Obituaries
The latest Obituaries coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our News section.
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Actress Zoe Caldwell, Tony winner for ‘Medea,’ dies at 86
Zoe Caldwell, a four-time Tony Award winner who brought humanity to larger-than-life characters, whether it be the dotty schoolteacher Miss Jean Brodie, an aging opera star Maria Callas or the betrayed, murderous Medea, has died. She was 86.
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Roger Kahn, elegant ‘Boys of Summer’ author, dies at 92
Roger Kahn, the writer who wove memoir and baseball and touched millions of readers through his romantic account of the Brooklyn Dodgers in "The Boys of Summer," has died. He was 92.
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James Kennedy Jr., founder of Chattanooga-based Kenco Group, dies at 95
James Drake Kennedy,Jr., one of the founders of what grew into one of the largest privately owned warehouse and logistics companies in America, died Tuesday at his home on Lookout Mountain. He was 95.
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Kirk Douglas, longtime influential movie star, dies at 103
Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in "Spartacus," "Lust for Life" and dozens of other films, helped fatally weaken the blacklist against suspected Communists and reigned for decades as a Hollywood maverick and patriarch, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 103.
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Former Georgia basketball star Terry Fair dies at 59
Terry Fair, a key player on Georgia only men's Final Four team, has died at the age of 59.
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Author Mary Higgins Clark, ‘Queen of Suspense,’ dead at 92
Mary Higgins Clark, the tireless and long-reigning "Queen of Suspense" whose tales of women beating the odds made her one of the world's most popular writers, died Friday at age 92.
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Anne Cox Chambers, wealthy newspaper heiress, dies at 100
Anne Cox Chambers, a newspaper heiress, diplomat and philanthropist who was one of the country's richest women, died Friday at the age of 100.
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Fred Silverman, TV executive at 3 major networks, dies at 82
Fred Silverman, the only TV executive who steered programming for each of the Big Three broadcast networks and who brought "All in the Family," "Roots," "Hawaii Five-O" and other hit series and miniseries to television during his more than three-decade career, died Thursday. He was 82.
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Hall of Fame DE Chris Doleman dies at age 58
Chris Doleman was clinging to his preferred position of outside linebacker even while struggling through his second NFL season with the Minnesota Vikings.
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Jack Van Impe, end of times televangelist, dies at 88
Jack Van Impe, a televangelist who reached a wide audience interpreting current events through apocalyptic passages of the Bible and prophesying the end of the world, died on Saturday at a hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.
