday in a park in Washington, where he had been working...
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Guy von Dardel (2009)
Guy von Dardel, a particle physicist who sought for years to find his half-brother Raoul Wallenberg in Soviet imprisonment, died Friday at his home in Geneva. He was 90. Von Dardel...
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Muriel Duckworth, 100 (1908 - 2009)
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia Canadian activist Muriel Duckworth, a passionate pacifist who for decades was an advocate for women's rights and social justice, has died. She was 100. Duckworth died...
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Marilyn Clement, 74 (1935 - 2009)
NEW YORK - Marilyn Clement, a social activist who advocated tirelessly for a national health care program and who rallied for civil rights alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died Monday. She was 74...
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Sidney Zion, 75 (1933 - 2009)
NEW YORK - Sidney Zion, a journalist whose family tragedy helped lead to changes in how many hours medical residents work, has died. He was 75. Zion, who had written for The New York Times, the...
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Leszek Kolakowski, 81 (1927 - 2009)
By VANESSA GERA, Associated Press Writer WARSAW, Poland — Leszek Kolakowski, a Polish philosopher and historian whose decision to disavow Marxism pushed him into exile and made him an...
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Clarence "Curly Bear" Wagner, 64 (1944 - 2009)
HELENA, Mont. - Clarence "Curly Bear" Wagner, an American Indian historian who pressed for repatriation of ancestral remains to tribes, died Thursday. He was 64. Wagner died of cancer Thursday...
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Sam Church, 72 (1936 - 2009)
BRISTOL, Va. Sam Church, former leader of the United Mine Workers of America, died early Tuesday after a long illness, the union announced. Church, 72, lived in Pennington Gap in...
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Littleton Mitchell (2009)
DELAWARE CITY, Del. - Littleton Mitchell, a Delaware civil rights activist, died Monday. He was 90. Mitchell, who was killed in a crash near his Delaware City home, was pronounced dead...
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Vicente Ferrer (2009)
By DANIEL WOOLLS, Associated Press Writer MADRID -- Vicente Ferrer, a revered Spanish humanist who founded a vast network of schools, clinics and other programs to help destitute people in...
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Thembi Ngubane, 24 (1985 - 2009)
By CLARE NULLIS, Associated Press Writer CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- South African health activist Thembi Ngubane, whose radio diaries of her struggle against the AIDS virus won her audiences...
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Luke Cole (2009)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Luke Cole, founder of a legal advocacy organization that fought on behalf of minority communities unfairly targeted by polluters, has died. He was 46. Cole died in a highway...
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Carol Whitehead (2009)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Carol Whitehead, who helped found The Rutherford Institute with her husband, died Wednesday. She was 60. Whitehead died at the civil liberties organization's...
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Edwin S. Shneidman, 91 (1918 - 2009)
LOS ANGELES - Edwin S. Shneidman, a prominent thinker on death who helped break American taboos on discussing suicide, died May 15. He was 91. Shneidman, who had suffered from cancer,...
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Rodger McFarlane (2009)
Rodger McFarlane, a Denver-based advocate for gay rights and HIV-AIDS treatment and education, has died while traveling in New Mexico. He was 54. The New Mexico Office of the Medical...
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Rev. Vernon C. King, 48 (1960 - 2009)
Greensboro, N.C. - The Rev. Vernon C. King, a nephew of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. He was 48. The King family said in a statement Saturday that Vernon C. King died a day...
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Bea Charles (2009)
PORT ANGELES, Wash. - Bea Charles, who worked to preserve the Klallam language and culture of the Lower Elwha tribe, died Monday. She was 89. Charles died in her sleep at home on the...
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Raymond Jenkins, 88 (1920 - 2009)
The following featured article courtesy of The Wall Street Journal By STEPHEN MILLER A self-righteous crusader for the redress of an epic wrong, Raymond Jenkins beat a lonely drum for...
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Rod Smith (2009)
LOS ANGELES - Rod Smith, who founded a summer amateur basketball league that attracted such future NBA stars as Baron Davis and Paul Pierce, died Saturday. He was 59. Smith died of a heart...
