Obituaries

FILE – Actress Cicely Tyson blows a kiss after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Nov. 22, 2016, in Washington. Tyson, the pioneering Black actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has died. She was 96. Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide additional details. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) CAPM427 CAPM427

January 28, 2021 at 4:08 pm

Correction: Obit-Cicely Tyson story VIEW

Cicely Tyson, the Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at... Updated 9:51 am

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FILE – Cloris Leachman shows off her Emmy for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series for her role in “Malcom in the Middle,” at the 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 22, 2002, in Los Angeles. Leachman, a character actor whose depth of talent brought her an Oscar for the “The Last Picture Show” and Emmys for her comedic work in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and other TV series, has died. She was 94. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) CAPM307 CAPM307

January 27, 2021 at 3:12 pm

Oscar-winning actress Cloris Leachman dies at 94 VIEW

Cloris Leachman, an Oscar-winning actress who gave a tour de force performance in "The Last Picture Show" and a tour de farce portrayal in "Young...

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January 27, 2021 at 2:32 pm

Oscar-winning, ‘irreplaceable’ Cloris Leachman dies at 94 VIEW

Cloris Leachman, an Oscar-winner for her portrayal of a lonely housewife in “The Last Picture Show” and a comedic delight as the fearsome Frau Blücher...

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Thomas Brooks Sudduth who became Vashon Island’s first death from COVID-19 when he passed away Dec. 7.

January 24, 2021 at 6:00 am

Thomas Sudduth, 64, a self-described inventor, was Vashon Island’s first COVID-19 death

Thomas Sudduth, 64, who loved to tinker with mechanical things, became Vashon Island's first COVID-19 death on Dec. 7. His family wrote on Facebook: "We...

January 23, 2021 at 2:06 pm

Walter Bernstein, scriptwriter who skewered McCarthy-era blacklist in ‘The Front,’ dies at 101

Walter Bernstein, a scriptwriter who was blacklisted in the 1950s for his Communist Party membership and two decades later skewered the McCarthy era in "The...

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January 22, 2021 at 8:00 pm

This week’s passages

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

FILE – Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron smiles as he is honored with a street named after him outside CoolToday Park, the spring training baseball facility of the Atlanta Braves, in North Port, Fla., in this Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, file photo. Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth but went on to break the career home run record in the pre-steroids era, died early Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. He was 86. The Atlanta Braves said Aaron died peacefully in his sleep. No cause of death was given. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) GAATJ201 GAATJ201

January 22, 2021 at 8:42 am

Hank Aaron, baseball great who became voice for civil rights, dies at 86

The Atlanta Braves confirmed Friday morning that Hank Aaron had died. Aaron was admired as a model of steely excellence on the baseball diamond, breaking...