Category: In memoriam

Good-bye, Dolly. According to BroadwayWorld, the theatre world lost an icon last night. The website is reporting that Channing died at 12:31am on Tuesday, January 15th, 2019,...

Proctor opened very first African-American owned ad agency Barbara Gardner Proctor's story is what American dreams are made of. Born in 1933 in Black Mountain, North Ca...

"Father of Direct Marketing" Created a Trillion-Dollar Industry Advertising has lost a trailblazer. Lester Wunderman, chairman emeritus and founder of Wunderman, the ...

Veteran comedian and writer, Albert Brooks, announced on Twitter Wednesday that his older brother, the brilliantly funny Bob Einstein, had passed after a brief battle with cance...

As wrestling fans welcomed in a new year, they were also met with sad news as The Wrap reported that iconic WWE and WCW interviewer “Mean” Gene Okerlund had died. He was 76....

CAVU. According to CNN reporter Jamie Gangel, this was the code word that the Bush family used to let each other know that their patriarch and 41st President of the United St...

This has been a tough year for losing creative geniuses. "The Wrap" is reporting that Spongebob Squarepants creator, Stephen Hillenburg, died yesterday after a battle with AL...

Then I discovered my first "Spider-man" comic. Here was someone I could relate to. Stan Lee will always be remembered for creating iconic Marvel superheroes Spide...

Producer of movie musicals “Chicago” and “Hairspray” and co-producer of NBC’s  “The Sound of Music Live!” dies of complications following surgery Craig ...

Amoco, Snickers, Pizza Hut, and McDonald’s are just a few of the brands that made their mark with help from The Queen of Soul For 50 years, Aretha Franklin built...

Attorney Jay B. Ross passed away on March 1. A beloved member of Chicago’s media community, Ross’s former client list reads like a who’s who of American music. James B...

George Kohut, considered one of the best camera operators in the country, a favorite of feature directors John Hughes and Andrew Davis, and a tireless advocate for workers’ ri...