Obituary
California’s fiery former Congressman Ron Dellums dies at 82
August 2, 2018"He always told us don't measure our decisions by what is politically expedient but to just ask one question: Is it the right thing to do?"
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Activist and Black Panther co-founder, Elbert ‘Big Man’ Howard, dies at 80
July 26, 2018He, along with Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, was one of six people who founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland in October 1966.
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Koko the gorilla, 46: An ‘icon for interspecies communication, empathy’
June 22, 2018"Koko's capacity for language and empathy has opened the minds and hearts of millions."
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Edward E. Sadlowski, 79; a champion of labor
June 11, 2018“Oilcan” passed away today June 10, after a hard struggle with Lewy body dementia.
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Max Berrú, founder of the Chilean group Inti Illimani, dies
May 15, 2018Max Berrú Carrión was born in Cariamanga, Ecuador, June 5, 1942. He died May 1 at the age of 74 in Santiago de Chile.
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