Obituaries
The latest Obituaries coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our News section.
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Jasper alderman, businessman and civic leader Josh Jennings dies at 36
Jasper, Tennessee, alderman and well-known local business and civic leader Joshua Jennings died Monday after a brief illness.
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‘Maude’ co-star, character actor Bill Macy dies at 97
Bill Macy, the character actor whose hangdog expression was a perfect match for his role as husband and long-suffering foil to Bea Arthur's unyielding feminist on the daring 1970s sitcom "Maude," has died. He was 97.
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Elijah Cummings, powerful Democratic congressman leading Trump probe, dies at 68
Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become a civil rights champion and the chairman of one of the U.S. House committees leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, died Thursday of complications from longstanding health problems. He was 68.
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One of last remaining WWII Medal of Honor recipients dies; Chattanooga’s Charles H. Coolidge among final two
The town of Malmedy in the Ardennes region of Belgium is remembered for one of the most notorious war crimes against American prisoners in World War II.
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Owner of Alabama backyard juke joint Gip’s Place dies
Diane Guyton remembers a phrase her longtime boss and friend Henry "Gip" Gipson used to always say.
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Diahann Carroll, Oscar-nominated, pioneering actress, dies
Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as "Julia," has died. She was 84.
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Jessye Norman, international opera star, dies at 74
Jessye Norman, the renowned international opera star whose passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honor, has died, according to family spokesperson Gwendolyn Quinn. She was 74.
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Joe Wilson, skeptic on Iraq War intelligence, dies at age 69
Joseph Wilson, the former ambassador who set off a political firestorm by disputing U.S. intelligence used to justify the 2003 Iraq invasion, died Friday, according to his ex-wife. He was 69.
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Former U.S. Ambassador Ronald Schlicher, who grew up in Chattanooga, dies at 63
Former U.S. Ambassador Ronald Schlicher, who grew up in Chattanooga and during a 29-year State Department career served as director of the Iraq Task Force during the 2003 Iraq War and later as American ambassador to Cyprus, died Thursday.
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Ex-French President Chirac, who stood up to US, dies at 86
Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and who defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, died Thursday at 86.
