Chicago Sun-Timesflipped into Chicago ObituariesGermany Louise Schaaf, dead at 113, was Illinois’ oldest resident, oldest known immigrant to the U.S. suntimes.com - Maureen O'Donnell The Northwest Side resident also had been the oldest living person from Germany, according to a research group that verifies supercentenarians for …
The New York Timesflipped into PoliticsGay Rights Louis Sheldon, Anti-Gay Minister With Political Clout, Dies at 85 The New York Times - Neil GenzlingerThe Rev. Louis P. Sheldon, a forceful opponent of gay rights who had the ear of prominent political figures in the 1980s and ’90s and used his platform to lobby against what he called “the homosexual died
The New York Timesflipped into ObituariesThe Arts Grace Edwards, Harlem Mystery Writer, Dies at 87 The New York Times - Penelope GreenThough she began writing at age 7, Grace Edwards waited until she was 55 to publish her first novel. That book, “In the Shadow of the Peacock,” was a lush portrayal of Harlem during World War II, a girl’s
The New York Timesflipped into New YorkRussell Simmons Robert Ford Jr., an Early Force in Hip-Hop, Is Dead at 70 The New York Times - Jon CaramanicaThis article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this obituary misstated the given name of Mr. Ford's mother. It was Addie, not Annie.
