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‘Glee’ cast mourns Naya Rivera: ‘Her beauty and talent were otherworldly’
Members of the “Glee” cast took to social media on Monday to mourn Naya Rivera, who was confirmed dead after a tragic drowning accident. Rivera, who played Santana Lopez on the show, was 33. “Rest...
View ArticleGrant Imahara, host of ‘MythBusters’ and ‘White Rabbit Project,’ has died at 49
By Joe Sutton and Hollie Silverman | CNN Grant Imahara, host of Discovery Channel’s “MythBusters” and Netflix’s “White Rabbit Project,” has died, according to a statement from the Discovery Channel. He...
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‘Glee’ star Naya Rivera died from drowning, autopsy rules
By Sandra Gonzalez | CNN An autopsy issued by the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled that actress Naya Rivera died as a result of drowning. The “Glee” star’s death was also ruled an...
View ArticleRep. John Lewis, civil rights era icon, has died
By Calvin Woodward and Desiree Seals | Associated Press ATLANTA — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to...
View ArticlePhotos: Civil rights icon John Lewis through the years
Click here if you are having trouble viewing the slideshow on a mobile device. John Lewis, the civil rights icon and congressman, has died at the age of 80, according to the Associated Press. Lewis...
View Article‘One of the giants’: Bay Area mourns death of civil rights leader John Lewis
Bay Area politicians are mourning the passing of Congressman John Lewis, calling him a “titan” and “giant” of the civil rights movement. Flags at Oakland and San Francisco city halls were lowered...
View ArticleAround East County: Pioneer family’s nearly last member passes on
Many will remember Mildred Irma Biglow Burris Peterson, “Millie” to everyone she met, as a kind woman with deep roots in the Antioch community. She was the matriarch and last of the Antioch Biglows,...
View ArticleLongtime Oakland foster mom recalled for devotion to kids, church
For almost 50 years, Rosia Lee Rand helped and advocated for youth as a foster mother in Oakland. Associated with the Alameda County Foster Parent Association, Chapter One. Hundreds of children, from...
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Former Mercury News reporter Jessie Mangaliman dies
Jessie Mangaliman, a reporter who brought skill and verve to journalism for Mercury News readers and diligent service in a public-affairs career that followed, died Monday of an apparent heart attack....
View ArticlePhotos: Nurses hold vigil for coworker who died of the coronavirus, call for...
CLICK HERE if you can’t view the gallery in a mobile device. OAKLAND — Nurses held a vigil Tuesday at Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland to remember their longtime colleague Janine...
View ArticlePitts: John Lewis’ life was a master class in stubborn resolve
I expected despair. I should have known better. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 had just been eviscerated by the Supreme Court. So I called Georgia Rep. John Lewis, for whom passage of the Act was the...
View ArticleRalph Garrow, Antioch’s citizen of the year, succumbs to cancer
The day after he was honored with a drive-by parade as Antioch’s 2019 Citizen of the Year for his lifetime achievements, Ralph Garrow Jr. died Thursday at his home after a battle with cancer. Before...
View ArticleFleetwood Mac blues guitarist Peter Green dies at 73
By Robert Barr and Danica Kirka | Associated Press LONDON — Peter Green, the dexterous blues guitarist who led the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac in a career shortened by psychedelic drugs and...
View ArticleRegis Philbin, television personality and host, dies at 88
By David Bauder | Associated Press NEW YORK — Regis Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and some fans strike it rich...
View ArticleCivil rights icon John Lewis remembered in his hometown
By Kim Chandler | Associated Press TROY, Ala. — Civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis was remembered Saturday — in the rural Alabama county where his story began — as a humble...
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Photos: Remembering Civil Rights icon and Congressman John Lewis
John Lewis was laid to rest in Atlanta today, after succumbing to pancreatic cancer on July 17 at the age of 80. The civil rights icon was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights...
View Article‘Glee’ star Naya Rivera laid to rest in Hollywood Hills
By Lauren M. Johnson and Cheri Mossburg | CNN Actress Naya Rivera was laid to rest 11 days after her drowning death was confirmed. The 33-year-old “Glee” star, was buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial...
View ArticleAlan Parker, director of ‘Midnight Express,’‘Evita’ dies at 76
By Jill Lawless | Associated Press LONDON — Filmmaker Alan Parker, one of Britain’s most successful directors whose movies included “Bugsy Malone,” “Midnight Express” and “Evita,” has died at 76, his...
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Respected former Oakland Tribune political editor Gayle Montgomery dies
By Bob Loomis, Correspondent CHICO — Gayle Montgomery, who loved journalism from his first newspaper class in high school and went on to become the political editor of the Oakland Tribune when that...
View ArticleBay Area couple die week apart from COVID-19
An Oakland-area postal worker has died of COVID-19 just a week after his wife died from complications of the disease. Keith Robinson, 61, of Vallejo, drove a distribution truck out of Oakland for the...
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