Groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier dies at 94
NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, and…
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Ex-Rep. Akin, sunk by ‘legitimate rape’ remark, dies at 74
Former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a conservative Missouri Republican whose comment that women’s bodies have a way of avoiding pregnancies…
Educational pioneer Dr. Henry Givens Jr. dies at 90
ST. LOUIS – When Dr. Henry Givens Jr. became president of Harris-Stowe Teachers College in 1979, many thought his main…
Steven Woolf, retired artistic director of The Rep, dies at 75
The longtime artistic director of The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Steven Woolf, died Monday (July 12, 2021) after a…
Bob Griffin, longest-serving Missouri House speaker, dies
Bob F. Griffin, who served as speaker of the Missouri House for 15 years until he was forced to resign…
St. Louis County Councilwoman Hazel Erby dies at 75
ST. LOUIS COUNTY – Hazel Erby, a longtime St. Louis County Councilwoman, died on Friday (July 2, 2021). She was…
Cardiac event, not accident, killed Plager, medical examiner finds
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Former St. Louis Blues defenseman Bob Plager probably died of a “cardiac event,” not injuries from…