Obituaries

FILE – In this Nov. 8, 2002, file photo, actress Shelley Morrison arrives to the NBC’s television series “Will & Grace,” 100th episode celebration at the Falcon restaurant in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. Morrison, an actress with a 50-year career who was best known for playing a memorable maid on â€œWill and Grace,â€ has died. Publicist Lori DeWaal says Morrison died Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from heart failure. She was 83. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) NYHK703 NYHK703

December 2, 2019 at 12:27 pm

Shelley Morrison, ‘Will & Grace’ actress, dies at 83

Shelley Morrison, whose 64-year acting career included playing the memorable maid Rosario on NBC’s “Will & Grace” from 1999 to 2006, died Sunday in Los...

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November 29, 2019 at 4:00 pm

This week’s passages

A roundup of notable obituaries from the week ending November 29.

November 28, 2019 at 6:04 pm

James Holloway, decorated aviator and Navy’s former top admiral, dies at 97

He was a combat veteran of three wars and chief of naval operations under three presidents.

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November 28, 2019 at 10:00 am

Agnes Pilgrim, global advocate of indigenous rights, dies at 95

PORTLAND — Agnes Baker Pilgrim, the oldest member of Oregon’s Takelma tribe and a vocal advocate for clean water and Native American rights, has died....

William Ruckelshaus, the first administrator of the EPA, poses Monday, April 13, 2009, at his office in Seattle, Wash., overlooking west Seattle, and Puget Sound’s Elliott Bay. Ruckelshaus told the Associated Press that there is “a lot pent up demand” for action on climate after the little done about global warming by President George W. Bush in his two terms. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

November 27, 2019 at 11:40 am

Seattle area’s William Ruckelshaus, who refused to join in Nixon’s ‘Saturday Night Massacre,’ dies at 87 VIEW

Widely promoted as “Mr. Clean,” as much for his uprightness as for his role with the EPA, William Ruckelshaus cemented his reputation for unshakable integrity...

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FILE – In this May 3, 2007 file photo Barbara Hillary, 75, shows the parka she wore on her trip to the North Pole, as she is interviewed in New York. Hillary, who was in her 70s when she became the first black woman to officially make it to the North and South Poles, has died at 88. Her death was announced on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 on her Twitter account, which said she had gone through â€œsignificant health decline in recent months.â€ It was also announced on her website. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file) NYPS220 NYPS220

November 26, 2019 at 2:32 pm

Barbara Hillary, first black woman to reach the poles, is dead at 88

Barbara Hillary was the first black woman on record to reach the North Pole, which she did at the age of 75, and the first...

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File-This June 28, 2016, file photo shows Nick Clifford, 95, who helped Gutzon Borglum carve Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Clifford was the youngest of some 360 individuals hired. Clifford was the last living worker who helped construct Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakotaâ€™s Black Hills has died. He was 98. (Josh Morgan/Rapid City Journal via AP, File) SDRAP101 SDRAP101

November 25, 2019 at 1:01 pm

Last living Mount Rushmore construction worker dies at 98

Donald "Nick" Clifford, helped Gutzon Borglum carve Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

November 24, 2019 at 7:42 pm

Wat Misaka, who broke pro basketball’s color barrier, dies at 95

Seven months after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in professional baseball, Wat Misaka came off the bench in Madison Square Garden, scoring two points...

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November 22, 2019 at 4:00 pm

This week’s passages

A roundup of notable obituaries from the week ending November 22.

November 21, 2019 at 7:27 am

Snowboarding visionary Jake Burton Carpenter dies at 65

Whether you had a gold medal hanging from your neck, were just learning how to stand on a snowboard, or were one of those flustered...

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