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What We Know About the Death of Rayshard Brooks

2020-09-10T14:22:37+0000

Killed by an Atlanta police officer just weeks after George Floyd’s death touched off nationwide protests, Mr. Brooks became a potent symbol.


Atlanta Mourns the Death of Rayshard Brooks

2020-06-24T00:06:58+0000

The family of Rayshard Brooks, who was fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer, held his funeral at the church where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor.


Brooks Kerr, Piano Prodigy and Ellington Expert, Dies at 66

2018-05-09T22:05:35+0000

He started playing the piano when he was 2. As a teenager, he toured with the Ellington band and helped celebrate Ellington’s birthday at the White House.


Claudia Rankine on the Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks

2017-07-31T09:00:27+0000

Two new anthologies, “The Golden Shovel Anthology” and “Revise the Psalm,” gather poems and other writings inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks’ work.


David H. Brooks, 61, Dies Serving Time for Insider Trading

2016-11-01T22:31:17+0000

The founder of the military armor maker DHB Industries was serving 17 years for insider trading and fraudulently enriching himself.


C.D. Brooks Is Dead at 85; Preached Seventh-Day Adventist Message

2016-07-07T02:40:36+0000

For six decades, Mr. Brooks used the “Breath of Life” to help convert tens of thousands and establish 15 congregations in cities across the country.


Charlotte Brooks, a Photographer for Look Magazine, Dies at 95

2014-03-21T03:15:27+0000

Ms. Brooks gave complexity to the “women’s features” she was assigned to in the postwar years.


Stan Brooks, a Familiar Voice on 1010 WINS, Dies at 86

2013-12-24T00:58:41+0000

Mr. Brooks’s tenure and prolific output on New York’s first all-news radio station made him one of the most recognized voices on the radio for more than 40 years.


Paid Notice: Deaths ARMOUR, CYNTHIA BROOKS HOWE

2004-07-06T05:00:00+0000

ARMOUR--Cynthia Brooks Howe, beloved wife of the late Norman Armour, Jr. devoted mother of Abby Deering Paine Taylor, of New York, NY, Alix Ellis Paine, of Stamford, CT, and Courtney Koudacheff Armour Regan, of Charleston, SC. Loving grandmother of Nathanial Augustus Taylor, Peter Lane Taylor, Chloe Brooks Seymore, Elizabeth Ellis Taylor, Chauncey Brooks Regan, and Winston Deering Regan, & loving great-grandmother of Whitney Deering Taylor. Funeral service on Wednesday, July 7 at 2PM at St. Jame ...


Brooks Kerr, Piano Prodigy and Ellington Expert, Dies at 66

2018-05-09T22:05:35+0000

He started playing the piano when he was 2. As a teenager, he toured with the Ellington band and helped celebrate Ellington’s birthday at the White House.



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May Britt, 91, Dies; Her Marriage to Sammy Davis Jr. Sparked Outrage

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:36:37 +0000

She was a white actress, he was a popular Black entertainer, and their relationship elicited racist reactions in 1960, worrying John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign.

Jerry Kasenetz, a King of Bubblegum Pop Music, Dies at 82

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:48:30 +0000

With his producing partner, Jeffry Katz, he made lightweight ditties like “Yummy Yummy Yummy” that soared up the charts in the late 1960s.

Vince Zampella, Formative Designer of Call of Duty Games, Dies at 55

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:34:18 +0000

Mr. Zampella co-founded two game studios and also worked on the Medal of Honor, Titanfall and Battlefield franchises.

Chris Rea, Grammy-Nominated Singer of ‘Driving Home for Christmas,’ Dies at 74

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:59:07 +0000

A blues-influenced singer and guitarist, he built a lasting career, particularly in Europe, with hits like “Driving Home for Christmas” and “Fool (If You Think It’s Over).”

Betty Reid Soskin, Nation’s Oldest Park Ranger, Dies at 104

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:52:13 +0000

She began working as a park ranger at age 85, educating visitors about the women and people of color who served on the home front in World War II, herself among them.

James Ransone, Actor Known for ‘The Wire,’ Dies at 46

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:27:54 +0000

The character actor had grown up in Maryland, where “The Wire” was set, and went on to star in horror films like “It Chapter Two.”



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