Obituaries

An Atlanta native, Jordan started out as a prominent civil rights lawyer before building a career as a power broker in politics and business.

The Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor began acting in films in the 1950s. He said he felt like he was "starting over" in acting every decade — "you never stop learning how to act," he said.

Even before Hank Aaron set foot on the field or got a hit in Atlanta, said former Mayor Andrew Young, he "changed this city" for the better.

Music aficionados all over the world are mourning the death of the composer and singer famous for his love ballads, who died on Monday at the age of 85 to COVID-19 complications.

Charley Pride was a symbol, ancestor and influence. But the country singer was also a master interpreter of song, his warm baritone attuned to deep emotion.

Dallas' Charley Pride, country music’s first Black star whose rich baritone on such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” helped sell millions of records and helped make him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86.

Audiences heard James Earl Jones' voice as the iconic Star Wars villain, but it was Prowse behind Darth Vader's mask.

At at time when emotions, opinions and personal details feel like they’re at the center of every broadcast, post and podcast, the exceedingly Canadian Alex Trebek held them all in check, instead valuing formality and factuality, dignity and decorum.

Irma Alicia Cortez Nicolas formed a media empire with her husband Emilio Nicolas and launched Univision, which debuted as the fourth major media network in the U.S., following NBC, CBS and ABC.

Jerry Jeff Walker, a Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song “Mr. Bojangles,” has died at age 78.

Allison, a fifth-generation Texan born and raised in Dallas, founded D Magazine in 1974. He died Tuesday from bladder cancer.

Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of a major pizza chain who went on to become an ardent supporter of President Donald…