Obituary

Updated at 3:40 p.m., Nov. 13 with information on services — Sister Mary Antona Ebo, one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most reluctant but eventually most…

Guillaume started as a stage actor, but playing refined butler — and later lieutenant governor — Benson DuBois for nine years starting in 1977 made him a TV star and a symbol of hard-won success.

Charles F. Knight, whose forceful personality and business acumen transformed Emerson from a successful, domestic manufacturer of motorized electrical…

“God is not going to judge you by your behavior in heaven. He’s going to judge you by what you did on earth,” The Rev. Al Sharpton said at the funeral for…

With the death of Patricia McKissack on Friday, the world lost the surviving partner of one of the most prolific duos in literature.McKissack suffered a…

A line of fans formed around the block outside the Pageant Theater in the Delmar Loop Sunday to say goodbye to rock 'n'roll legend and St. Louis native…

Upated March 29 — The funeral for Chuck Berry will take place on April 9. A visitation open to the public will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at The Pageant…

Peter Sortino planned a 100th birthday bash for St. Louis that would go on for days and draw thousands of guests, but his name was largely unknown to most…

The longtime, indefatigable regional NAACP leader, Ina Boon, whose name became synonymous with the organization in the St. Louis region, has died. She was…

Local children’s television icon Corky the Clown, beloved by baby boomers, died today. He was 91. Clif St. James, of Webster Groves, had been experiencing…