Obituaries

Sunday, November 23, 2008

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Flint rapper MC Breed dies at 36

Influential Flint rapper MC Breed, who was one of the first Midwest rappers to emerge onto the national hip-hop scene, has died, his manager has confirmed to The Detroit News. Breed was 36. - 11/22/2008

Dorothy Jean Trammell Thompson, Detroit

Teacher made 'many best friends' in Detroit schools

Dorothy Jean Trammell Thompson, a longtime teacher in Detroit Public Schools, had a winning personality and many friends, her daughter said. Mrs. Thompson, who had retired from the district, died of pancreatic cancer Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in Harper Hospital in Detroit. She was 84. - 11/22/2008

Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, Ann Arbor

Doctor performed first human heart transplant in U.S.

Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, the pioneering cardiac surgeon who developed lifesaving medical implants and performed the first human heart transplant in the United States, has died. He was 90. - 11/20/2008

William J. Hamill, Eastpointe

Army vet, GM worker opened his home to exchange students

Mr. Hamill

Over the years, friends, family, neighbors and a series of foreign exchange students sometimes considered William Hamill's abode a temporary second home. - 11/14/2008

Albert 'Joe' Allen, Dearborn

U.S. Navy veteran took pride in family and community service

Mr. Allen

From joining local boards in hopes of improving services to imparting wisdom to his children, Albert "Joe" Allen regularly proved himself. - 11/06/2008

'Jurassic Park' author Crichton dies of cancer

Michael Crichton was criticized by environmentalists for his 2004 novel "State of Fear," which challenged global warming.

Michael Crichton, the million-selling author who made scientific research terrifying and irresistible in such thrillers as "Jurassic Park," "Timeline" and "The Andromeda Strain," has died of cancer, his family said. - 11/06/2008

'Jurassic Park' author Michael Crichton dies

In this Dec. 7, 2004, file photo, author Michael Crichton poses at The Peninsula Hotel in New York.

Michael Crichton, the million-selling author who made scientific research terrifying and irresistible in such thrillers as "Jurassic Park," "Timeline" and "The Andromeda Strain," has died of cancer, his family said. - 11/05/2008

Ex-Motown Records CEO Busby found dead in home

Busby

Jheryl Busby, the former president and chief executive of Motown Records who helped foster the careers of Boyz II Men and Johnny Gill, has died. He was 59. - 11/05/2008

Nathaniel Mayer Feb. 10, 1944 -- Nov. 1, 2008

Nathaniel Mayer's tenor voice added spark to blues

Detroit music suffered another loss Saturday with the death of Nathaniel Mayer, one of the liveliest singers to come out of the city's legendary rhythm and blues scene of the '50s and '60s. - 11/02/2008

Louis 'Studs' Terkel, 1912-2008

Works celebrated the 'non-celebrated'

Terkel

CHICAGO -- Studs Terkel, the ageless master of listening and speaking, a broadcaster, activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose best-selling oral histories celebrated the common people he liked to call the "non-celebrated," died Friday. He was 96. - 11/01/2008

'Heart of gold, voice from God'

Motown family celebrates music legend Levi Stubbs

The life of the "golden baritone" of Motown, Levi Stubbs, was celebrated Monday in a homegoing service that spanned nearly three hours at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. - 10/28/2008

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