Obituaries

Maria Teresa Delgado holds a portrait of the late Pope Francis during Mass at the Basílica de San José de Flores, where he worshipped as a youth, following the Vatican's announcement of his death in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Pope Francis was a source of controversy and spiritual guidance in his Argentine homeland

The faithful in Pope Francis’ hometown lit candles in the church where he found God as a teenager. They packed the cathedral where he spoke as archbishop. And they prayed Monday in the neighborhoods where he earned fame as the ‘slum bishop.’

Rhode Island Senate Majority Leader Dominick Ruggerio, D- North Providence, listens as the Democratic caucus nominates him to run for Senate President at the Rhode Island Statehouse, March 23, 2017, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, file)

Dominick Ruggerio, Rhode Island’s longest-serving legislator, dies at 76

Argentina's Boca Juniors' players Hugo Gatti, right, Ernesto Mastrangelo, center, and Daniel Pavon celebrate after a penalty shootout in the Copa Libertadores final soccer match in Montevideo, Uruguay, Sept. 14, 1977. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia, File)

Argentine goalkeeper great Hugo ‘El Loco’ Gatti has died at 80

Argentina's cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, right, kisses the foot of Cristian Marcelo Reynoso during a Mass with youth trying to overcome drug addictions in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, March 20, 2008. (AP Photo)

Pope Francis led the church with humility and simplicity

This combination of photos shows, top row from left, Cardinal Peter Erdo, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, middle row from left, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Cardinal Robert Prevost, Cardinal Robert Sarah, and bottom row from left, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, Cardinal Luis Tagle and Cardinal Matteo Zuppi. (AP Photo)

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Voletta Wallace poses for a portrait on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.'s mother and keeper of his legacy, dies at 78

Jerry Butler performs "Only the Strong Will Survive" at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York on March 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

Jerry ‘Ice Man’ Butler, soul singer whose hits included ‘Only the Strong Survive,’ dies at 85

Frankétienne, considered one of Haiti’s most important and prolific writers, dies at 88

Individual event winners for the final tryouts for the U.S. Olympic women's track and field team pose in Harrisburg, Pa., on July 5, 1952. The individual event winners that will compete at the Helsinki Olympic games are, rear from left, Marjorie Larney, 15, of Brooklyn, Javelin; Mabel Landry (Staton), 19, of Chicago, broad jump; Catherine Hardy, 22, of Carrollton, Ga., 200 meter; and front row from left, Janet Dicks, 20, of Harrisburg, Pa., shot put and discus; and Ora Lee Allen, 18, of Chicago, high jump. (AP Photo/File)

Mabel Staton, trailblazer who was US team’s only female long jumper at the 1952 Olympics, dies at 92

David Boren, president of the University of Oklahoma, speaks during the unveiling of a statue of former head football coach Bob Stoops in Norman, Okla., Saturday, April 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

David Boren, a former Oklahoma governor and veteran US senator and university president, dies at 83

Pittsburgh Penguins long time broadcaster Mike Lange addresses the crowd before the unveiling of a statue depicting Pittsburgh Penguins Hall of Fame center Mario Lemieux outside the NHL hockey team's arena March 7, 2012, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Longtime Pittsburgh Penguins announcer Mike Lange, known for his distinctive style, dies at 76

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cisse films the arrival of mourners at a memorial service for Senegalese filmmaker Sembene Ousmane in Dakar, Senegal, June 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, pioneer of African cinema, has died at age 84

Columbine High School shooting survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter reacts during a vigil remembering the 25th anniversary of the mass shooting, April 19, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)

Columbine survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter, who forgave gunman’s mother, dies at 43

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, right,, talks with Marian Turski, a Jewish journalist, after laying a wreath at the Monument to the Fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, Jan. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor who warned of the danger of indifference, dies at 98

Dancer Yolanda Montez, better known as Tongolele, talks about a photograph in her home, during an interview in Mexico City, March 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Tongolele, iconic dancer of the golden era of Mexican cinema, dies at 93

Paquita La Del Barrio performs at the 14th Annual Latin Grammy Awards at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, Nov. 21, 2013, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP), File

Mexican musical legend Paquita la del Barrio dies at 77

Former director of the Alabama NASA center during the Challenger space shuttle explosion dies at 102

Greg Sharpe, Nebraska radio play-by-play voice, dies of pancreatic cancer

Director Carlos Diegues poses for photographers during a photo call for the film 'Le Grand cirque mystique' at the 71st international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 14, 2018. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)

Cacá Diegues, renowned Brazilian filmmaker and leading figure in Cinema Novo, dies at 84

State Sen. Geraldine Thompson, D-Orlando ,speaks in opposition to Senate Bill 4B - Statewide Prosecutor, Feb. 8, 2023, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

Florida state Sen. Geraldine Thompson dies at 76 after complications from knee replacement surgery

Former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker attends Political Animals Club meeting in Little Rock, Ark., March 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, who stepped down in the wake of Whitewater, dies at 81

Canadian Jerome Drayton, 32, from Toronto, crowned with traditional laurel wreath, smiles happily in the dressing room Monday, April 19, 1977, after winning the Boston A.A. Marathon in two hours, 14 minutes, and 46 seconds. (AP Photo/File)

Jerome Drayton, 1976 Olympian and last Canadian man to win Boston Marathon in ’77, dies at 80

North Carolina Democratic activist and onetime US Ambassador Jeanette Hyde has died at age 86

Boxer Mark Weinman, who returned to the ring after a 21-year layoff and won a bout, has died at 62

Tom Robbins, literary prankster-philosopher, dies at 92

This undated image provided by Studio Kukkapuro shows Yrjö Kukkapuro, a renowned Finnish furniture designer whose postmodern style of chairs graced waiting rooms and museums alike, sitting in his famous Experimental chair in his studio outside Helsinki. (Studio Kukkapuro via AP)

Finnish designer Yrjö Kukkapuro, whose postmodern chairs graced waiting rooms and museums, dies

Gyalo Thondup, elder brother of the Dalai Lama, speaks to media in Dharamshala, India, Nov. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File)

Dalai Lama’s elder brother, who led several rounds of talks with China, dies at 97

Namibian and ruling Swapo party President Sam Nujoma speaks during an election rally in Windhoek, Namibia, Nov. 13, 2004. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s fiery freedom fighter and first president, dies aged 95

Chicago Bears coach Dick Jauron calls out to his team while observing offensive drills in morning training camp practice Saturday, July 27, 2002 at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Ill. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Longtime NFL player and coach Dick Jauron dies at 74

Tony Roberts attends the screening for "It Takes a Lunatic" during the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, May 3, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File)

Stage and film actor Tony Roberts, who often starred in Woody Allen movies, dies at 85

Jim Becker, a former Associated Press journalist, holds a book showing a 1945 photo of him as a Stars and Stripes correspondent in Shanghai, at his home in Kaneohe, Hawaii, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98

AP journalist Reid G. Miller speaks on a phone while sitting barefoot in the mud in a U.N. compound in November 1994, in Mogadishu, Somalia. Miller, a longtime AP journalist in many places around the world, died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Tina Susman)

Reid G. Miller, longtime AP international correspondent and editor, dies at 90

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Howard Twilley is shown in 1972. Twilley, a key receiver for the Miami Dolphins during their perfect 1972 season and a Heisman Trophy runner-up at the University of Tulsa, died on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. He was 81. (AP Photo, File)

Howard Twilley, receiver for undefeated 1972 Dolphins and Heisman runner-up at Tulsa, dies at 81

Chicago Bears owner Virginia McCaskey smiles while talking with a fan during the Bears100 Celebration at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Saturday, June 8, 2019, in Rosemont, Ill. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Chicago Bears owner Virginia McCaskey, the daughter of George Halas, dies at 102

Illinois pitching coach Mark Allen dies at 49 after battling cancer