Obituaries
The latest Obituaries coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our News section.
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Don Sutton, Hall of Fame pitcher for Dodgers, dies at 75
Don Sutton, a Hall of Fame pitcher who was a stalwart of the Los Angeles Dodgers' rotation spanning an era from Sandy Koufax to Fernando Valenzuela, died Tuesday. He was 75.
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Chattanooga’s Tech Town Director Chris Ramsey dies from COVID-19
Chris Ramsey, a former BlueCross BlueShield manager who helped lead a number of health care, education and technology projects in Chattanooga, died Saturday of complications from COVID-19. He was 54 years old.
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Times Free Press consumer columnist Ellen Phillips dies
Ellen Haygood Phillips, a retired English teacher who wrote the Consumer Watch column for the Times Free Press, died Friday due to COVID-19. She was 73.
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Joanne Rogers, widow of TV’s famed Mister Rogers, dies at 92
Joanne Rogers, an an accomplished concert pianist who celebrated and protected the legacy of her husband, the beloved children's TV host Mister Rogers, has died in Pittsburgh. She was 92.
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‘Gilligan’s Island’ star Dawn Wells dies, COVID-19 cited
Dawn Wells, who played the wholesome Mary Ann among a misfit band of shipwrecked castaways on the 1960s sitcom "Gilligan's Island," died Wednesday of causes related to COVID-19, her publicist said.
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Remembering notable Chattanooga-area residents who died in 2020
Editor's note: The following people were among the many well-known, well-loved and well-respected Chattanooga-area community members who died in the past year.
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Leslie West, guitarist of rock band Mountain, dies
Leslie West, an iconic guitarist-vocalist who was behind several '70s rock anthems including "Mississippi Queen" with the popular band Mountain, has died. He was 75.
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Ron Widby, one of Tennessee’s top athletes of all time, dies at 75
Ron Widby is the only athlete in Tennessee's modern era to earn varsity letters in four sports, and nobody in university history has earned more than his eight varsity letters
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Longtime Franklin County elementary school principal dies of COVID-19
A longtime Tennessee elementary school principal with nearly half a century on the job has lost his life to COVID-19.
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Ex-Tuskegee Airman Alfred Thomas Farrar dies at age 99
Alfred Thomas Farrar, a former Tuskegee Airman, died on Thursday in Virginia only days before a ceremony planned to honor his service in the program that famously trained Black military pilots during World War II. He was 99.
