Toni Morrison, the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died following a short illness, her family said in a statement on August 6, 2019. (FILES) In this file photo taken on OctoUS author Toni Morrison smiles in her office at Princeton University in New Jersey, while being interviewed by reporters. David BermanĬredit: Getty Images / Photoshot / Edd Westmacottĭavid Berman, the acclaimed singer songwriter and poet best known for his indie-rock bank the Silver Jews, died Aug. Rosie Ruiz, the Cuban American runner who infamously cut the course at the Boston Marathon and was stripped of her victory in the 1980 race, died Jof cancer. Greek sculptor Takis, known for artworks that made use of technology, motion and light and were displayed in art galleries and museums around the world, died Aug. Steve Sawyer, a former executive director of Greenpeace International who narrowly avoided injury in 1985 when the environmental group's ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk by sabotage in New Zealand, died July 31, 2019. Epstein, shown in a March 2017, photo, was 66. Jeffrey EpsteinĬredit: AP/New York State Sex Offender Registryįinancier Jeffrey Epstein, who was awaiting a sex-trafficking trial, was found dead in his lower Manhattan jail cell Aug.
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11, 2019.ĭarryl Drake, the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver who spent more than 30 years molding players at the position at the college and professional level, died Aug.
Jim Cullum, 77, a jazz cornetist, bandleader and educator who became a flamekeeper of traditional jazz, and whose San Antonio-based ensemble became a mainstay of public radio on the weekly program "Riverwalk Jazz," died Aug.
Jim CullumĬredit: Getty Images / Redferns / Andrew Lepley Sullivan, 54, an FDNY lieutenant and 27-year-old veteran of the department, died from a heart attack after a 24-hour tour on Aug. Edward LewisĮdward Lewis, a producer who helped break the Hollywood blacklist with "Spartacus" by hiring "subversive" screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, and who later shared an Oscar nomination with his wife for producing "Missing," about the death of an American writer in Chile, died July 27, 2019. Jeffrey Epstein is pictured on March 28, 2017.
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