Obituaries
The latest Obituaries coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our News section.
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Pete Cooper, former head of community foundation, dies at age 75
Pete Cooper, the former head of the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga who helped with some of Chattanooga's biggest fundraising and community improvement projects, died Saturday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 75.
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Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86
Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86.
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Cissy Houston, a Grammy-winning gospel singer and Whitney Houston’s mother, dies
Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning soul and gospel artist who sang with Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and other stars and knew triumph and heartbreak as the mother of Whitney Houston, has died.
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John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster ‘Roots,’ dies at 84
John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom "Good Times" and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries "Roots," has died.
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Kris Kristofferson was ‘a walking contradiction,’ a renegade and pilgrim surrounded by friends
If Kris Kristofferson's life were fiction, it would feel a little implausible.
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Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame player and tireless advocate, dies at 58 from brain cancer
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced.
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Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, dies at age 83
Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83.
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Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted for human rights abuses, dies at 86
Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru's economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in autocratic excess that later sent him to prison, has died. He was 86.
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James Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93
James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King” and Darth Vader — has died. He was 93.
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‘Hollywood Squares’ host and Broadway star Peter Marshall dies
Peter Marshall, the actor and singer turned game show host who played straight man to the stars for 16 years on "The Hollywood Squares," has died.
