Obituaries - Chattanooga Times Free Press

Christian music star Carman was a regular visitor to Chattanooga

Carmelo Dominic Licciardello, a contemporary Christian artist known around the world simply as "Carman," died Tuesday, Feb. 16, in a Las Vegas hospital after complications of surgery to repair a hiatal hernia.

By Barry Courter February 17, 2021

Rush Limbaugh, ‘voice of American conservatism,’ has died

Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who ripped into liberals and laid waste to political correctness with a captivating brand of malice that made him one of the most powerful voices on the American right, influencing the rightward push of conservatism and the rise of Donald Trump, died Wednesday. He was 70.

By MATT SEDENSKY / The Associated Press February 17, 2021

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2020 file photo, Rush Limbaugh reacts as first Lady Melania Trump, and his wife Kathryn, applaud, as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Limbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Chick Corea, jazz great with 23 Grammy Awards, dies at 79

Chick Corea, a towering jazz pianist with a staggering 23 Grammy Awards who pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, has died. He was 79.

By MARK KENNEDY / AP Entertainment Writer February 12, 2021

Chick Corea performs with Eddie Gomez and Brian Blade perform during their concert in Moscow, Russia, on May 15, 2017. Corea, a towering jazz pianist with a staggering 23 Grammy awards who pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, has died. He was 79. Corea died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, of a rare for of cancer, his team posted on his web site. His death was confirmed by Corea's web and marketing manager, Dan Muse. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr., File)

Hustler founder, free-speech activist Larry Flynt dies at 78

Porn purveyor Larry Flynt, who built Hustler magazine into an adult entertainment empire while championing First Amendment rights, died Wednesday. He was 78.

By JOHN ROGERS / The Associated Press February 10, 2021

Larry Flynt Publications Inc. (LFP) Publisher Larry Flynt comments on the resignation of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Beverly Hills, Calif. on March 14, 2008. Flynt, who turned "Hustler" magazine into an adult entertainment empire while championing First Amendment rights, has died at age 78. His nephew, Jimmy Flynt Jr., told The Associated Press that Flynt died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Former St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital director dies

Dr. Arthur W. Nienhuis, a former director of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, has died, the hospital said.

By Associated Press February 9, 2021

Hospital tile / photo courtesy of Getty Images

Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Twain, dies at 95

Hal Holbrook, the award-winning character actor who toured the world for more than 50 years as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice "Follow the money" in the classic political thriller "All the President's Men," has died. He was 95.

By MARK KENNEDY / The Associated Press February 3, 2021

Actor Hal Holbrook appears during an interview in his New York apartment on Feb. 8, 1973. Holbrook died on Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, California, his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Associated Press Tuesday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Jerry Mosey, File)

Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking award-winning actor, dies at 96

Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in "Sounder," won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," died Thursday at age 96.

By HILLEL ITALIE and MARK KENNEDY / AP Entertainment Writers January 28, 2021

Cicely Tyson arrives at night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 15, 2019, in Los Angeles. Tyson, the pioneering Black actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in "Sounder," a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," has died. She was 96. Tyson's death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide additional details. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Oscar and Emmy-winning actor Cloris Leachman dies

Cloris Leachman, an Oscar-winner for her portrayal of a lonely housewife in "The Last Picture Show" and a comedic delight as the fearsome Frau Blücher in "Young Frankenstein" and self-absorbed neighbor Phyllis on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," has died.

By LYNN ELBER / AP Television Writer January 27, 2021

ctress Cloris Leachman gestures to honoree Mel Brooks in the audience during the American Film Institute's 41st Lifetime Achievement Award Gala on June 6, 2013, in Los Angeles. Leachman, a character actor whose depth of talent brought her an Oscar for the "The Last Picture Show" and Emmys for her comedic work in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and other TV series, has died. She was 94. (Photo by Chris Pizello/Invision/AP, FILE)

Former Urban League head, EPB Chair Warren Logan dies

Warren E. Logan Jr., the former president of the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga and chairman of Chattanooga's EPB, died Saturday. He was 73.

By Staff Report January 23, 2021

Staff photo by Tim Barber/ Warren Logan talks from his office at the Urban League in Chattanooga.

Hank Aaron, baseball’s one-time home run king, dies at 86

Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth's home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseball's greatest all-around players, died Friday. He was 86.

By PAUL NEWBERRY / AP National Writer January 22, 2021

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