• Obituaries of Notable People in the Religion Category



  • Abraham Woods (2008)

    Abraham   Woods

    Birmingham, Ala. - Longtime Birmingham civil rights leader Abraham Woods, who stood behind Martin Luther King Jr. during his "I Have a Dream" speech, died Friday. He was 80. He was pronounced dead at Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, hospital spokeswoman Jennifer Dodd said. He had battled cancer for several years. Woods helped coordinate the March on Washington and...

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  • James Riehle, 83 (1924 - 2008)

    James  Riehle

    SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Rev. James Riehle, a longtime chaplain of Irish athletic teams who appeared in the movie "Rudy," died Wednesday. He was 83. He died at Holy Cross House on the Notre Dame campus following a brief illness, the university said. Riehle, a native of Saginaw, Mich., served as executive director of the school's Monogram Club from 1978-2002. He began as the chaplain in...

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  • Sister Emmanuelle, 99 (1908 - 2008)

    Sister  Emmanuelle

    PARIS - Sister Emmanuelle, a nun whose decades of service to scavengers in Cairo's slums and other needy causes won France's heart, died Monday, a spokeswoman for her association said. She was 99. Sandrine de Carlo said the Belgium-born nun died in her sleep at a retirement home in Callian, a town in southeastern France. Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, co-founder of humanitarian aid...

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  • Imam W.D. Mohammed (2008)

    Imam W.D. Mohammed

    CHICAGO, IL -- Imam W.D. Mohammed, who succeeded his father as leader of the Nation of Islam but abandoned its teachings of black supremacy and moved thousands of its followers into mainstream Islam, died Tuesday. He was 74. Mohammed died at his home in Markham, Ill., according to a family statement issued late Tuesday by his nephew, Sultan Muhammad. Details of his death were not...

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  • Taktser Rinpoche (2008)

    Taktser  Rinpoche

    Dharmsal, India - Taktser Rinpoche, the oldest brother of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, has died in his home in the U.S. state of Indiana after a prolonged illness, the office of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India said Saturday. He was 86. Rinpoche, a former representative of the Dalai Lama in Japan and a former abbot of Kumbum monastery in Amdo, Tibet, died Friday...

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