Pioneering

She was known for playing strong African American characters over a career spanning seven decades.

Charley Pride, who was the first black man to influence the country charts, has died. He was 86 years old and died of COVID-19 complications in Dallas. Born in Sledge, Miss., In 1934, Pride became the first black country music…

David Sheehan, one of the earliest television reporters in Los Angeles, died earlier this week at UCLA's Ronald Reagan Medical Center. He was 82 years old and died of complications from a stroke. Sheehan joined KCBS-TV Channel 2 in 1979…

Bob Gibson, who co-founded powerhouse advertising company Gibson & Stromberg in the late 1960s and worked with some of the biggest acts in the genre, died on October 23rd in Los Angeles at the age of 80. No reason was given.…