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FILE - San Francisco Giants' Willie Mays poses for a photo during baseball spring training in 1972.
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Willie Mays, the Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ dies at 93

Associated Press June 19, 2024

Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and...

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FILE - In this June 15, 1995 file photo, O.J. Simpson, left, grimaces as he tries on one of the leather gloves prosecutors say he wore the night his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered in a Los Angeles courtroom. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76.
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OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in ‘trial of the century,’ dies at 76

Associated Press April 11, 2024

LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his...

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John Sinclair
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Renowned Michigan activist, poet John Sinclair dies at 82

Amanda LeClaire April 2, 2024

John Sinclair, a central figure in Detroit's 1960s and '70s counterculture and political activism movements, died Tuesday morning at the...

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Chef Maxcel Hardy was among five other local chefs who participated in the recent WDET benefit, Colors of Detroit. Hardy died on Monday, March 4, 2024, his publicist confirmed Tuesday.
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Detroit chef and community builder Max Hardy dies at age 40

Jenny Sherman March 5, 2024

Maxcel Hardy, an award-winning chef, restauranteur and community leader in Detroit, died on Monday at the age of 40, his...

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FILE - The Flint Water Plant tower is seen, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 in Flint, Mich.
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Detroit Evening Report: Flint council member known for outbursts and activism in city water crisis dies

Nargis Rahman February 26, 2024

Flint City Councilman Eric Mays, known for his activism during the city’s water crisis and for disruptive behavior at public...

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Renowned Detroit funk and soul musician and producer Joseph “Amp” Fiddler died on Sunday, Dec. 17, at the age of 65.
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Detroit funk and soul ‘ambassador’ Amp Fiddler dies at 65

Jenny Sherman December 18, 2023

Joseph “Amp” Fiddler, a beloved musician, producer, and arbiter of soul and funk music in Detroit, has died Monday at...

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The Rev. Charles G. Adams, beloved retired pastor of Detroit’s influential Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, died Nov. 29, 2023, after a long illness.
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Detroit Evening Report: Detroit mourns the loss of Rev. Charles G. Adams

Hernz Laguerre November 30, 2023

The Rev. Charles G. Adams, beloved retired pastor of Detroit’s influential Hartford Memorial Baptist Church and at one time one...

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Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at age 90

Associated Press September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992...

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