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One of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre’s last survivors has died at age 111

DALLAS (AP) — Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died. She was 111. Her grandson Ike Howard said Monday that she died surrounded by family at a Tulsa hospital. Sustained by a strong faith, she raised three children, worked as a welder in a shipyard during World War II and spent decades caring for families as a housekeeper. Tulsa was mourning her loss, said Mayor Monroe Nichols, the ...

Reggae giant Jimmy Cliff dead at 81

NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” and starred in the landmark movie “The Harder They Come,” has died at 81. His wife, Latifa Chambers, confirmed his death Monday. Chambers and Cliff’s three children also posted a message on his social media sites that he died from a “seizure followed by pneumonia.” Additional information was not immediately available. “”To all his fans around the world, ...

Ex-Black Panther leader H. Rap Brown dies in prison hospital

BUTNER, N.C. (AP) — H. Rap Brown, one of the most vocal leaders of the Black Power movement, has died in a prison hospital while serving a life sentence for the killing of a Georgia sheriff’s deputy. He was 82. Brown — who later in life changed his name to Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin — died Sunday at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, his widow, Karima Al-Amin, said Monday. A cause of death was not immediately available, but Karima Al-Amin told The Associated Press that her husband had been suffering from cancer and had been transferred to the medical facility ...

John P. Krebs 1935-2025

HERMITAGE, Pa. — John P. Krebs passed away peacefully on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, at St. John XXIII Home in Hermitage, where he had resided for the past five months. He was 90. Born March 29, 1935, in Cleveland, he was the son of Clarence and Paula Vavrick Krebs. John attended Gesu School ...

George Economides 1942-2025

MASURY — George Nick Economides was received into the loving arms of his beloved Janice early Thursday morning, Nov. 20, 2025, while at home following a period of declining health. He was 83. George was born July 17, 1942, in Sharon, Pa., a son to Nick and Anne Monogudis Economides. He ...

Daniel W. Phibbs Sr. 1959-2025

BROOKFIELD — Daniel W. “Dan” Phibbs Sr., 66, was called home Thursday Nov. 20, 2025, at Liberty Health Care Center. He was born Jan. 26, 1959, in Youngstown, a son of Walter R. Sr. and JoAnn Pennock Phibbs. Daniel, a lifelong area resident, was a 1978 graduate of Hubbard High ...