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Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:13:01 +0000

She was one of the Clinton 12, Black students who broke a race barrier by entering a Tennessee high school in 1956 in the face of harassment by white segregationists.

Phil Upchurch, Jazz Guitarist and Sideman to Stars, Dies at 84

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:03:32 +0000

A self-taught session man extraordinaire, he played with a constellation of stars, including Michael Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Chaka Khan and Dizzy Gillespie.

Arthur L. Carter, 93, Dies; Investment Banker Founded a Cheeky Newspaper

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 02:58:08 +0000

After making a fortune on Wall Street, he bought The Nation magazine and founded The New York Observer, which one writer called a “maypole of Manhattan gossip and intrigue.”

Joseph Byrd, Who Shook Up Psychedelic Rock, Dies at 87

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 17:44:26 +0000

A veteran of the Fluxus art movement, he brought an anarchic spirit to the California acid-rock scene with his band, the United States of America.

Joanna Trollope, Popular British Author, Dies at 82

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:26:52 +0000

Her books, many of which were best sellers, often described empty marriages, love affairs (with tasteful sex) and heroic clergymen.

Thomas O. Hicks, Texas Money Man Who Owned 3 Teams, Dies at 79

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:22:03 +0000

A master of leveraged buyouts, he bought baseball and hockey teams in Texas and an English soccer club, only to lose them in an avalanche of debt.