Obituaries
The latest Obituaries coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our News section.
More in Obituaries, page 16
-
Roland Mesnier, pastry chef for five presidents, dies at 78
Roland Mesnier, who created often-magical desserts for five presidents and their guests as White House executive pastry chef, has died at age 78.
-
Anne Heche dies of crash injuries after life support removed
Anne Heche, the Emmy-winning film and television actor whose dramatic Hollywood rise in the 1990s and accomplished career contrasted with personal chapters of turmoil, died of injuries from a fiery car crash. She was 53.
-
One of 8 students who integrated Memphis State dies at 81
Ralph Prater, one of the first Black students to enroll at then-Memphis State University in 1959, has died. He was 81.
-
Chattanoogan Sam Gooden of The Impressions loved his hometown to the end
As a member of The Impressions, Sam Gooden had a career that spanned almost seven decades, traveled the world over several times and was inducted into the Rock & Roll and Vocal Group halls of fame.
-
Vin Scully, Dodgers broadcaster for 67 years, dies at 94
Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night. He was 94.
-
Tony Dow, big brother Wally on ‘Leave it to Beaver,’ dies
Tony Dow, who as Wally Cleaver on the sitcom "Leave It to Beaver" helped create the popular and lasting image of the American teenager of the 1950s and 60s, died Wednesday.
-
Dukureh, from ‘Elvis’ film, found dead in Nashville home
Shonka Dukureh, who played Big Mama Thornton in this year's movie about Elvis Presley, was found dead Thursday in a bedroom at her home in Nashville, police said. She was 44.
-
Ivana Trump, first wife of former president, dies at 73
Ivana Trump, a skier-turned-businesswoman who formed half of a publicity power couple in the 1980s as the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his oldest children, has died in New York City, her family announced Thursday.
-
Luis Echeverria, Mexico leader blamed for massacres, dies
Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria, who tried to cast himself as a progressive world leader but was blamed for some of Mexico's worst political killings of the 20th century, has died at the age of 100.
-
Vernon Winfrey, Oprah’s father, dies at 89
Oprah Winfrey's father, Vernon Winfrey, has died at the age of 89.
