Obituaries
The latest Obituaries coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our News section.
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‘Poseidon Adventure’ actress Carol Lynley dies at 77
Carol Lynley, a stage and screen actress who starred in the "The Poseidon Adventure" and appeared in numerous other film and television series, has died.
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Robert Mugabe, longtime Zimbabwe leader, dies at 95
Robert Mugabe, the former leader of Zimbabwe forced to resign in 2017 after a 37-year rule whose early promise was eroded by economic turmoil, disputed elections and human rights violations, has died. He was 95.
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Jim Leavelle, lawman at Lee Harvey Oswald’s side, dies at 99
Jim Leavelle, the longtime Dallas lawman who was captured in one of history's most iconic photographs as he escorted President John F. Kennedy's assassin as he was fatally shot, has died. He was 99.
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Valerie Harper, TV’s sassy, lovable Rhoda, dies at 80
Valerie Harper, who scored guffaws, stole hearts and busted TV taboos as the brash, self-deprecating Rhoda Morgenstern on back-to-back hit sitcoms in the 1970s, has died.
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Memorial service this Sunday for mother of five who died in Lookout Mountain crash
A memorial service has been announced for Sunday for a 42-year-old woman who was killed when she lost control of her car on Lookout Mountain Monday.
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‘Easy Rider’ star, 1960s swashbuckler Peter Fonda dies at 79
Actor Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic "Easy Rider," died Friday at his home of complications from lung cancer. He was 79.
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Barack Obama, Beyonce, others react to Toni Morrison’s death
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, who transformed modern literature, has died.
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Nobel laureate Toni Morrison dead at 88
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in "Beloved," ''Song of Solomon" and other works transformed American letters by dramatizing the pursuit of freedom within the boundaries of race, has died at age 88.
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Actor Rutger Hauer, of ‘Blade Runner’ fame, dies at 75
Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, who specialized in menacing roles, including a memorable turn as a murderous android in "Blade Runner" opposite Harrison Ford, has died.
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Chris Kraft, first flight director for NASA, dies at 95
Behind America's late leap into orbit and triumphant small step on the moon was the agile mind and guts-of-steel of Chris Kraft, making split-second decisions that propelled the nation to once unimaginable heights.
