Obituaries
The latest Obituaries coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our News section.
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Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead singer, dies
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as "Suspicious Minds" and "When a Man Loves a Woman" and was a featured singer with the Grateful Dead for much of the 1970s, has died.
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American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at 29
Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport, died Monday.
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Ace Frehley, Kiss’ original lead guitarist and founding member, dies
Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss, who captivated audiences with his elaborate galactic makeup and smoking guitar, died Thursday.
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Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 79, reports say
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of “Annie Hall,” “The Godfather” films and “Father of the Bride,” whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, has died.
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Claudia Cardinale, star of ‘8½’ and ‘The Leopard,’ dies
Acclaimed Italian actor Claudia Cardinale, who starred in some of the most celebrated European films of the 1960s and 1970s, has died in France, her agent said Wednesday.
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Robert Redford, Oscar-winning director, actor and indie patriarch, dies at 89
Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at 89.
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Charlie Kirk, who helped build support for Trump among young people, dies after campus shooting
Charlie Kirk, who rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to a top podcaster and ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday during one of his trademark public appearances at a college in Utah.
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Judge Walter Williams remembered as local legend
In the days after his death, former Chattanooga City Judge Walter Williams is being remembered as a champion for those in need and a local legend who took a sometimes unconventional approach to the bench and life.
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Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies
James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died.
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Allan Ledford, long-time Chattanooga arts educator, dies at 72
Chattanooga has lost a beloved stalwart of arts education, but his influence lives on.
